CCE is offering a FREE gardening course to low-income* adults in St. Lawrence Country.
This course includes six weekly classes geared toward beginning gardeners with limited resources who are eager to grow healthy food for their families. The course covers how to: plan a garden, plant seedlings, manage pests, and use the harvest.
Seed to Supper will be offered online starting March 10, 2021 and will meet every other week on Thursdays until May 19th. Each class will be around 1.5 hours and will be taught by several trained Master Gardener Volunteers and Erica LaFountain, Community Horticulture Educator. Class dates: 3/10, 3/24, 4/7, 4/14 (moved forward due to spring vacation), 5/5, 5/19. On 5/21, CCE will host a Demo Day for participants with demonstrations of cooking, tool maintenance, and basic garden skills.
Those who complete the course will receive manuals and garden kits, which include basic tools, seeds, seedlings, and a soil test for the participant’s garden plot. Adults with some space for gardening and internet access, will be best served this time around, though there are plans to offer a completely in-person version of this course when it is safe to do so.
Participants will not only have an opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills related to food gardening, but also to connect to local resources and a support system to face their garden challenges. Interested and eligible? Check out our event page and fill out the questionnaire at the bottom.
*For the purposes of this program, anyone who is eligible for SNAP, Medicaid, WIC, or HEAP is also eligible for Seed to Supper.