| Saturday Oct 03, 2015 9:30 AM - Saturday Oct 03, 2015 12:00 PM | $15.00 - $30.00 |
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Grow Your Own Compost! Cover Crops for the Home Garden and Orchard
Cover crops are an essential foundation of organic agriculture, and home gardeners can use cover crops to develop healthier soil, protect the soil from winter rains, and provide "free fertilizer" to next year's crops. Through lecture and demonstration, instructor Orin Martin, manager of UCSC's Alan Chadwick Garden will teach participants about winter and summer cover crop varieties, how to sow cover crops, and how to best use them as green manure or compost. Participants will go home with a bag of cover crop seed for their winter garden (covered in the workshop cost).
Workshop Cost:
Cost of the workshop is $30 general admission (pre-registered) or $40 (at the door); $20 for Friends of the Farm & Garden members (pre-registered) or $30 (at the door); $15 for UCSC students and limited-income (pre-registered) or $20 (at the door).
Click here if you're interested in finding out about how to join the Friends of the Farm & Garden.
If you prefer to pre-register for this class by mail (no service charge), please send a check made payable to UC Regents to:
Amy Bolton
CASFS
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
attn: Workshop
Please include your contact information (phone and email) with your check.
Coffee and tea provided. Feel free to bring a bag lunch and enjoy the garden following the workshop.
For directions to the Alan Chadwick Garden on the UCSC campus, please see the CASFS website.
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LocationAlan Chadwick Garden (View)
Corner of Merrill College Road and McLaughlin Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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