March 21st 10am-12pm

GET GARDENING WITH THIS STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO BUILDING AND GROWING A RAISED BED GARDEN.

What you'll learn

• How to build a raised bed with minimal materials, equipment, and cost.

• Understand all the basic aspects of maintaining a raised bed garden: planting, watering, etc.

• Knowledge of basic light carpentry concepts and how to apply them.

• Adapt foundational horticultural concepts to suit your specific circumstances in creating and maintaining a garden

• Insights to encourage and instill confidence to create a beautiful, productive growing space that will last for years.

• Requirements

  • Awareness of basic horticultural concepts like planting and watering.

  • A simple understanding of using hand tools and power tools.

  • Familiarity with basic light carpentry concepts like leveling and sawing.

  Description

  This course covers all aspects of building and growing a beautiful, productive raised bed garden. Designed for beginners curious about gardening, this course also has insights that a seasoned gardener would appreciate. There is a thorough walkthrough of constructing a demonstration raised bed, and how best to adapt it to suit your preferences. 

  The raised bed is designed to be built with minimal materials, low cost (less than $100 USD), and basic equipment. The course also goes through maintaining a raised bed garden with modules on planting, watering, and so forth.

  One of the key learning outcomes for this course is to have you take away a core set of foundational horticultural and light carpentry concepts that can be adapted and scaled to your particular context. Because of the many benefits a raised bed garden can bring about, our hope is that you're inspired and encouraged to start a raised bed garden of your own.

  Who this course is for:

  • Anybody who is interested in gardening.

  • Students who are concerned about food security and healthy eating.

  • People who are curious about how to reduce their carbon footprint in a practical manner.

  • Foodies interested in growing their own garden-to-table dishes.

FREE lunch provided if you signup for both classes on the same day

—Classes will be held on our homestead in Sandia Park, New Mexico. See the map below for details.
—Class is limited to only 20 participants so signup quickly.
—The class will go on rain or shine. No refunds, if there is a “snow day” the class will be moved another weekend date (most likely a Sunday of the same month).