Join the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Communitiy Facilities for the Urban Agriculture Learning Series. Classes are scheduled to begin on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 11 a.m.
The full schedule is listed below.
February 22:
Duron Chavis of Happy Natural Day presenting “Economic Impacts of Urban Farming”
Victoria Campbell
presenting “Preparing the Urban Land for Crop Production”
March 1:
David Stover presenting
“Beekeeping”
Jan Thomas of the Richmond Tree Stewards presenting “Caring for Your
Fruit Trees”
March 8:
Ellen Shepard of Lynwood
Holton Elementary presenting “Developing School Gardens”
Lisa Taranto of Keelona
Farm presenting “Organic Insect Control”
March 15:
Kristi Orcutt from Lewis Ginter
Botanical Gardens “How to Get Your Garden to Grow”
Sean Sheppard of Backyard
Farmers presenting “Sustainable Agriculture as an Entrepreneurial Opportunity”
March 22:
Bruno Welsh of
CompostRVA with “Composting”
Cheryl Crawford with “Fundamentals of Preserving
Your Garden Crops”
March 29:
John Lewis of Renew Richmond presenting
“Vermiculture –Worms”
Ana Edwards presenting “Cooking What You Grow”
