Workshops
Would you like to grow your own vegetables in your backyard?
Are you interested in getting a higher yield out of your current garden?
Have you always wanted to learn more about organic vegetable growing?
Date: Saturday October 4th
Time: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: GCP office at Soma Vida, 1210 Rosewood
Cost: $50.00 per person ($40 for students)
Workshop Payment options.
Join GCP at our next Biointensive Gardening Skills Workshop! This hands-on class will teach you the basics of biointensive gardening, an organic gardening method that builds the soil and produces more vegetables in a small area. You will receive personalized instruction and practice in the techniques of:
- Double-digging your garden bed to "grow" your soil
- Composting
- Intensive and companion planting
- Seed saving and starting
- Garden planning
Our workshop leaders, Amy Crowell and Max Elliott, have been trained in the biointensive method and have more than 20 years of collective organic farming and gardening experience. Max received his certification in Ecological Horticulture from the Center for Sustainable Food Systems at the University of California at Santa Cruz and is currently working to establish Urban Roots, an urban organic farm for youth in the Austin area. In addition to her work for Green Corn Project, Amy maintains a backyard food garden that feeds her family and friends. Amy has owned and operated her own organic farm and is the co-founder of the Dartmouth Organic Farm.