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Introduction to Urban Backyard Beekeeping

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  •  Sat., January 26, 2019
     1:00pm - 4:00pm

Are you planning to start your first backyard beehive this spring? Or are you just curious about urban beekeeping? Do you consider yourself a beginner beekeeper and want to learn new strategies or brush up on your beekeeping skills? This workshop will cover the basics for a successful start to backyard beekeeping.

Beginning Home Gardener Weekend Intensive

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  •  Sat., March 30, 2019
     9:00am - 4:00pm
  •  Sun., March 31, 2019
     9:00am - 4:00pm

Our Grow Your Groceries Beginning Home Gardener intensive will cover the essential topics to help the new gardener create and maintain a thriving, abundant edible organic garden. Combining indoor presentations and interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities, this course will give you the knowledge and confidence to get out and grow food for you and your family.

Cooking with Kids from the Garden

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  •  Tue., March 19, 2019
     3:30pm - 5:30pm

This class is cancelled due to low enrollment. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Check out the next teacher training, A-Buzz With Life, Bringing Pollinators to Your School Garden.Learn about 4 simple and seasonal recipes that can be used with kids in the classroom or garden setting. We will also review basic items that will create success while cooking with students including tools and basic ingredient kits. We will prepare all 4 recipes and then eat together at the end.

Growing Medicinal and Culinary Herbs

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  •  Sat., March 16, 2019
     1:00pm - 4:00pm

This class is cancelled due to low enrollment. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Herbs in the home garden can add flavor to your meals, home remedies to your medicine cabinet, and beauty, diversity and beneficial insect habitat to your landscape. This hands-on class offers instructions for growing an array of herbs, and tips for harvesting and using what you grow.

Raising Backyard Chickens

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  •  Sat., March 16, 2019
     9:00am - 12:00pm

Raising chickens in your yard is educational, fun and rewarding. Besides fresh eggs, they provide the added benefits of soil fertility and pest control. This class will teach you all you need to know to choose the right breeds, provide proper housing, and make sure your chickens are healthy and producing the best eggs you’ve ever tasted.

Bird Walk

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  •  Sat., March 16, 2019
     8:00am - 10:00am

Start your morning off with a pleasant walk around American River Ranch. We will experience a variety of resident birds along with winter, migrant, or summer birds depending on the season. This walk is ideal for beginner to intermediate birdwatchers.

Solar Outdoor Lighting for Your Home

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  •  Thu., March 14, 2019
     6:00pm - 7:30pm

Make your home and landscape come to life at night. This presentation and hands-on session will demonstrate how to incorporate solar outdoor lighting to enhance your home for beauty and safety.

Free Composting Workshop

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  •  Wed., March 6, 2019
     6:00pm - 7:00pm

Vermicomposting, the science of composting with worms, is an effective and easy way to put nutrients back into the soil and reduce waste in landfills. In this free class, we’ll discuss the basics of how to start and maintain a thriving vermiculture bin.

The Spring Herbal

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  •  Tue., March 5, 2019
     5:30pm - 8:30pm

This class was cancelled due to low enrollment. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We are offering many other herbal studies classes. Check out our class calendar. Spring brings a multitude of medicinal plants that are our natural allies and provide much of what we need during this season of renewal. We will discuss ways to address seasonal allergies and their underlying causes, healthy ways to do a spring cleanse, and herbs for collecting, eating, and using medicinally to support overall health and vitality. We will collect plants, make medicine, and sample some of the offerings of the season.

The Wonders of Fungi and Mushrooms

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  •  Sat., March 2, 2019
     1:00pm - 4:00pm

Take a journey into the amazing fungi kingdom and learn how certain fungi and mushrooms can benefit your garden, health and the planet. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn easy mushroom cultivation methods you can do at home to grow food, medicine and bring vitality to your garden.