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2010 Fall Citizen Gardener Sessions – 10 Hour Class for $20-30

12th August, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

I got an email from the Sustainable Food Center about the 2010 Fall Citizen Gardener Sessions. You can get more infor here, but basically there’s a choice of 4 different sessions, each that in a 10 hour class spread over 3 days will teach you about site design, making a raised bed, planting a square-foot garden, building a compost pile, learning about Austin climate, soil, planting times; building a mulch bed, turning compost, rain water collection, and more.

The cost is $30 due on the first day of class (cash or check made out to “Sustainable Food Center”). $10 dollars will be refunded if you complete 10 volunteer hours at one of their partner gardens.

Here are all of the session choices from their website:
-CG #15:
August 14 & 21 (Saturday mornings): 8:00am – 12:00pm, at Festival Beach Community Garden: Waller & Flores, Austin 78702
August 17 (Tuesday evening): 7:00pm – 8:30pm, at Terrazas Public Library: 1105 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78702
Instructors: Dick Peterson (Lead) & Sandy Brazwell (Assistant)

-CG #16:
August 28 & September 4 (Saturdays mornings): 8:00am – 12:00pm, at Kipp Academy in East Austin, FM 969/MLK, past 183; right just before Decker Lake Rd; follow signs to Kipp and baloons to garden
Sept 1 (Wednesday evening) – 7:00pm – 8:30pm, location TBD
Instructor: Dick Pierce

-CG #17:
September 11 & 18 (Saturday mornings): 8:30am – 12:30pm
September 15 (Wednesday evening): 7:00pm – 8:30pm
All classes are held at The Rock Methodist Church: 2001 W. New Hope Road, Cedar Park
Instructor: Leslie Keller

-CG #18:
September 25 & October 2 (Saturday mornings): 8:30am – 12:30pm, location TBD
September 29 (Wednesday evening): 7:00pm – 8:30pm, location TBD
Instructor: Khaled Jafar

Check out their website to register for a session – it sounds like a great deal!

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