How to Start a Vegetable Garden

How to Start a Vegetable Garden

Description: Join us for this hands-on beginner workshop to learn how to start a home vegetable garden. We'll introduce a broad range of topics, such as soil health, compost as an organic fertilizer, crop planning, direct seeding and seedlings, and maintenance items. We will also do some hands-on seeding and planting out of seedlings.

UC Master Gardener Presenters: 

• Lisa Putnam has a BS in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis and also studied nutrition science at Davis. She currently manages a small sustainable organic farm in Woodside and home vegetable garden in Portola Valley. Lisa is a UC Master Gardener and Master Composter.  Lisa’s passion is soil and compost. Along with her sister Kathleen, she has been teaching gardening at Lyngso’s, the San Mateo County Fair and Garden Clubs for the last 15 years.
• Kathleen Putnam is a professional organic vegetable gardener serving the Mid-Peninsula and is an ISA Certified Arborist. Kathleen has a certificate in Environmental Horticulture from City College of San Francisco and is a UC Master Gardener. Kathleen’s passion is fruit trees and soil. Along with her sister Lisa, she has been teaching vegetable gardening and pruning techniques at many venues for the last 15 years.

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