CLASS CONTENT

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• Week 1: Gardening Basics January 21

  • What is a winter garden? Discussion

  • Types of plants you can grow in the cold weather

  • Starting your seeds - Demonstration and activity

  • Greenhouse orientation

  • Gardeners onsite to answer questions

• Week 2: Preparing your garden Space January 28

  • The importance of good soil - Discussion

  • Mixing soil for the greenhouse - Demonstration and activity

  • Tending to the beds - Activity

  • Amending the existing soil - Demonstration and activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

• Week 3: Emerging Sprouts and mulching February 4

  • Observing emerging seedlings and caring for them - Demonstration

  • Planting seedlings: When and where - Activity

  • Mulching and protecting the soil - Activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

• Week 4: Planting and tending  February 11

  • Review of transplanting seedlings - Lecture and demonstration

  • Transplanting seedlings - Demonstration and Activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

• Week 5: Tending the garden (Greenhouse Upkeep Week) February 18

  • Hardening off seedlings - Discussion

  • Weeding around your seedlings - Discussion

  • Our growing plants - Observation Activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

• Week 6: Microgreens February 25

  • Microgreens introduction - Discussion

  • How to grow, materials needed, how to care for - Presentation

  • Plant microgreens - Activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

• Week 7: Cooking March 4

  • Cooking with raw ingredients from the garden - Lecture and demonstration

  • Harvest, clean, prepare and enjoy! - Activity and eating

  • Recipe sharing and discussion

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep and harvest - Activity

• Week 8: Preserving March 11

  • Introduction to preserving - Lecture

  • Tasting pre-canned items - Activity and discussion

  • Demonstration on how to prepare those items - Demonstration and lecture

  • Make those items- Activity

  • Weekly Garden Upkeep and harvest - Activity