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Food Preservation 101
When: Saturday, Aug. 18
Where: Utah House @ the USUBC
Time: 9 am-noon
Cost: $10 Public/ $5, Members of the Garden.
To register, click here.
Learn to preserve the harvest with this fun, hands-on workshop. The class is designed for beginners who want to learn techniques for safely canning produce and enjoying local produce year round.
All About Bees
When: Wednesday, Aug. 22
Where: USUBC, Kaysville Education Center
Time: 2-6 pm
Cost: $10
To register, click here.
This workshop all about our most important pollinators will cover bee biology and their social systems, pollinator conservation and how to get started with honeybee keeping. Click here for more information.
Garden Open House
When: Thursday, Aug. 23
Where: Start at the USUBC Farmers Market
Time: 5-7 pm
Cost: Free
Join our garden stewards on tours of the Stokes Ornamental Grass Garden, Demonstration Orchard, Varga Arboretum and Rasmussen Teaching Garden.
Explore the Garden Family Night: Bloom'n Flowers
When: Monday, Aug. 27
Where: USUBC (Meet at USUBC Greenhouse, at the top of Sego Lily Dr., east of the Kaysville Education Center)
Time: 6:30-8 pm
Cost: $10 per family (up to six members), or $3 per person.
To resister, click here.
Come enjoy a tour of our annual flower garden and then learn the art of pressing and preserving flowers at this fun, floral event.
Salsa Showdown at the Farmers Market
When: Thursday, Sept. 6
Where: USUBC Farmers Market
Time: 5 ̶ 7 pm
Cost: Free
You're invited to judge contestants as they show off their salsa-making skills. Hot, mild, sweet, savory...which will win?
Renewable Energy Class
When: Saturday, Sept. 15
Where: USUBC Utah House
Time: 10 ̶ 11 pm
This class explores options for residential solar power and hot water systems in Utah, including design and tax incentives.
Explore the Garden Family Night:
Earth, Wind and Fire
When: Monday, Sept. 24
Where: USUBC Wetland Discovery Point
Time: 6:30 ̶ 8 pm
Cost: $10 per family (up to six members), or $3 per person.
To resister, click here.
Explore energy efficient Wetland Discovery Point and learn about solar, wind and geothermal energy and have some energy-related fun. Build a wind-powered device, learn to make a solar oven or make a necklace with beads that change color in the sun.
Garden to Table
When: Thursday, Sept. 27
Where: USUBC Farmers Market
Time: 5:30, 6 & 6:30 pm
Cost: Free
Discover delicious ways to use the harvest from your garden or from the vendors at our weekly farmers market.
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It's reward season for home vegetable gardeners. Not that the planning, selecting, planting, irrigating and weeding aren't fun (well, maybe not the weeding), but harvesting a bountiful supply of fruits and vegetables is the goal and their delicious, fresh, complex flavors are the big rewards.
Last year the USUBC's Food Pantry Garden provided 18,000 pound of fresh produce to area food pantries. This year we have expanded the garden and it now includes two demonstration vegetable gardens that welcome visitors. One garden is planted with heirloom and organic varieties and the other showcases a number of hybrids.
Salsa surpassed ketchup as the #1 condiment consumed in the U.S. back in 1997 and it's safe to say the number of varieties of salsa has only increased since then. It seems there are about as many recipes as there are salsa-making cooks, calling for everything from the typical tomatoes, onions and peppers to tomatillos, mangos and pineapple. On Thursday, September 6, salsa takes center stage at the USUBC Farmers Market at the annual Salsa Showdown. Guests get to taste test and vote for their favorites and the winner goes home with a prize and bragging rights. Contestants must pre-register and can get rules and more information at (801) 544-3089
Extending the growing season isn't impossible, even in northern Utah. Learn how with USU Extension faculty member Britney Hunter and vegetable specialist Dan Drost at the USUBC on Aug. 30 from 2-4 pm at a hands-on demonstration of how to build a walk-in high tunnel greenhouse. These simple greenhouses are passively heated and cooled without electricity and create climate conditions that help plants mature faster and produce high quality fruits and vegetables over a longer period than our climate allows in an outdoor garden. The workshop is free, but registration is required and includes a construction manual. To register online, 
