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MAY 2012
GROW YOUR OWN FOOD! Seasonal Organic Vegetable Gardening in May
Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2011
Time: 10am - 12noon
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Carey Craddock, Organic Gardening Instructor
Cost: $25 or $15 for GFE Members
Year-round vegetable gardening is integral to creating a foodsystem whose values reflect seasonality, locality and clean food. To take full advantage of the unique gardening climate in San Francisco, it’s important to know your vegetable garden’s needs each month. Join GFE and local gardener Carey Craddock as we take a closer look at what to do in your garden in May to ensure you reap a harvest that will afford you Victory Gardener status. This month will focus on warm weather crops and plants that attract beneficial bugs, watering needs of your spring garden, as well as a tour of what’s growing at the GFE in May. Join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month to learn seasonal tips for year-round vegetable garden! Bring on the bounty!
URBAN BEEKEEPING!
Part I - How to Set Up a Beehive
Date: Saturday, May 12th, 2011
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Paul Koski, San Francisco Beekeepers Association
Cost: $25 or $15 for GFE Members
Join GFE and local beekeeping instructor Paul Koski of the San Francisco Beekeeper Association for Part I in our Urban Beekeeping Series and learn how to manage an Urban Honey Beehive in San Francisco. In this introductory class participants will learn about beekeeping supplies and equipment, where to get bees, and how to install them into a hive. The class will also cover basic hive management principles: how to open and inspect a hive and what the beekeeper should expect to see and do for the first few months. You will leave this workshop with the keys to success for keeping honeybees in an urban area. If weather permits, we will look into GFE's already active hives.
* 2012 URBAN BEEKEEPING SERIES *
May 12th - How to Set Up and Manage a Beehive
June 16th - Hive Management
August 18th - Honey Extraction
JUNE 2012
Date: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Give your summer garden a boost that will guarantee vibrant colors and tasty veggies for the months to follow! Aside from encouraging beneficial soil organisms and conserving a non-renewable resource, composting makes an excellent fertilizer that releases nutrients slowly at a rate which the plants can use them. This fun, hands-on class teaches methods for backyard and worm composting for home and community gardens. Come learn what you can do to improve your garden and prevent organic waste from ending up in the landfill! Rot on!
GARDEN TOUR: Discover the Beauty in Water-Wise Gardening
Date: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Time: 1pm - 2:30pm
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Hilary Gordon, GFE's Sustainable Landscape Education Manager
Cost: Free
Join us for an informative tour of GFE's climate-appropriate demonstration garden focusing on water-wise gardening techniques and plants appropriate for San Francisco's Summer-Dry Climate. Learn how you can create a beautiful garden with plants that need little or no summer water. It's good for the environment and for the water bill!
GROW YOUR OWN FOOD! Seasonal Organic Vegetable Gardening in June
Date: Saturday, June 9th, 2011
Time: 10am - 12noon
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Carey Craddock, Organic Gardening Instructor
Cost: $25 or $15 for GFE Members
Year-round vegetable gardening is integral to creating a foodsystem whose values reflect seasonality, locality and clean food. To take full advantage of the unique gardening climate in San Francisco, it’s important to know your vegetable garden’s needs each month. Join GFE and local gardener Carey Craddock as we take a closer look at what to do in your garden in June to ensure you reap a harvest that will afford you Victory Gardener status. Its summer in San Francisco! Which means one thing - FOG! This month will focus on garden troubleshooting, fertilization, managing weeds, as well as a tour of what’s growing at the GFE in June. Join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month to learn seasonal tips for year-round vegetable garden! Bring on the bounty!
URBAN BEEKEEPING!
Part II - Beehive Management
Date: Saturday, June 16th, 2011
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Paul Koski, San Francisco Beekeepers Association
Cost: $25 or $15 for GFE Members
Join GFE and local beekeeping instructor Paul Koski of the San Francisco Beekeeper Association for Part II in our Urban Beekeeping Series. This class will explore the elements of a healthy, mature honeybee colony. Topics will include assessing queen health, how to provide enough space for colony growth, managing the hive for honey production and measurements for hive health. Integrated pest management practices for honeybee pests and diseases will be covered. We will also explore behavior and communication among worker bees for locating and foraging nectar and pollen sources. If weather permits, we will look into GFE's already active hives and add a super to the hive for storage of excess honey.
* 2012 URBAN BEEKEEPING SERIES *
May 12th - How to Set Up and Manage a Beehive
June 16th - Hive Management
August 18th - Honey Extraction
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC GARDENING
JUNE 2012
Sponsored by the SFPUC
INTRO TO ORGANIC GARDENING
PART I, GARDEN DESIGN
Dates: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Time: 10AM - 12:30PM
Location: Garden for the Environment, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Learn how to grow a healthy and beautiful garden that minimizes the impacts on the environment. From building a healthy soil with compost to selecting beautiful plantings appropriate for the Bay Area’s climate, this workshop will give you the basics to implement sustainable gardening practices. More info here.
INTRO TO ORGANIC GARDENING
PART II, GARDEN CARE
Dates: Saturday, June 9th, 2012
Time: 10AM - 12:30PM
Location: Garden for the Environment, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Planning ahead for low-maintenance design and sustainable products is a key element to a successful organic garden. Join us to learn about natural maintenance practices that will keep your garden beautiful and your labor to a minimum. More info here.
INTRO TO ORGANIC GARDENING
PART III, GARDEN WATERING
Dates: Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Time: 10AM - 12:30PM
Location: Garden for the Environment, San Francisco
Cost: Free
Water is vital to garden health. But, when is enough, enough? Join us to learn earth-friendly ways to water the garden and the most efficient practices for the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate. More info here.
AUGUST 2012
URBAN BEEKEEPING!
Part III - Honey Extraction
Date: Saturday, August 18th, 2011
Time: 10am - 12noon
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Instructor: Paul Koski, San Francisco Beekeepers Association
Cost: $25 or $15 for GFE Members
Join GFE and local beekeeping instructor Paul Koski of the San Francisco Beekeeper Association for a very hands on Part III of our Urban Beekeeping Series. If all goes well, an urban honeybee colony should produce about 30-40 lbs of excess honey by the fall of each year. This workshop will discuss the factors that affect honey production, honey extraction and timing, and how to assess how much honey a colony will need for winter. This workshop will also present the varied methods of honey harvesting and discuss the pros and cons of each. Depending on the amount of honey produced in the GFE hives and how it is stored in the honeycomb, we will demonstrate several honey harvesting methods including cutting the honeycomb into chunks, crushing and straining, and uncapping and extracting the honey frames. Come join us, it is going to bee sweet!
* 2012 URBAN BEEKEEPING SERIES *
May 12th - How to Set Up a Beehive
June 16th - Beehive Management
August 18th - Honey Extraction
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
You can register by clicking on the ‘Register Now’ link, or calling Garden for the Environment at (415) 731-5627, or emailing info@gardenfortheenvironment.org. Registering on the day of the workshop is always possible, though workshops have been selling-out early. No one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.
We can’t wait to see you in the garden!
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| Pollution Prevention and Water Conservation workshops at the GFE are funded by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. | Urban Composting workshops, SFUSD Field Trips and the GCETP Program at the GFE are funded by the SF Environment, through a 2009-2010 Zero-Waste Grant Award. |
