Saturday, May 16, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Vegetables for Small Spaces: Containers, Window Boxes and Raised Beds
Grow your own vegetables on your porch, patio or balcony all season long. Fresh, delicious and available when you are ready for them, many of our favorite veggies grow happily and productively in small spaces. Learn where to order seed suitable for small spaces, which containers to use, and how to plant, care for and harvest your favorites, then begin your own potted vegetable garden.
Each student enrolled in this Tower Hill Botanic Garden class on Saturday, May 16, from 10 – 12:30, will receive a Veggie for Small Spaces Garden Kit: vegetable seed catalogs from New England growers, detailed handouts, 2 packets of vegetable seed easily grown in containers, a 14 inch plastic pot, a bag of soil, a tomato plant suitable for a pot and support stakes and ties for the tomato. We’ll plant the tomato in class. All materials included. Please bring an apron and flower scissors to class.
Betsy Williams teaches, lectures and writes about living with herbs and flowers. A gardener and herb grower since 1972, Betsy trained as a florist in Boston and England. She combines her floral and gardening skills with an extensive knowledge of history, plant lore and seasonal celebrations. Betsy is the author of several books on the uses and stories of herbs and flowers. She has appeared on the Discovery Channel and greater Boston cable stations as well as local and national radio talk shows. Betsy lectures and teaches locally and nationally. THBG members $65, non-members $80. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org, or call 508-869-6111.
