DIY Tele Gardening Sessions
It’s the best time to garden at home this spring! Got questions? Need a recommendation? Rebecca’s Gardens is offering personalized Tele-Gardening Sessions online to answer your questions, and to give you ideas and recommendations on cultivating your own garden this season:
Zoom Sessions are
$65 for 1/2hr | $120 for 1hr
• Personalized Q&A To Support Your At Home Gardening This Spring
• Yard Location, Soil, or Microclimate recommendations
• Plant or Veggie suggestions, species tips
• Tips on Planting, Growth, Cultivation, or Maintenance
• Permaculture practices or tips
• Materials or Resource suggestions
• Supplier or Vendor suggestions
• Recommendations or Solutions
REQUISITE: Please have a list of questions ready. Please have pictures of your yard, location, lighting, plants or materials to share online and to discuss.
Tele Gardening Session Focus
Rebecca’s Gardens offers wisdom and experience on the following general topics (including but not limited to):
• Aesthetic ideas and functional solutions for what’s possible in your yard
• Insight into planning, phases, strategies, comparisons, and estimates
• Recommended horticultural plant species and soil amendments for almost any situation based on features such as zone hardiness, privacy, native, deer resistance, low water, sun/shade, color/season, soil quality, and more
• Suggestions on choice materials, benefits and drawbacks, such as mulches, soil, wood for raised beds, boulders, flagstones, pavers, planters, gravel, stones, organic weed control and more
• Suggestions on parts such as weed mat, edging, garden irrigation, or hand tools
• Permaculture and regenerative observations and recommendations on soil nutrients, ph balance, composting, microclimate, water, sun, soil, area usage, and how elements work together in your yard and in the environment
• Recommended vegetables, herbs, and seeds. And starter planting dates. Tailored to beginners. We offer basic care and timing, but we may refer you to a specialist for heirloom varieties, pest control, tinctures, or related edible mastery
• Additional resources for your topics of interest, such as website research, articles, videos, local specialists, classes, groups, topics, and more
• Limited troubleshooting or solutions to problem areas. We can try to assist depending on how much information is provided, with the following caveat:
Recommendations or suggestions are based on experience, yet can only be taken as opinion. We cannot be responsible for actual conditions, issues, or anything with which we are unfamiliar or otherwise not directly working with. Ideas or solutions are based on conversation and limited information such as pictures of your yard, plants or materials in question.
DIY Garden Documentaries
For more DIY videos on cultivating your yard, plus inspiring documentaries, check out this compilation by Epic Gardens!
2020 GARDENING COURSE
* Classes Are Rescheduled Until Further Notice,
To Protect Everyone’s Health. *
TOPICS + DATES
MAY 16th: Session 1
*starts on the 3rd Sat of the month due to Mother’s Day*
STARTER TIPS + SEASONAL HIGHLIGHTS
We’ll showcase which veggies and flowers to start when, and what each needs to get started. Learn best tips for choice color and food all season. We'll kick things off by planting "starter plants" or seeds - choose among both flowers and veggies provided - and you are welcome to bring your own! Brief introduction to medicinal plants and herbs. Make a monthly list of your favorites so you can time your garden to suit your needs. Find out where to buy additional local organic insecticide-free plants and nutrients!
JUNE 13th: Session 2
PERMACULTURE BASICS
An introduction to the native philosophy and practical tools of this "whole systems approach" to working with the land. Highlights the benefit of your backyard local garden practices vs what can be lacking in mainstream agricultural practices. How to ask the right questions and align with nature to solve problems in your yard or microclimate more efficiently, rather than approaching issues from an isolated prescriptive approach. Actualize a new understanding and unshakable respect for the power and healing inherent in natural processes. Understanding nature leads to gratitude, heath, and the holistic well being of people, plants, and planet.
JULY 11th: Session 3
ELEMENTS OF A BALANCED GARDEN
Greater detail about how Earth, Water, Fire (Sun), and Air work together. Learn Tips To Keep Your Gardens Healthy, Happy, and Balanced. Learn watering and soil principles (including drip lines and xeriscaping), composting/recycling, amendments and mulching, and helpful/harmful things in a garden (from bees, bugs and mushrooms), to how to troubleshoot and treat for pests or disease (from slugs to black rot tomatoes). If available, we'll release lady bugs into the garden (and you can take some home if you like!)
AUG 8th: Session 4
HARVESTING + COMPOSTING
How different plants are best harvested for continued growth, and how their seeds or roots are best kept. Best composting materials and practices for Colorado. Tips like layering carbon and nitrogen for proper heat and aeration. Veggie harvesting principles for continued yield and healthy immunity, composting/recycling, amendments and mulching, and how to troubleshoot your unique location requirements. Potential Field Trip: If available, we might make a specialty jam at a neighboring farm (we’ll have to see)!
