Learning Workshop - Trefoil Gardens - Kingsridge Co-Op - Garden Bed Construction

Join us as we cover our garden bed construction process.
Hands on learning!
Tips and tricks for recreating our process in your own yard!

Saturday March 28, 2020 - 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Trefoil Gardens
122 Bascomb Dr
Woodstock, GA 30189
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Use simple tools and techniques to create healthy garden soil in a former lawn area. Part of an ongoing series on Home-Scale gardening.

Learn by doing. This hands-on workshop will demonstrate:

• Solarization of soil to naturally kill weeds and weed seed
• Soil sampling and how to read a soil test
• Using tillage and natural amendments to jump-start soil life
• Cover cropping and termination of cover crops
• Initial bed construction, with tarping and other seedbed-prep techniques
• Swale construction and other water-catchment/ mitigation earthwork techniques

Part 1. Initial Briefing:

Tour of gardens we'll be working in with introduction to objectives

Part 2. Guided Hands-on Session:

Practice above techniques in 3 garden areas, revolving groups

Part 3. Farm Nosh + Debriefing:

Presentation: promoting living soil systems

Facilitators/ Presenters:

Rob Miller: Trefoil Gardens (Host, Woodstock GA), KSU, Chattahoochee Tech (horticulture)

Melanie Jones: Trefoil Gardens (Host, Woodstock GA)

Ben Amestoy: Amestoy Farm (Ballground,GA)

Michael Doss: Sustainable Home and Garden (Holly Springs , GA)