Classes
We are charging a minimum $5 fee for all classes to discourage no-shows. To register and pay the fee you follow the registration link after the class description.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our classes will be offered on-line using a cloud-based service, WebEx. You will be sent an email containing a link that will allow you to join the online class ten minutes before the session begins. To assure that the class is not interrupted with unwanted noise, we ask that you mute your microphone until you wish to ask a question or make a comment at the end of the class. Since this is the first time we are attempting to hold classes online, we ask for your understanding and goodwill as we undertake this adventure.
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Saving Seeds from your Garden
Why spend money on seeds each year when you can save your own? Project Grow instructor Royer Held shares his expertise in collecting, preparing and storing your seeds for successful growing in the season to come. He'll also answer the ever-popular question "Why Heirloom?"
Saturday, August 13 from 10:00 a.m until 11:30 a.m. at The Nature House at Leslie Science & Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105
This class is free but please REGISTER HERE.
Dehydrating your Harvest
This class will cover the basics of drying foods, producing kale chips and dried tomatoes. But it will take dehydrating foods one more step to teach you how to make your own flax seed crackers, filled with vegetables and flavored with spices, that are not only tasty, but healthy! Participants will take home samples of dried foods. Food preservationists and Project Grow gardeners, Ge Zhang and Deiatra Eudy, will be teaching the course.
Class is limited to 10 participants. Fee to cover materials is $10
Saturday, August 27, from 10: a.m. until noon at The Nature House at Leslie Science & Nature Center, 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Canning Tomatoes!
If you are awash in tomatoes from your garden or have been eyeing the beautiful specimens at the Farmer's Market this month and want to know how to preserve them so that you can enjoy their summery flavor all winter long, this class is for you. Basic principles and techniques for canning tomatoes, using the boiling water bath method, will be taught. Students will then process and take home their own jar of newly canned tomatoes. Marcella Trautmann, long-time gardener with Project Grow and canner for many years, will teach the course. Class size limited to 14. Class fee: $10.00.
