Workshops

Here's an opportunity for ya! On Monday, June 30th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., we'll be leading a workshop at Woodland Dunes on how to create lasagna gardens and container gardens. Ever heard of a lasagna garden? It's an age-old method of gardening in grassy, rocky, weedy areas - and no digging or tilling is required. Whew! that cuts down on back breaking labor.

So come on out and join us, help us create a lasagna garden, a kiddie pool garden and five-gallon bucket gardens. You'll learn new gardening methods, and the best part is that produce from these gardens will be donated to an area food pantry!

Here's the press release from Woodland Dunes announcing the garden workshop:

What’s a lasagna garden? Who would want to use a container garden? On Monday, June 30, 2008, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Woodland Dunes Nature Center will host a workshop on lasagna and container gardens. Soozee Weisflock and Maria Birch of the Urban Garden Gang will lead participants in creating garden spots in a fenced in area at Woodland Dunes.

According to Weisflock, “The lasagna method of gardening is ideal when creating a garden spot in a grassy area. No digging or rototilling is required. Instead layers of newspapers, cardboard, compost and soil are heaped on top of the ground. Containers such as kiddie swimming pools and five-gallon buckets can be converted into mini gardens. “

Participants will construct a lasagna garden, a kiddie pool garden and five-gallon bucket gardens. Plants and seeds donated by local greenhouses will be used in the gardens. Produce generated by these gardens will be donated to the Two Rivers Mishicot Ecumenical Pantry.

Woodland Dunes is located at 3000 Hawthorne Ave (Hwy 310), just west of Two Rivers.