Gardening Education at Junipero & Co and Quarter Acre Farm |
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Saturday, March 20 2010, 9:30am - 11:30pm |
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Join Junipero & Co. and Andrea Davis of Sonoma's Quarter Acre Farm in a morning of gardening education,
light spring market-inspired brunch hors d'oeuvres & fresh-squeezed blood orange mimosas
from 9:30am-11:30am, coast $5.
We'll Discuss:
Choosing what plants to grow
Deciding on location of garden (including containers)
Quick way to prepare soil
Basic tools & supplies needed
Transplanting & direct seeding plants
Maintaining your plants
Harvesting your bounty
Andrea Davis received her B.A. in sustainable agriculture from Hampshire College. She has developed and maintained numerous backyard gardens for valley residents. Currently she operates Quarter Acre Farm in Sonoma, where she grows vegetables and sells at the Sonoma Valley farmers market and to Mondo Restaurant. At Quarter Acre Farm she grows a large cornucopia of vegetables, primarily heirloom and oddity varieties. She only uses sustainable growing methods no pesticides, herbicides, or petroleum based products are ever used on the land.
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Location: Junipero & Co, 115B East Napa Street, Sonoma CA 95476
Contact: 707-939-9065 |
