Free Workshops

Throughout the spring and summer months, the CRD and other proud sponsors offered 12 free organic gardening workshops. The workshop series in now complete, but please check back next year for additional workshop offerings.

Organic Gardening & Lawn Care

It's possible to grow camas, a native wildflower, in your garden.

Learn to work with natural processes to create healthy, vibrant lawns and gardens.

The organic gardening and lawn care workshop links gardening and lawn care practices with the fundamental ecological relationships plants have evolved with and depend on. Participants will learn how to support and enhance the ecological processes that promote plant and soil health. It becomes readily apparent how pesticides are counter-productive to a thriving garden and grassland ecology. Topics will include: plant and soil ecology, creating communities, enhancing soil and microbial activity, water management, problem prevention and the concept of health management. The workshop is intended for home gardeners and professionals alike.

Organic Food Gardening: Backyard Local, Gourmet Salad Greens

Food security begins in our own backyards.

Learn how easy it is to grow salad greens all year round and enjoy the succulent, sweet or spicy tastes of custom designed salads. Discover beautiful and flavorful varieties of lettuces, herbs, edible flowers and some surprising greens and learn time-tested techniques for seeding, succession planting, growing, harvesting, serving and how best to store your greens. This class will feature a delicious sampling of salad greens and some scrumptious dressing recipes.

Journeys in Permaculture

Learn how Permaculture through whole system design addresses increasing yields in your organic garden as much as it does climate change and peak oil. Come out for an informative presentation on permaculture and how it harmonizes design with the patterns of local climates, local landscapes and the principals of natural systems.