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Vermicomposting from Prep to Harvest.

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Jim Robertson has created an amazing garden at his home in Idyllwild, including a massive vermiculture growing and harvesting system that supplies his home with rich soil. You'll see the...

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Summer’s First Fruits – Plant Starts Swap

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Today will be a plant start swap meet hosted by Tricia Pilkington and Todd Fowler. You'll have a chance to swap plant starts you have with other gardeners. Diversify your...

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Growing Microgreens

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Join Bob Greenamyer to learn a fun and easy way to add taste to your salads, juices smoothies and much more. Growing micro greens is fun, easy and fast! You'll...

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Gardening From the Ground Up 2: Composting…Dirt First!

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Today Bob will share the Community Garden's composting program and offer guidance on how to start a variety of home composting practices. Know what's in your soil by creating your...

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Gardening From the Ground Up 3: Building Raised Beds

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

NOTE: From this week on, classes begin at 9:00AM. Today Bob will talk about the benefits of raised beds and how to build a simple one. Bob has built all...

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Gardening From the Ground Up 4: Irrigation and Water Conservation

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Today, Bob will focus on water conservation techniques you can use at home. We'll build a simple drip irrigation system for use in the garden. The various types of tools...

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Gardening From the Ground Up 5: Integrated Pest Management

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Today's class will focus on how to keep garden pests, both large and small, out of your garden. We will discuss proactive and reactive practices that prevent pests both large...

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Monarch Butterflies – Beneficial Beauties

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Bob Greenamyer will talk about beauty and benefits of the Monarch butterfly. Bob will discuss plants that can attract Monarchs and how to create a Monarch habitat in your garden....

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Creating Food Forests

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

One of the main goals at the Community Garden has been to build a "Food Forest" environment where plants grow in symbiotic beneficial relationships. Bob will discuss the basic considerations...

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Building Birdhouses

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Birds are an integral part of any beautiful garden. Today, you'll build a simple birdhouse to attract our feathered friends to your garden. If you have a portable drill, bring...

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Building an Insect Hotel

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Today, we'll build a small insect hotel and offer tips on how to care for them. "Offering a sanctuary to beneficial insects, especially pollinators, insect hotels are considered to be...

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Art in the Garden

Community Garden Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, United States

Join Don Roy and Bob Greenamyer to find out ways to dress up your garden with "found materials". Don is a master at creating beautiful garden art from found objects,...

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All Garden Classes have a “Fee“, unless it says “Free”. You can donate at the garden or online. All proceeds go to our educators and garden upkeep.