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Upcoming Project Grow Classes
Adventure in Home Orcharding!
Saturday, February 9, from 10am to 12noon
Leslie House, Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor
Come share the adventure of starting and maintaining a back yard or front yard home orchard. Topics to be covered include: an introduction to the wide variety of fruit trees that can be grown successfully in Michigan; considerations in selecting among the varieties available; choosing a site; preparing and planting a young tree; fruit tree forms and how to train young trees; and their annual care, including pruning and organic pest management. Instructor: Royer Held, gardening expert and long-time friend of Project Grow. This class is free, but registration is required.
Exploring Bees! 1: Equipment Options for Keeping Bees
Saturday, February 15, from 10am to 12noon
Leslie House, Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor
Meghan Milbrath, local beekeeper and Project Grow instructor, begins her 10-class series on beekeeping this month with a discussion on equipment options for keeping bees. This class is designed for those interested in keeping bees or expanding their apiary and will cover the equipment options for keeping bees. We will discuss the pros and cons of different hive types and various beekeeping tools. Participants will have an opportunity to examine equipment and gear and will be led through the equipment decision-making and purchasing process, to help them decide on which equipment to buy and exactly where to get them.
Topics and dates for the remaining 9 classes can be reviewed on our website. Registration and payment for the full series is $80.00 and can be done here. Drop-in option for this one class is $10.00 ($15.00 per couple) and can be paid in cash at the door.
Tips and Techniques for a Successful Garden in 2014
A 4-part series of classes has been planned by Project Grow to help gardeners with the problems that are typically encountered throughout the growing season. The first (before you even get your hands in the soil!) will deal with planning your garden. It is here that mistakes in design, cost and effort can be minimized most readily and changes effected with little effort, all with the goal of maximizing your success in the garden. The second, taught just as Project Grow gardens open, will deal with issues commonly met when gardens are to be installed. The third will look at mid-season problems, when the heat, weeds and pests make gardening difficult. The fourth and last will look at fall and ways to extend the season and finally to end it. The series is free, though registration is required.
Tips and Techniques 1: Planning Your Vegetable Garden
Saturday, February 22, from 10am to 12noon
Leslie House, Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor
This class is designed with the novice gardener in mind, though experienced gardeners may gain (and share) some ideas that will promote success in the season to come. Topics to be covered include, among others, factors to consider when designing its layout, selecting the vegetables to grow, deciding where and how you will plant them, managing weeds, and choosing materials and products to support and protect your plantings. Experienced Project Grow gardeners, Joet Reoma and Marcella Trautmann, are the instructors. Class is free, but registration is required.
Introduction to Organic Gardening
Saturday, March 1, from 10am to 12noon
Leslie House, Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor
Royer Held, expert gardener and great friend of Project Grow, will be teaching a course on organic gardening. Starting with its historical roots, the class will then focus on the soil, from which everything grows and whose care is a central theme of organic gardening. The class will then cover growing vegetables and promoting their growth. This class is free, but registration is required.
Please click here for a complete list of classes we have planned between now and mid-May!
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