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.
Tips and Techniques 1: Planning Your Vegetable Garden
NOTE: Date and Time for this class: March 18, 10am - 1pm. Location: Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living.
This is the first of two classes planned by Project Grow to help gardeners with the problems that are typically encountered throughout the growing season.
This class is designed with the novice gardener in mind, though experienced gardeners may gain (and share) some ideas that will promote success in the season to come. Topics to be covered include, among others, factors to consider when designing its layout, selecting the vegetables to grow, deciding where and how you will plant them, managing weeds, and choosing materials and products to support and protect your plantings. Experienced Project Grow gardeners, Joet Reoma and Marcella Trautmann, are the instructors.
The next class will include information on:Dealing with Heat, Weeds, Watering, and Pests
Registration fee: $5. Register now .
The class is open to the public, and walk-ins are welcome. Cash only.
Please check the website to read about any changes to the course [eg: time, location].
Tips and Techniques #2 Planting your Garden
If you are a novice gardener, or even an experienced one, attend this class to learn how to garden more effectively and efficiently in 2017. Experienced Project Grow gardeners, many of them master gardeners and composters, will share tips and techniques that have helped them to garden successfully.
Topics will range widely, to cover problems often encountered by gardeners at the start of the season, and will include, but are not limited to, the following: preparing beds for planting, choosing the right tool for the task at hand, amending the soil, decoding seeding and planting instructions, selecting appropriate staking methods and materials, using row covers effectively, watering wisely, preventing weeds, and the like. Class will be open to questions and individual problems.
Fee: $5. For Registration, click here. Walk-ins welcome.
Biochar: What’s That?
This class is cancelled.
What is biochar? The Science Journal Nature called it “the state of the art” soil amendment. Organic Gardening Magazine says,”along with bags of potting soil, mulch and compost, you soon may see bags of biochar for sale at your local nursery”. The Philadelphia Inquirer says “An ancient , highly porous form of charcoal is being touted as a godsend for soil health and fertility - transforming farms, home gardens, and urban and suburban landscapes.” This class will explore the history and the science behind this 2000 year old soil amendment. It will also explain why biochar is being touted as weapon in the fight against climate change.
The class will be taught by Patrick Schoen, Patrick (Pat) Schoen founded Ann Arbor Biochar after a 30 year career teaching science. When Pat was 13, his teacher showed the class a film about deforestation and Pat has been committed to environmental causes ever since. He went on to get his BS from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and a MS in Environmental Science from Eastern Michigan. He is a member of the Citizens Climate Lobby and is acting as a CCL liaison for Michigan’s district 7. He spent many years as a volunteer with the Nature Conservancy and Department of Natural Resources restoring Oak Openings ecosystems.
Level of student who would benefit: Introductory to intermediate.
Fee: $5. For Registration, click here. Walk-ins welcome.
Kimchi!
Learn how to make Kim Chi, a traditional fermented Korean side dish. Students will help prepare and mix the ingredients and take home some Kim Chi. The kitchen has generous space for students to observe the techniques involved in making this dish, to get up close and personal with the ingredients, and to ask lots of questions.
The class is being offered by Dan Sferden, passionate about kimchi and other fermented foods. Dan is a Romanian born scientist who loves gardening, cooking, baking and preserving foods. His nonprofessional interests include sustainable living and natural resources conservation. Dan is a Project Grow Board member and gardener and completed the master composting program offered by Project Grow.
The fee for this class is $15, which includes all materials. Enrollment is limited to 10. Register here THIS CLASS is now Full.
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