Grow Your Own - High Altitude Gardening workshops begin in March
Submitted by paula on Fri, 02/25/2022 - 12:08pm
Learn how to grow at high elevation during the 2022 High Elevation Garden Workshops/Grow Your Own Series. Enjoy instruction will cover river/lake-friendly gardening and cultivation techniques, various strategies to apply based on the local growing environment, history/background on featured plants, and information on how to garden organically at high altitudes. These family-friendly workshops are in collaboration with UCCE Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners, University of Nevada Reno Desert Farming Initiative, UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, and Slow Food Lake Tahoe.
Be a part of the grow-your-own community and share your garden experience.
All workshops are FREE and most include locally grown plants that can be purchased for $15 (per workshop). These specific plants are featured in each workshop and are part of a long-term phenology study that will determine the plants that grow best in our region.
The workshops start on March 2. Some are virtual-only, others are both virtual and in person:
March 2: Grow Your Own - Germinating Seeds and Transplanting Virtual free workshop. More info and registration HERE.
April 6: Grow Your Own - Mushrooms. More info and registration HERE.
May 4/7: Grow Your Own - Gardening 101 & Fertilizer. More info and registration HERE
May 11/14: Grow Your Own - Beans & Peas from Seed. More info and registration HERE.
May 18/21: Grow Your Own - Spicy Salads with Leafy Greens. More info and registration HERE.
May 25/28: Grow Your Own - Potatoes & Sunchokes. More info and registration HERE.
June 1/4: Grow Your Own - Squash. More info and registration HERE.
June 8: Grow Your Own - Tomatoes. More info and registration HERE.
June 15: Grow Your Own - Herbs. More info and registration HERE.
Register for each workshop to receive the link to attend the virtual workshop. All workshops will be recorded (and posted on the @UCDavisTahoe YouTube page) for participants to watch at any time if they are unable to attend the live workshop or if they would like to refer back to it throughout the planting and harvesting process.