Workshop: Summer Vegetable Gardening

This is an all-day, intensive seminar on starting and tending a summer vegetable garden. Participants sow and take home a full flat of summer vegetables (a $54 value). Topics covered: bed preparation, fertilizing, amending, proper sow and transplant dates for specific crops, discussion of over 20 different warm-weather veggies to grow, warmth, light, and climate needs, companion planting, pest and disease control, on-line preferred discount vendors of gardening supplies and seeds.

This workshop is a great basis for either someone new to gardening or someone who just wants to ramp up their yield and over-all garden vitality. Consider giving this class as a gift to a friend or family member.  Gift certificates are available for all workshops.

This class is taught by farmer Cynthia Sandberg co-founder of the World Tomato Society, and is held at Love Apple Farm. Read speaker and class reviews for Cynthia Sandberg here.

ALL CLASSES ARE HELD RAIN OR SHINE AND REQUIRE ADVANCE REGISTRATION
    

March 9, 2024 (Saturday)  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  $99 plus small materials fee of $10 <<<Click on date to register (gift cert holders register by emailing [email protected])

April 14, 2024 (Sunday)  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  $99 plus small materials fee of $10 <<<Click on date to register (gift cert holders register by emailing [email protected])

April 27, 2024 (Saturday)  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. $99 plus small materials fee of $10 <<<Click on date to register (gift cert holders register by emailing [email protected])

If the class date doesn't work for you or if the class is full, email us at [email protected] to request another workshop date or to be placed on a wait list.

Please read our cancellation policy in case you are not able to attend your scheduled class.  

EXAMPLE TRAY OF SEEDLINGS SOWN IN CLASS FOR EACH STUDENT TO TAKE HOME (PHOTO AFTER FLAT HAS GERMINATED AT HOME OF STUDENT)


Love Apple Farms gift certificates can be used towards classes, seedlings, and merchandise.  They are available for purchase here. 

Check out other classes at Love Apple Farms by clicking here.

Comments

[Love Apple Farms]

Jennifer: If you are going to be growing on a concrete patio, that means container gardening. You should take our very informative Container Vegetable Gardening class, found here: http://www.growbetterveggies.com/growbetterveggies/2009/03/class-container-vegetable-gardening.html

[Jennifer Noble]

I'm a novice gardener and looking to grow vegetables an herbs in my concrete patio. Would this class be too much for me?

[Camille]

Excellent workshop!I keep hearing echoes of your words of wisdom while I prepare to do each gardening step. Thank you for the detailed and well-presented information.
I am a beginning gardener; I found your instruction emboldening.

[Jeff Hawkins]

I never realized how much I didn't know. Sara was great...very informative and personable. I'll be taking more classes in the near future.
I'm looking forward to a great yield this summer, now that I actually "know what I'm doing" !

[Craig Lore]

For the past several years, my wife and I have been avid, but somewhat lazy gardeners. Recently, we decided to ramp up our game and get down to the serious, but fun, pursuit of vegetable gardening on a much larger scale. We have a growing library of books and research material, but nothing compares to getting solid/practical/usable advice straight from a professional. Cynthia has been perfecting her techniques for 15 years. She readily admits that there are lots of ways to do things correctly, but she teaches only what has worked for her--and it will work for all the rest of us too.

We have taken three of Cynthia's courses--two on vegetables and one on chickens, and we are signed up for two more--beekeeping and composting/vermiculture. My 90+year-old in-laws have done it all: homesteading,farming, chicken/cattle raising. My mother-in-law was surprised that there was class for raising chickens. In her day, people just did it and learned on the job, or they learned from the previous generation. We don't have the luxury of either. Instead, we take Cynthia's classes: you leave with the knowledge to tend your garden, worms, or chickens, plus you have plants, worms, or chickens to get you started. You enter the class a student, and you leave a farmer.

One warning, and I say this with a smile, Cynthia is a no-nonsense instructor. Sit still, take notes, be quiet until she's finished. If your question hasn't been answered by the end of the class, you probably weren't paying full attention. There is so much to learn; therefore, she can't cover everything, but she tries: the class is filled with information from bell-to-bell. And if your question really hasn't been answered, she will field your question at the end of the class.

Cynthia gives you your money's worth and more--NOT like some classes that could have been reduced by half or summarized in a handout.

Thanks, Cynthia. We will see you soon. Maybe you should consider selling a season pass or Gold Member option for people like my wife and me--one or both of us could then come to every class.

[Amy Jespersen]

After staring at our lawn for 2 years knowing we wanted to grow veggies there, we are ready to start. Your class motivated us into action. It was great to have what I knew reinforced and learn so much new information. Thanks for reminding me its okay to make mistakes as long as I learn from them. I don't have to do it perfect I just have to do it! Thanks so much you are great.

[Julia A.]

Thanks so much Cynthia, the class was fantastic and I feel knowledgeable enough now that I'm confident I can be successful even though I've never gardened before!

[Jan J]

My daughter and I took the class last March, proudly exiting with our flats of newly-planted seeds. I have had a veggie garden for many yrs, but learned alot of new info and techniques and had many questions answered I had vaguely wondered about for too long. Cynthia's attention to important details make all the difference, and boost gardening confidence. I am constantly pulling out my class notes for reference. Thanks for a day really well spent! Jan J

[Laura Murphy-Wilkens]

I only wish I took your class years ago! I learned so much and am excited to start implementing everything I learned. I just picked up a sprayer so I can feed the vegetables that I have already planted with the worm composting tea. Luckily, I have a few areas still to plant so I will be sure to follow your step by step instructions to amend and plant. I am sure to have lots of seedlings to transplant from the seeds we started in class. I just may have to get a worm bin. Thank you for such an enjoyable day and thank you, in advance, for a much more bountiful summer garden!