Turn your outdoor space into a productive, beautiful, thriving kitchen garden! In this workshop, you'll learn to design, build, and maintain your own thriving raised-bed kitchen garden using sustainable, organic, proven intensive gardening techniques. This workshop is for beginners and experienced gardeners alike. It will equip you with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to cultivate a thriving, low-maintenance garden that provides fresh herbs, vegetables, and flowers season after season.
What you’ll learn:
Week 1: Foundations for Success in Your Garden
Selecting the best location for your raised beds
Choosing the right materials for constructing raised beds
Key Structures and design elements
Understanding soil health: the right blend and how to build rich, living soil for maximum productivity
Introduction to organic and intensive gardening principles
Week 2: Seasons & Plant Families
Understanding Plant Families
The importance of growing with the seasons: cool-season vs. warm-season crops
Companion planting: maximizing growth and deterring pests naturally
Selecting the best vegetables, herbs, and flowers for your climate and growing conditions
Planning for continuous harvests with succession planting
Crop rotation strategies for soil health and long-term success
Bonus: What to plant this Fall!
Week 3: Designing Your Garden & Planting Plans
How to design a raised-bed layout for beauty and efficiency
Spacing and placement strategies to maximize productivity
Planning for vertical gardening and space-saving techniques
Customizing your planting plan based on your goals and space
Incorporating pollinator-friendly flowers and beneficial companion plants
Week 4: Tending & Harvesting Your Garden
Best practices for harvesting to encourage continuous production
How and when to prune, trellis, and stake plants
Watering Strategies
Natural pest and disease management using organic methods
Course Wrap-Up
Bonus: Recipes & Digital Workbook!
This workshop includes comprehensive course materials to help you design and create a kitchen garden tailored to your space, lifestyle, and growing conditions. By the end of the course, you’ll have a clear, step-by-step plan to start growing your own fresh, organic produce right at home!
Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th
Times: 6:30pm-8pm
Location: Milton, MA (virtual available by request)
Turn your outdoor space into a productive, beautiful, thriving kitchen garden! In this workshop, you'll learn to design, build, and maintain your own thriving raised-bed kitchen garden using sustainable, organic, proven intensive gardening techniques. This workshop is for beginners and experienced gardeners alike. It will equip you with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to cultivate a thriving, low-maintenance garden that provides fresh herbs, vegetables, and flowers season after season.
What you’ll learn:
Week 1: Foundations for Success in Your Garden
Selecting the best location for your raised beds
Choosing the right materials for constructing raised beds
Key Structures and design elements
Understanding soil health: the right blend and how to build rich, living soil for maximum productivity
Introduction to organic and intensive gardening principles
Week 2: Seasons & Plant Families
Understanding Plant Families
The importance of growing with the seasons: cool-season vs. warm-season crops
Companion planting: maximizing growth and deterring pests naturally
Selecting the best vegetables, herbs, and flowers for your climate and growing conditions
Planning for continuous harvests with succession planting
Crop rotation strategies for soil health and long-term success
Bonus: What to plant this Fall!
Week 3: Designing Your Garden & Planting Plans
How to design a raised-bed layout for beauty and efficiency
Spacing and placement strategies to maximize productivity
Planning for vertical gardening and space-saving techniques
Customizing your planting plan based on your goals and space
Incorporating pollinator-friendly flowers and beneficial companion plants
Week 4: Tending & Harvesting Your Garden
Best practices for harvesting to encourage continuous production
How and when to prune, trellis, and stake plants
Watering Strategies
Natural pest and disease management using organic methods
Course Wrap-Up
Bonus: Recipes & Digital Workbook!
This workshop includes comprehensive course materials to help you design and create a kitchen garden tailored to your space, lifestyle, and growing conditions. By the end of the course, you’ll have a clear, step-by-step plan to start growing your own fresh, organic produce right at home!
Dates: Wednesdays, September 24th
Times: 6:30pm-8pm
Location: Milton, MA (virtual available by request)
