Garden Event List

• Everyone is welcome!  Stop by for a quick hello or linger for all activities.
• 3-5pm – Apple cider and donuts, seed packet donations, walk around the greenhouse to admire our winter greens production, chat with VGN staff to learn more about our organization.
• 3:15pm – Fire Cider Make & Take – first we will harvest ginger & turmeric harvest, then we will guide a hands-on tutorial to make fire cider. See below for full details on the Fire Cider Make & Take activity and RSVP to reserve your jar.
• 4:00pm – Garlic Planting Workshop – learn all about bed prep, garlic varieties, seeding depth, and maintenance tips for an abundant harvest of scapes and bulbs next summer!

https://vtgardens.org/greenhouse/

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn techniques for collecting seeds from a variety of native, herbaceous plants. Discover sustainable growing strategies to enhance climate resilience and cultivate a garden that supports local ecosystems. We will discuss and demonstrate techniques for identifying some of the best pollinator plants native to our area, how to responsibly collect seeds, and how to clean and store seeds before you sow. Attendees will leave with a selection of native plant seeds to winter sow later in the season. Please dress for the weather and be prepared to walk outside in a field. Helpful items to bring include a kitchen sieve if you have one, a pen or pencil to make notes with, and a metal bowl.

Topics we will cover:

• Identifying plants in seed vs. flower in the wild vs. the garden
• Ethical collection and protocols for maximizing biodiversity
• How to identify ripe seed - and what part in all that stuff is the seed!
• How clean is clean enough for storage at home scale - and bugs to look out for
• Some basics of proper storage, and what is good enough for the short term

Cost: Free

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