FALL ORGANIC GARDENING
SAT JULY 23, 2022 @ 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
LIVE ZOOM CLASS BY INVITATION
PRESENTERS: BOB RANDALL, Ph.D and CAROL BURTON
$20

Did you know that the fall and winter seasons of Houston make for some the easiest times to grow vegetables?  You will learn when and where to plant, soil preparation, seed germination and transplanting a long list of vegetables, including lettuce, kale, chard, cabbage, collards, bok choy, mustard, carrot, beet, rutabaga, potato, turnip, parsnip, radish, celeriac, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, snow pea, onion, multiplying onion, leek, and garlic.  Don’t have space for a garden?  Many of these can be grown in containers on a patio!

PRESENTERS

Bob is the author of the best-selling local gardening book: Year-Round Food Gardening for Houston and Southeast Texas. He was one of the eight founders of Urban Harvest in 1994 and was Executive Director from its beginning until he retired after 21 years of leadership (including Urban Harvest’s predecessor at the Interfaith Hunger Coalition) in early 2008. As such, Bob has played a major local and national role in the development of area community gardens, school gardens, farmers’ markets, organic gardening classes, and organic landscaping.

Carol is Urban Harvest’s Director of Education and rooted in to gardening as a volunteer in the Urban Harvest teaching garden. She has twenty years of experience gardening and growing food gardens in shared spaces, backyards and school gardens.  Carol is a certified teacher and curriculum specialist in environmental education.  She oversees education programming, presents and teaches professional development courses, including Edible Academy to share her love of gardening, conservation, and growing good food.

If you cannot attend the class as scheduled, there are no refunds or substitutions. Class recording will be sent to participants as available.

Registration will close 24 hours prior to classes Monday - Saturday and 48 hours before all Sunday classes.

(After registration you will receive two emails, one is a receipt and the other will be sent 3 days prior to the class with event details that include zoom link and contact information. Contact education@urbanharvest.Org for questions.)