Garden for the Environment Offers Organic Gardening and Composting Classes in September

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Garden for the Environment Offers Organic Gardening and Composting Classes in

September

Garden for the Environment

7th Ave at Lawton Street

San Francisco

Garden for the Environment will offer the following classes in September 2007.

All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, a half-acre organic

demonstration garden in San Francisco at 7th and Lawton street. Since its

founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for

small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost

education and low water-use landscaping.

 

• Kids in Gardens: School Gardening

Saturday, September 15th | 10AM – 12NOON

Come join us for an exploration of gardening on school grounds. In partnership

with the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance, this workshop will focus on

gathering tools and ideas that will help you build and integrate a garden into

your school, or improve on an already existing outdoor classroom. Participants

will go home with a resource packet full of garden activities related to

science, math, language arts, and more. Learn about current movements at work in

the Bay Area to green our schools and gain some valuable " big picture " knowledge

regarding the network that is available to tap into for resources.

 

• Yoga for Gardeners

Sunday, September 23RD | 10AM – 12NOON

Gardens are beautiful places to practice yoga! As summer yields to the harvest

time of Autumn, come celebrate the Autumnal Equinox at GFE and move with us in

the Yoga For Gardeners Workshop. Help yourself heal those sore backs, knees and

shoulders that often result from repeated bending and squatting in the garden.

Participants will learn yoga stretches that compliment gardening postures, help

relieve pain and restore balance to the body. This workshop will focus on

strengthening the core and back, important for all garden work. All levels of

yoga students are invited. Beginners are welcome! A yoga mat is not required,

but bring one if you like. This event is $15 and will be held at the Garden for

the Environment, on 7th Ave at Lawton Street in San Francisco.

 

• Film Night! Experimental Films about Food and Gardening

Sunday, September 23th | 6:30PM – 9:30PM

Join Liz Keim, Film Curator at the Exploratorium, and Amy Franceschini, San

Francisco based artist and designer, for an evening of experimental films about

food and gardening. Bring a blanket (maybe two!) for this enchanting evening,

the Autumnal Equinox typically being San Francisco's warmest day of the year.

Come early for wine and snacks, films start at 7:30pm. This event is $10 and

will be held at the Garden for the Environment, on 7th Ave at Lawton Street in

San Francisco.

 

• Preserving The Harvest

Saturday, September 29th | 10AM – 12NOON

Want to save the taste of summer year round? If your garden is producing more

food than you could possibly eat, learn how to preserve your fruits and

vegetables for the winter. In this class, we will cover recipes, procedure, and

safety for canning and pickling fresh produce. Projects discussed will include

jams, pickles, dilly beans, sauerkraut, and/or tomato sauce. Bring a mason jar

and lid (preferably a pint-sized jar), if you want to take home some of the

creations from the class. This workshop is $15 and will be conducted at the

Garden for the Environment, on 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco.

 

For more information contact:

Blair Randall, Garden Education Program Manager

Garden for the Environment

415-731-5627

info

www.gardenfortheenvironment.org

 

 

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