SEPT 12th: Session 5
D-I-Y HOME GARDENING OVERVIEW
Ever wanted to plan your own affordable home garden from scratch? Building the right soil, choosing the right location and materials. Benefits of raised beds, hot houses, and hydroponics. DIY drip systems on a timer are easy to connect from your exterior hose faucet. Choose landscape design elements (flagstone, decorative rocks or gravel, mulches, and list of local companies and sources for materials). Additional Q&A based on interest. You might be asking yourself what is needed to bring your existing spaces to life or solve 'nothing grows there' areas.
Take home flowers and/or veggies for your yard!
* Classes Are Rescheduled Until Further Notice,
To Protect Everyone’s Health. *
JOIN US FOR GARDENING 2020
Mornings 9am - 12pm
5 Sessions, Once a Month, MAY - SEPT
2nd SATURDAYS
Come get your hands and hearts in the garden alongside north Boulder local youth and family members for a personalized learning and practice experience!
You’ll Get The Dirt:
Learn To Garden with Veggies and Flowers: Basics and Intermediate
Outdoor hands-on instructional and practice group sessions
Cultivate your own designated section in a private community garden
You can also practice what you learn in your own backyard this season
Open garden hours will conveniently be posted in between sessions
We provide starter veggies and flowers, seeds, and other garden treats
Bring your own approved plants to nurture and share if you so choose
Make local connections - Garden and Learn alongside other families
Get better results with natural practices and permaculture basics
Have Fun, be active outside, and take home organic homegrown plants
Grow Like A Pro: We'll answer your questions + help you get started
LOCATED AT
Rebecca’s Gardens: Community Plot
Foothills Community Gardens, Off of Violet and Broadway Ave (click for directions)
North Boulder
$200 per person or
$250-350 per family size
Call (303) 915-4483 for current availability or waitlist
*Payment options: Purchase your spot online now to reserve your space in the gardens, OR call to see if there’s room closer to starting date and bring a check on the first day of class.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Beginners and Intermediate Gardeners Welcome! Kids, Teens, and Adults of all ages. Come learn sustainable practices that will help your family grow together! We're choosing to keep this group small to offer you personal attention and an ideal container for learning and sharing! Initial starter plants (choice of flowers and veggies) are provided for sign-ups before mid April, and you are encouraged to bring your own choice veggies or flowers too. We will be planting, nurturing, and taking ripe ones home! Ask questions and learn all about your garden! What bugs are helpful (like ladybugs!)? How much water (drip) do specific plants like? Discover backyard permaculture practices you can apply at home! And get tips to keep your plants (and gardeners) happy! Sessions are 9am -12pm held outside in sun and shade on location at Rebecca’s Community Gardens in North Boulder! Some tools will be available on a first come basis if you forget yours, but we encourage you to invest in and bring your own, and make sure to label...
SUGGESTED BRINGS!
Come Prepared! As part of learning responsible gardening practices, all participants are encouraged to prepare themselves for moderate physical outdoor activity in the sun. Best preparations include the following BRINGS:
Organic Sunscreen Play it safe in the sun.
Sun Hat / Visor Keeps hair out of face and minimizes exposure.
Water Bottle(s) For everyone. *Essential when working outdoors!*
Food and drink Please eat breakfast beforehand! The educational talk and time to enjoy your snacks is around 10:00-11:00am ish mid-morning so you can plan to bring your own edibles as befits your tribe's custom.
Hand Tools We definitely encourage you to bring hand tools if you have em! Any will do, but if you're looking for a recommendation, our fave is the orange handled Hori, a "japanese style gardening hand tool" for under $20 at McGuckins or Sturtz & Copeland Florist.
Gardening Gloves If you want, of appropriate size for everyone - Light weight with rubber coated palms $5-8 at McGuckins or Sturtz & Copeland Florist.
Basket for Personal Items Keep your personal items clean and at hand.
Bucket for Gardening Tools and Materials Keep your gardening tools together in one place as well as use this for collecting weeds, transporting compost or soil, and bringing or taking plants with you. - e.g. $8-10 for a 5 gallon, colorful rubber bucket with handles at McGuckins.
Layers of clothing Light weight long sleeves can actually help keep you cooler on hot mornings, and prevent sunburn.
Kneeling Pad or Knee Pads Only if you need em- because you'll be kneeling in the soil and on the ground.
Appropriate Shoes While flip flops or sandals are cool and easy, shoes help protect feet from stepping on stickers, stubbing toes, or tripping on uneven ground- your choice, just know you're at your own risk in nature.
Organic Hand Lotion or Oil Your skin will thank you after working with soil.
Band-Aids or Small Emergency Kit Nice to have on hand for accidental scrapes, sunburn, etc.
Notebook For notes on our educational talks. Jot down ideas or answers to your questions.
Your Curiosity, Smile, & Sense of Humor Google a good new gardening joke to tell-- or be playful with your learning because we connect and learn better when we laugh, and humor always makes life more fun for everyone!
