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  • Saturday, March 14, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Powisset Presents: Planning the Perfect Home Food Garden

    Interested in starting a home garden for veggies, herbs and all things edible? On March 14 from 2 – 4 in Dover, Powisset Presents welcomes Liz Green, Associate Director of the Trustees Agriculture Program, who will get you ready to grow the perfect home food garden. Learn what varieties work best, how and when to plant, talk spacing, fertility, weeding, watering, and more! You’ll also be able to custom-order transplants and seeds from our own certified organic farm and tour the Powisset greenhouse.  Trustees members $24, nonmembers $30.

    Pre-registration at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/metro-west/event-50639.html is required 2 days prior to this class lecture. If it is within 2 days and you wish to register, please email powissetfarm@thetrustees.org or call 508.785.0339 to find out if there is space remaining. 

  • Saturday, October 24, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Yard to Table: Edible Garden Design

    You’ve decided to create a food garden. Now learn how to design attractive gardens filled with both ornamental plants and nutrient-dense edibles. On Saturday, October 24 from 10:30 – 12:30, instructor Ben Barkan of Home Harvest will discuss site considerations, the  design process, sustainable land-use techniques, companion planting, how to incorporate both perennial and annual edibles and how to maximize garden productivity. The Tower Hill Botanic Garden Soil Health workshop provides lots of useful background for this class, but is not a prerequisite. We’ll talk about how to harmonize your gardens with the surrounding landscape and how to mimic natural ecosystems to maximize garden resilience and beauty. $20 for members of Tower Hill, $35 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.  Image from www.guerillrr.com.