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Free Organic Gardening Course
Date and Time
Monday Mar 12, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDTMondays, February 26th, March 5th and March 12th
6-8pmLocation
Dover Public Library
73 Locust Street, DoverFees/Admission
Interested gardeners may call the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050 to sign up for Mr. Cirasole’s course, or you may register online at http://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/library/events/index.html.
Free Organic Gardening CourseDescription
The Dover Public Library is pleased to offer a free, comprehensive 3-part organic gardening course on consecutive Monday nights, February 26, March 5 and 12, from 6-8pm in the Library’s Lecture Hall. The course, totaling six hours over the three nights, will include practical tips on how to create a new garden, soil preparation, seed starting, planting techniques, container gardening, cultural techniques during the growing season (such as watering, fertilizing, and pest and weed control), how plants and soil interact, succession planting, planting multiple crops in the same space at the same time, how to compost, crop rotation, cover cropping, and mycorrhizobials.
The sessions will also include discussions about our existing industrial food production system, including pesticides, genetically modified seeds, seed labeling and supplier concentration, globalization and famine, organic certification, and regulatory capture.Tell a Friend