Week 1 - April 6: Welcome and Gardening Basics 

• Discussion: Meet the teacher! - Intro to host and staff, orientation. 

• Activity 1: Transplanting Tomatoes, peppers into the greenhouse

• Activity 2: Starting seeds in a pan, pulling seedlings apart: Carrots, beets, cabbage

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 2 - April 13: Preparing Your Garden Space  

• Discussion: Types of beds, spacing plants, succession planting

• Activity 1: Square foot gardening intro, Spacing your plants

• Activity 2: Planning seasonally, reading a seed packet

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 3 - April 20: Composting and Mulching With Greg Eddolls

• Discussion: Composting, mulching and layering soil, The importance of good soil, where to get what you need, Soil Summit Info (May 19)

• Activity 1: Pulling apart seedlings from week 1

• Activity 2: More about composting, resources

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 4 - April 27: Pest Control, Companion Planting

• Discussion: Companion Planting, pesticides, local garden foes

• Activity 1: Seed starting: Corn, melons

• Activity 2: Companion Planting

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 5 - May 4: Mycology with Kathryn Crew 

• Discussion: The Benefits of Fungi in the Soil with guest speaker

• Activity 1: Start indoors: beans, squash, corn, cucumber

• Activity 2: TBD

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 6 - May 11: Testing soil for PH and stuff, types of soil, 

• Discussion: Nitrogen - Phosphorus - Potassium, what is this science?

• Activity 1: Testing PH of different soils, what does it mean?

• Activity 2: Seed saving

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 7 - May 18: My Gardening Journey with Stephane 

• Discussion: See Stephane’s progress (and setbacks) over the years and feel inspired!

• Activity 1: Direct sow: Beans, Beets, carrots, corn, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, peas, squash

• Activity 2: 

• Garden Maintenance: TBD Weekly

Week 8 - May 25: Preserving with Stephane, Cooking with Ann Herrington

• FIELDTRIP DAY! Will be held in Prescott

• Discussion: Cooking and Canning demo and tasting with Stephane and Ann Herrington