Out In The Garden Leigh on 21 Feb 2010 06:00 pm
Spring Classes at BGO — Join me!
I’m so ready to see scenes like this one above rather than snow and rain and dull winter skies…. I did hear PEEPERS last night though, so Spring really is gathering strength under all the cold mud… So to get in the spirit, if you are in NWA please join me for any of the three classes I’m teaching at the Botanical Gardens this year. Homegrown Veggies on 3/6/10 or 4/15/10 and Edible Landscaping (i.e. The Larrapin Landscape!) on 3/27. More info below and hope to see you there!
HOMEGROWN! Organic Veggie Gardening For Beginners
Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 10 a.m.-Noon OR Thursday, April 15 from 5:30 p.m.-7
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (BGO), Crossover Road, Fayetteville
Join gardener Leigh Wilkerson for an edible adventure! Find inspiration and information on beginner organic growing in any amount of space—from you balcony to a big yard to a plot in a community garden. Interested in gardening with the help of nature? Think: beautiful AND bountiful! Class is for beginners. Come meet others who share your interest in getting started at veggie gardening.
Class is $10 for BGO members and $15 non-members. FREE admission to class with the purchase of a first-time new BGO membership at the door. Pre-registration requested so we’ll have plenty of handouts. Email ozarksalive [at] gmail [dot] com for more information or to reserve your space and pay at the door. To buy your ticket today, go to www.bgozarks.org/events Email ozarksalive [at] gmail [dot] com to get on a mailing list of this and more edible/eco NWA garden announcements. (Class will repeat on Thursday, April 15 from 5:30 p.m.-7)
EDIBLE LANDSCAPING with the Larrapin Gardener
Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m.-Noon
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (BGO), Crossover Road, Fayetteville.
Eat Your Yard & Beyond! Join gardener Leigh Wilkerson for an exploration of edible landscaping inspired by permaculture. Why stop with a veggie garden? Why mow a yard when you can eat it? Edibles can go everywhere. There are dozens of ways to make your entire landscape yummy (larrapin!) for songbirds, butterflies, your pet chickens, pollinators, and you too! Make your space, whether large or small, beautiful, bountiful and alive. Class is for gardeners of all levels. Come meet others who share your interest in edible landscaping.
Class is $10 for BGO members and $15 non-members. FREE admission to class with the purchase of a first-time new BGO membership at the door. Pre-registration requested so we’ll have plenty of handouts. Email ozarksalive [at] gmail [dot] com for more information or to reserve your space and pay at the door. To buy your ticket today, go to www.bgozarks.org/events Email ozarksalive [at] gmail [dot] com to get on a mailing list of this and more edible/eco NWA garden announcements.
6 Responses to “Spring Classes at BGO — Join me!”
on 22 Feb 2010 at 9:39 pm # Diane Carroll
I’m ready for some color like that lovely pink too!
Thanks for the event info, i’m hoping to make it. And we’re looking forward to your guest blog post! We’ll have to keep your readers posted.
on 23 Feb 2010 at 11:18 pm # sweetgum
Oh, how I wish I could be there! I’ve been reading your blog for years now, keeping tabs on home, while we’re stationed out here in California. We’ll be back in Arkansas for good come July, so maybe there will be a repeat for fall gardening…? (pretty please!)
on 24 Feb 2010 at 7:23 am # Leigh
Thanks for visiting Diane. I’m so excited about a guest post at your blog. Yes, that cherry bloom picture has gotten me through many a winter dreary day this year!
on 24 Feb 2010 at 7:26 am # Leigh
This is just delightful that the blog has given you a way to keep tabs on home. I’ve often wondered who those regular readers I see on the sitemeter from far-flung places might be…. I never thought of Ozarkians longing for home!
Congrats on coming home this summer! I have some great Fall garden info I’ll post late in the summer — you’ll be getting here nearly just in time to start a Fall garden in late August or so.
on 26 Feb 2010 at 10:50 pm # Jen
You have already heard the peepers?! We always try to see who hears them first in our family but we haven’t even been listening yet this year. Usually, my husband is the first to notice them. I will start listening.
on 28 Feb 2010 at 7:44 am # Leigh
We have a cow pond right next door to us and it must be peeper heaven. Some spring nights it sounds like a jungle! I love that pond, even though it’s not that attractive in summer, when we call it the slime pond! Regardless, it keeps us supplied with peeper song (and later, big frog song, though I don’t know what kind of frogs…) and that is a delight. Thanks for your note!