UGROW Garden Workshops

Hands on workshop on the importance of native plants! All participants will receive native plants to take home to plant in their home or community garden spaces. 

Join the REC and guest speakers from NOFA to learn all about soil health and how to promote healthier soil in your own garden!

Enjoy a film screening of Hometown Habitat, a 90-minute environmental documentary focused on educating about how and why native plants are critical to the survival and vitality of local ecosystems. There will be two screenings (12:30-2:30 and 3-5) with discussion following each screening. In between the two screenings, at 2:30, there will be a 20 minute garden tour of Broad Meadow Brook's native plantings.

Join the REC for an insider's tour of the Main South YouthGROW farm! Come see the beautiful bounty being grown by REC YouthGROWers and learn how you can help combat food insecurity by getting involved.

Join the REC for an evening all about seed saving! Learn the ins and outs of how to save seeds from your own garden with expert Julie Keenan and learn about UGROW's new seed library project!

Learn how to build a small, fast-acting compost pile with Alex Carpenter from Assawaga Farm, and Jack Loomis, Urban Agriculture Specialist. Learn the composting process, what to put in the pile, and how to manage it.

Learn basic canning techniques with experts Dora Miller and Anna Gilbert-Muhammed. Participants will learn how to prepare and can fresh salsa via water bath canning. All ingredients and tools (including jars) will be provided.