Do you dream of picking fresh fruit and vegetables from your home garden, but you aren’t sure where to start in actualizing this dream? This three part series will teach you everything you need to know to design, plan and install your own edible home garden. Topics covered in this class include lawn removal methods, choosing a site, designing garden beds, developing a soil health plan, drafting an irrigation plan, choosing plants, sketching a garden design to-scale, and writing a phased DIY installation plan. You will leave class with a framework design of your own edible garden. Take the whole series or choose an individual class that meets your needs.

Design Your Own Edible Garden Part 2: Infrastructure Installation
Saturday, November 16, 9:30 AM -12:00 PM
We will cover the different styles of garden beds and pros and cons of each, discuss building healthy soil on site and local sources of quality garden soil/compost, and irrigation choices and installation methods. You will review and add detail to your garden design with this new information, and begin crafting a phased installation plan for your garden. This class will also feature a hands-on garden bed preparation project at the American River Ranch where you will learn by doing!

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This event takes place in the City of Rancho Cordova, which is part of the Sacramento region.