Season Extension: Row Covers, Mulches, DIY Low Tunnel

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Cool spring temperatures are ideal for growing many beloved crops, while others will need a little extra warmth and protection from potential frost.  Join us for an exploration of row cover thicknesses, plastic and biodegradable mulch to warm up soil, tarping techniques to eliminate weeds, and peek inside our simple DIY low tunnel.

This workshop takes place at the Co-op Victory Garden - a collectively-tended garden where shared access to land and resources, intensive growing techniques, and a mentorship program empower people to grow a lot of food on a small plot of land.  A wide variety of vegetables, herbs, flowers, and small fruits are grown by and for co-op members. 

This workshop is facilitated by Carolina Lukac, Garden Education Manager with the Vermont Garden Network.  Carolina has been growing food for the past 15 years, for a decade on urban rooftops in Mexico City and now in community-based gardens in Vermont. In addition to growing vegetables, she aspires to grow many medicinal plants to make herbal remedies, dye plants to keep busy with natural dye crafts over the winter, and enough cutting flowers to fill her house with fresh bouquets all season long.

Thanks to our season underwriters, City Market and Gardener’s Supply Company, for making events like these possible!