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bookmark_borderContainer Gardening Workshop

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CONTAINER GARDENING WORKSHOP AT GLEN FOERD
Saturday, June 1st from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Registration required $25 for members, $35 for non-members.

Have you always admired those lovely pots of flowers at public gardens or nurseries? Want to learn how to create them for your own backyard patio? This workshop will teach you the basic techniques and design considerations to produce beautiful ornamental container plantings. This is a hands-on class, so bring your gardening gloves and a container to plant and take home. Please – no containers larger than 10 inches in diameter and height, with drainage hose in the base.

Glen Foerd on the Delaware
5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114
215 632 5330

bookmark_borderLet’s Get Dirty!

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C3A (Coatesville Area Arts Alliance) presents an Early Spring Seminar
Let’s Get Dirty!
Learn To Love Organic Gardening
A Basket of Plenty from Deb’s Garden

Saturday, March 24th   10AM to Noon
120 Reservoir Rd.  in Wagontown, PA

Ready or not, Spring has sprung early.  So let us help you get inspired and get a jump on the growing season for growing food organically! Learn survival skills that last a lifetime with third generation gardener and Master Composter Deborah Kates (who will share 35 years of organic gardening experience to help you
Grow food without synthetic chemicals)

Selecting/starting Seeds  f  Transplanting   f  Raised Beds  f Pest Control
Planting Schedules  f  Compost and Soil  f  Fertilizing f  Watering & a lot more

So you can dig on nutrition ~ stress release ~ saving money ~ exercise ~ and feeding your soul

$50 per person 

Bring one or more friends and you all get a 10% discount ($45 p/p)

For information and RSVP, 610-384-2535 or debc3a@verizon.net

 

f Seminars/classes for private groups, business wellness programs, organizationsf also available

C3A  ~  where Art means Business  ~  www.CthreeA.org

bookmark_borderFood Preservation Workshops

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(C3A) Coatesville Area Arts Alliance presents workshops for 2010

Let’s Jam! – The Basics of Food Preservation

Yum, all that delicious summer and fall bounty—how to savor it all year? Let third- generation organic gardener Deborah Kates share her decades of knowledge on food preservation.

– Learn to how to make and preserve (w/ hot water canning) jams, jellies and easy pickles as well as tomatoes (sauce and whole), peaches, pears and more;
– Also some tips on freezing fruits and vegetables.

Weds, August 18th, 6 to 8pm
or
Saturday, August 21st, 10am to Noon

Location: Kelly Caterers
1186 Downingtown Pike, Rte. 322 (at the Shadyside Rd. traffic light)
Downingtown, PA 19335

$20.00 per person
Space limited, contact Deborah at 610-384-2535; debc3a@verizon.net

We also offer educational and fun private organic gardening and food preservation workshops for your business, organization, or social network—contact above.

C3A ~ where Art means Business ~ www.CthreeA.org