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Basic Vegetable Gardening Classes
Where: Sedgwick County Extension, Sunflower Room
When: January 31st and February 7th, 6-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5, whether you attend both classes or only one
To Register: http://vegclass.eventbrite.com or call 316-660-0100
Growing vegetables in Kansas can be a challenge, especially for a beginner. A series of two basic vegetable gardening classes will be held on Tuesday, January 31 and Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center Sunflower Room at 21st and Ridge Rd. in Wichita. Both classes run from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Cost of the classes is $5, whether you attend both or only one. Register online at http://vegclass.eventbrite.com or call 316-660-0100.
The January 31st class will cover Intro to Vegetable Gardening.
The February 7th class will cover Raised Bed Gardening and Extending the Garden Season.
Spring Gardening Workshop
Where: Sedgwick County Extension Center 4-H Hall, 7001 W. 21st St. N, Wichita
When: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 8:30 am-3:00 pm
Cost: $10 per person, due in advance
To Register: springgardening.eventbrite.com or call Angie at 660-0100
The 9th annual Spring Gardening Workshop will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center 4-H Hall at 21st and Ridge in Wichita on Saturday, January 21st. From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. there will be three seminars each hour, running at the same time, for a total of 15 seminars to choose from. The workshop includes educational topics for the home gardener, focused on landscape and ornamental plants. Look forward to a wealth of gardening information all packed into one day. See schedule below for classes.
Class size is limited and open to all residents in south central Kansas.
In case of inclement weather, check KSN Channel 3, KAKE Channel 10 or KWCH Channel 12 for cancellation.
Workshop Classes Include:
8:30am-9:00am Registration/Sign-in
9:00am-9:50am Landscaping
or
Growing & Using Herbs
or
Gardening for Butterflies
10:00am-10:50am Landscaping cont.
or
Using Natives & Wildflowers in Your Landscape
or
First Time Gardening
11:00am-11:50am Growing Transplants from Seed
or
Easy Care Roses
or
Lawn Renovation/Spring Lawn Care
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm-1:50pm Container Plants
or
Shade Gardening
or
Water-wise Gardening (Xeriscaping)
2:00pm-2:50pm Growing Perennials
or
Selection & Care of Trees
or
Composting
Central Kansas Market Vegetable Growers Workshop
February 12, 2010
8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Locally grown vegetables are fresh, delicious, and can boost the local economy. The second annual Central Kansas Market Vegetable Growers Workshop, sponsored by Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Reno County Extension, will give beginning and experienced vegetable growers new skills to improve their production methods and marketing skills for selling their local vegetables, while meeting an increasing demand for locally grown produce.
Featured speakers include Dan Nagengast of the Kansas Rural Center and other Kansas fruit and vegetable producers. The workshop will cover the basics of vegetable production with a special emphasis on techniques for extending the harvest season for vegetables. Topics will include: high tunnels, tomato grafting, berry production, winter greens production, agritourism, and community supported agriculture.
The workshop will be held February 12, 2010 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 4-H Hall at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center at 21st and Ridge in Wichita. Cost of registration is $20 before February 4, 2010 and $25 after. Register online at http://vegetablegrowersworkshop.eventbrite.com or by calling 316-660-0144. You can also download the brochure Central Kansas Veg Growers Workshop (PDF) for complete details and a registration form.
For more information, please call Rebecca McMahon at 316-660-0142.
Growing Great Greens for Market Class
I realized this morning that I hadn’t posted anything about the upcoming classes we’re having in the next couple weeks.
The main class I want to promote is the Growing Great Greens for Market class that is next Tuesday evening (Nov. 9, 2010). We’re starting with dinner at 6 pm, and the class itself will start at 6:30 pm. Laura Christensen, owner of Blue Door Farm in Kansas City, will be speaking about growing salad greens in high tunnels. I will be speaking about different types of greens in general, as well as scheduling plantings and other season extension techniques. The cost of the class is $10 (which includes dinner). The class will be held in the Sunflower Room here at the Extension office. You can register by calling 660-0144.
Also next Tuesday is the Field to Fork and Recipe to Reality Workshop all day in our 4-H Hall here at the Extension office. For more information about that workshop or to register, you can visit http://fieldtofork.eventbrite.com.
Then the following Tuesday, November 16th, I will be teaching a class on Marketing Your Farm Business with Social Media. This class will also be in the Sunflower Room, starting at 7 p.m. It is intended to be an introduction to different types of social media, while discussing the value of each type for marketing. The class is $5, and you can register by calling 660-0144.
