Growing Edibles and Gardening Sustainably

MASTER GARDENERS PRESENT:

We have expanded our popular series of workshops about growing edibles and gardening sustainably!

Each month, we teach two Saturday workshops to help beginning and intermediate gardeners.

Classes are FREE but advance registration is required as classes do fill up.   MOST classes will be held at Lyngso Garden Materials, 19 Seaport Blvd., Redwood City.   (MAP).   Parking is plentiful and free. Other class locations will be noted.

Sign up for one or all, and learn the joys of gardening and eating a meal fresh from the garden.

                                       SAVE THE DATES FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:

Herbs in the Garden, Herbs in the Kitchen
Saturday June 9, 10-12 pm
Classes are free but advance registration is required at www.lyngsogarden.com.

Learn all the basics of growing and using culinary herbs:
• Starting your herbs from seeds, cuttings, transplants and division.
• Integrating herbs in your landscapes and vegetable garden.
• Designing beautiful herb containers.
• Maintaining your plants with sustainable methods.
• Harvesting your herbs.
• Preserving fresh herbs by drying and freezing.
• Using herbs in vinegars, oils, butters, teas, sachets and potpourris.

An herb chart and informational websites will be given.

This class will be taught by Master Gardeners Kathy Fleming and Susie Stone. Kathy has been a Master Gardener since 2006. She has been growing and sharing herbs, in containers and landscape, in her Bay Area home for 15 years. Susie, a Master Gardener since 2008, owns the fine gardening service Herban Garden. She writes about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and volunteers with Friends of the Urban Forest in San Francisco.

The Master Gardeners of San Mateo and San Francisco counties are a part of University of California Cooperative Extension. We are UC-trained volunteers who provide home gardeners with research-based information that promotes sustainable gardening practices and a healthy environment.

Classes for Growing Edibles & Gardening Sustainably

Event Name	Date
Herbs in the Garden- Herbs in the Kitchen	6/9/2012

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