The fifth year of gardening workshops began Sept. 24 with local gardener Richard Price at Urban Roots Community Garden Center. Urban Roots has been offering these workshops since 2007 to teach people about gardening techniques, composting and winterizing gardens.
Price presented about seed saving, a technique that allows gardeners to save seeds from fruits, vegetables and other plants for reuse the next year. This maintains farms and gardens. He will also present a workshop on composting Oct. 22.
“I've been gardening organically since 1970,” Price said. He is a member of the Seedsavers' Exchange, an international organization that maintains thousands of different plants in one of the largest seed banks in North America.
The workshops continue on October 8 with Richard Stedman, president and owner of Wright-Frontier Tree Care, Inc. He will present on the pruning process.
Three more workshops will take place during the month of October, with more occurring in the spring. A full schedule can be found at the organization's website at urbanroots.org. All workshops are held at the Urban Roots store, 428 Rhode Island St.
Urban Roots is a cooperative garden center located in the West Side, offering affordable gardening supplies and organic plants to the neighborhood in an effort to encourage urban renewal and community education.
Registration is required, so interested persons should contact Urban Roots at 362-8982 or via e-mail at workshops@urbanroots.org. By Kevin Freiheit and Melissa Kania
