Starting A Vegetable Garden

Select varieties suited to your climate and space, and choose seeds or seedlings with desirable characteristics like disease resistance, heat- or cold tolerance, or size. Your university county coop extension agent can help you with this, and so can online resources and books.

Thursday, September 7, 2023

6:30 pm. – 8:30 p.m.

Instructor: Robert Bowden

Forget about growing plants single file in long, parallel rows. You can grow up to 10 times the amount of produce in the same space by using raised beds. In a raised garden bed, you keep outside weeds away from your garden soil, prevent water runoff, eliminate soil compaction, and worry about less slugs and bugs. Enjoy a fun-filled presentation by Robert as he helps you discover the joys of growing vegetables and herbs in raised beds.

Robert Bowden retired as Executive Director of Leu Gardens after nearly three decades. Earlier in his career he was the Executive Director of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Director of Horticulture of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, and Assistant Director of Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island. He is the author of many books including Florida Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles and the Florida Top Ten Garden Guide. He also teaches several horticulture classes in the Science Department at Valencia State College.

Participants must withdraw from classes at least five days prior to the start of class in order to receive a full refund or credit. If we must cancel a class, we will make every effort to inform you prior to the class time, and you will receive a full refund or credit.

Only those registered for the class will be permitted in the classroom. Childcare services are not provided

Source: bungalower.com