Designing an Abundant Garden (Resilient Garden Series)

Описание: If you want to start your journey to having an abundant garden watch this first event of our online Resilient Garden Series. Everyone can garden; if you have a window sill you can start tomorrow.

We are excited to host several excellent gardeners for a panel discussion and conversation about designing gardens and where to start. Allison Houghton is a NOFA/Mass Soil Technical Advisor and will speak about selecting a garden site. Christie Higginbottom has taught many gardening workshops and will help us understand which crops fit best together. Ruth Green of Greens Arts Gardens in the Berkshires will introduce us to the world of beneficial insects.

You’ll learn more about:

*Garden possibilities big and small
*Choosing crops that will give the best return for your space and your time
*Encouraging beneficial insects with specific plants and practices

Instructors:

Christie Higginbottom coordinated the historic program at Old Sturbridge Village for over thirty years: researching, planning and planting kitchen gardens, flower gardens and the museum’s herb garden collection. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she presents programs on historic gardens and heirloom plants, and she teaches home gardening classes.

Ruth Green owns Green Arts Gardens in Monterey Massachusetts. She has specialized in design, installation and ongoing care of residential and historically appropriate native, vegetable, and ornamental gardens in South Berkshire County since 2001. Ruth is a NOFA-Accredited Organic Land Care Professional and holds degrees in art, history, and landscape architecture. Her main concerns include soil restoration and stewardship, pollinator protection and native plantings, and heirloom vegetable varieties.

Allison Houghton is a statewide educator and author on organic gardening topics. Her past work includes serving as the NOFA/Mass Education Director, Assistant Grower and High Tunnel Supervisor for The Food Project in Lincoln, MA, and as the Director of Horticulture at Green City Growers. She is also the author of the free NOFA/Mass publication The Carbon Sequestering Garden and The Urban Bounty: How to Grow Fresh Food Anywhere. She currently runs a micro nursery for edible and native plants at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Learn more about NOFA/Mass and become a member at http://www.nofamass.org

Thanks to our sponsors:

Ward's Nursery
https://wardsnursery.com/

Chelsea Green
https://www.chelseagreen.com

Go to ChelseaGreen.com and enter code PWEB35 at check-out to receive a special NOFA/Mass Resilient Garden Series discount on your next print book purchase. Here are some recommended titles for more information:

The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary Edition by Eliot Coleman

The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times by Carol Deppe

The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity by Carol Deppe

Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting by RJ Ruppenthal


Links of interest from the chat:

For assistance with your soil testing, NOFA/Mass Soil Technical Assistance Program https://www.nofamass.org/soil-technic...

An article on 75 small seed companies to try: http://aureliasgarden.org/wordpress1/...

Irrigation Starter Kit:
https://www.fedcoseeds.com/ogs/garden...


Other seed companies recommended:

Fruition Seeds
https://www.fruitionseeds.com/

High Mowing seeds
https://www.highmowingseeds.com/

Johnny’s Selected Seeds
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

Continue the conversation and ask questions on our Garden List Serve
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/nof...

Follow up with our presenters via email:
Allison Houghton: [email protected]
Christie Higginbottom: [email protected]
Ruth Green: [email protected]

Recorded February 16, 2021