upcoming classes

If you want to go with someone let me know. would be fun to get some of us 3437 gardeners together!

Hello community gardeners of Minneapolis! 

I am writing to share two upcoming classes that I think will be especially beneficial to community gardeners in Minneapolis. The first is a class about how to use cover crops in urban gardens. Cover cropping is essential for maintaining and building soil nutrients, soil life, and organic matter. It's a very easy to begin and the benefits are huge! The other class is an introduction to seed saving with Twin Cities-based Seed Sages, a organization that hosts trainings and consultations to reskill our communities to save our food's genetic diversity. 

All classes take place at Tiny Diner (1024 E 38th St, Minneapolis) and are sliding scale to make them accessible to all. Space is limited so please send RSVPs to andrea.e@tinydiner.com. 

Please feel free to share this information with your networks. 

Cover Crops for Urban GardenersThursday May 10th from 7-8

Cover crops or green manure is an age old agriculture technique and there is good reason for this. This class will focus on basics of soil heath, case studies of cover crops, sourcing and management. Nick will also talk about cover cropping can work with other backyard carbon and poultry systems. You will leave feeling confident on how to integrate and manage cover crops into your garden for the longterm benefit of soil health. This class is a $10 sliding scale.

Teacher information: Nick Schneider owes and operates Thrive Chef Works LLC, a personal chef and catering company. Next to cooking good food, growing good food is Nick's equally vital passion. His formal experience as a grower includes 3 years as market garden manager for former St. Paul urban Agriculture non-profit, Farm in the City, a summer teaching gardening classes for Gardening Matters, and a summer doing farm work in Italy through WWOOF. He regenerated and expanded a community orchard for Omega One ltd, a Minneapolis intentional community. Nick is a co-founder of Mixed Precipitation Theatre Collaborative and has acted as the lead chef since its inception 10 years ago.

Backyard Seed Saving I: Save Biodiversity in Your BackyardSaturday May 27th from 2-3 

Learn how you can save and pass on agricultural biodiversity in your home and community this season. It can be easy with a few tips Koby JH of Seed Sages. This class is a $5-10 sliding scale. 

Teacher Information: Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen is the founder of Seed Sages, a local seed saving organization that provides trainings, consultations, and education.  Seed stewardship and biodiversity conservation is a driving force behind her work. She has worked at Emandal Farm, JD Rivers Children’s Garden, Seed Savers Exchange, Seeds of Change, and Ecology Action. She also has a masters in Community and Regional Planning as well as Permaculture training. She draws on many approaches to share diverse seed saving, farming and community-building methods.

Thanks all and happy growing!