Extension features totally free digital gardening lessons in April
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Extension’s Develop Your Possess, Nevada! application will livestream eight courses to help Nevadans who want to get on a route to more sustainable, community and nutritious residing by rising and preserving extra of their have foods.
“Anyone can grow to be a much better gardener by attending these classes,” said Heidi Kratsch, Extension horticulture expert. “From the novice to the superior gardener, anyone can reward from a Mature Your Very own, Nevada! course.”
The sequence of workshops will run 6-8 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 5-28. The workshops will deliver gardeners and those people fascinated in expanding healthier foods with a back again-to-the-principles information to making bountiful harvests in Nevada. The subjects will involve:
April 5: Commencing beekeeping for property owners, presented by Lindsay Chichester, Extension educator in Douglas County.
April 7: Container gardening ideas and methods, introduced by Rachel McClure, Grasp Gardener coordinator for Extension in Washoe County.
April 12: GMO myths and realities, offered by Patricia Santos, assistant professor with the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
April 14: Edible garden design, introduced by Valarie Rider, proprietor of Heirloom Gardens.
April 19: Expanding tomatoes in Northern Nevada, presented by McClure.
April 21: Herb gardening basics, offered by Wendy Hanson Mazet, Extension horticulturist and plant diagnostician.
April 26: Typical backyard garden bugs and ailments, introduced by Hanson Mazet.
April 28: Improving plant wellbeing by applying companion planting, introduced by Kratsch.
Registration can be carried out on line at http://www.growyourownnevada.com/horticulture-applications/home-horticulture-systems/develop-your-possess/. Inhabitants need to sign-up for every class they wish to go to. All workshops are totally free of demand and will be held by means of Zoom link.
For facts on lessons, e mail Hanson Mazet at [email protected]. Folks in want of special accommodations or aid should really connect with or notify Paul Lessick, civil rights and compliance coordinator, at [email protected] or 702-257-5577 at least three times prior to the scheduled celebration.
