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| A stunningly beautiful ear of corn from the Garden |
August is one of the warmest months and we tend to relax a little, but that doesn't mean we are shut down entirely! Here is our list of activities for August and a taste of September!
August 6 - 9:00 to 12 (see our ad in the post below) The Growing Food in Southern California Series continues with David King, the Gardenmaster, espousing the wisdom gleaned from centuries of gardening in Southern California. OK, that's a slight exaggeration - he is still a few years shy of his first century, but he knows a lot and he shares it with his usual witty and relaxed style of teaching. It's $25 at the gate and no reservation is needed. Dress to get in the garden and dirty - bring your own cup for coffee or garden-made chocolate mint tea. Master Gardeners needing education hours, this is like Comedy Driving School - you fulfill your required hours and laugh your way through it!
August 6 1:00 to 2:30 PM New Volunteer Orientation with Sheri Powell-Wolff and David King for those who want to volunteer in the Garden. Free...
August 7 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM YouThink in the Garden for a workshop.
August 7 - 12:30 to 1:30 - (This just in!) The Mar Vista Farmers' market are celebrating their 5th year this Sunday and many fun events are planned for the day. They'll be collecting money to benefit The Learning Garden and the Amazing Vegetable contest will be judged by our very own Gardenmaster - come on down and have a good time at our own local farmers' market!
August 7 - 12:30 to 1:30 - (This just in!) The Mar Vista Farmers' market are celebrating their 5th year this Sunday and many fun events are planned for the day. They'll be collecting money to benefit The Learning Garden and the Amazing Vegetable contest will be judged by our very own Gardenmaster - come on down and have a good time at our own local farmers' market!
August 7 - 1:00 to 3:00 PM - want experience in being a Gardenmaster? We need a volunteer to run the Garden for a couple of hours while a SLOLA meeting has the Gardenmaster's attention off campus. If you're free and want to make friends.... this is a wonderful opportunity to see how the Garden works on a Sunday afternoon. Could be really busy with lots of people passing through or it could be as lively as a bunch of snails after a beer party... Email the Gardenmaster pronto if you want to help! We got a volunteer!
August 13 - 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Transition LA in the Garden (the Gardenmaster is away on a field trip with his UCLA Extension class).
August 20 - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM - Seed Library of Los Angeles meeting in the Garden at the picnic tables - we'll have a presentation on saving tomato seeds and folks will be able to check out seeds from the Library. Free to attend the meeting, there is a $10 Lifetime membership fee to join the library and check out seeds.
August 21 - 9:00 AM until we sell out (which has been around noon most days) - Meet The Learning Garden and our Venice High School students at the Mar Vista Farmers' Market. We'll have loads of herbs to sell and will begin to take orders for our world famous Pesto Madness Pesto!
August 25 - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Looking for a garden master stand in as David is off-campus for a SLOLA presentation. See the details on August 7th (1 to 3 PM) to see if you have the chops for the job!
August 25 - 5:00 PM until the sun goes down - Pickling Workshop Join the Gardenmaster and learn how to make your own pickles - it's not that hard! We will make some beet or yellow bean pickles and have some beet pickles to sample. We'll also learn the essence of making jam. This workshop will feature the things you can do to preserve food using a water bath canner, not a pressure canner. Once you've learned these techniques, a whole new world opens up with fantastic flavor combinations and choices - the workshop is sponsored by Our Time Bank, but is not limited to them. You may take a jar of pickles home for a small materials fee. Contact the Gardenmaster by email or 310.722.3656 for more details!
September 3 - 9:00 AM to Noon - The Growing Food in Southern California Series continues with David King, the Gardenmaster, and more of his witty wisdom. It's $25 at the gate and no reservation is needed. Dress to get in the garden and dirty - bring your own cup for coffee or garden-made chocolate mint tea. Master Gardeners, do you have your educational hours in? Can't get any more fun than this!
September 24 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Pesto Madness returns to the Garden for the 7th (gosh, already? yes! 7th time) We always have a blast, we always have great pesto and we always SELL OUT. Dust off those taste buds and join us for The Learning Garden's premier annual fund raiser! Be there or go hungry!
We'll round out the other September things in a later post
david
August 20 - 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM - Seed Library of Los Angeles meeting in the Garden at the picnic tables - we'll have a presentation on saving tomato seeds and folks will be able to check out seeds from the Library. Free to attend the meeting, there is a $10 Lifetime membership fee to join the library and check out seeds.
August 21 - 9:00 AM until we sell out (which has been around noon most days) - Meet The Learning Garden and our Venice High School students at the Mar Vista Farmers' Market. We'll have loads of herbs to sell and will begin to take orders for our world famous Pesto Madness Pesto!
August 25 - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Looking for a garden master stand in as David is off-campus for a SLOLA presentation. See the details on August 7th (1 to 3 PM) to see if you have the chops for the job!
August 25 - 5:00 PM until the sun goes down - Pickling Workshop Join the Gardenmaster and learn how to make your own pickles - it's not that hard! We will make some beet or yellow bean pickles and have some beet pickles to sample. We'll also learn the essence of making jam. This workshop will feature the things you can do to preserve food using a water bath canner, not a pressure canner. Once you've learned these techniques, a whole new world opens up with fantastic flavor combinations and choices - the workshop is sponsored by Our Time Bank, but is not limited to them. You may take a jar of pickles home for a small materials fee. Contact the Gardenmaster by email or 310.722.3656 for more details!
September 3 - 9:00 AM to Noon - The Growing Food in Southern California Series continues with David King, the Gardenmaster, and more of his witty wisdom. It's $25 at the gate and no reservation is needed. Dress to get in the garden and dirty - bring your own cup for coffee or garden-made chocolate mint tea. Master Gardeners, do you have your educational hours in? Can't get any more fun than this!
September 24 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Pesto Madness returns to the Garden for the 7th (gosh, already? yes! 7th time) We always have a blast, we always have great pesto and we always SELL OUT. Dust off those taste buds and join us for The Learning Garden's premier annual fund raiser! Be there or go hungry!
We'll round out the other September things in a later post
david
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