Grow Your Own Food Workshops 2025

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 pm UTC-08:00

Garden for the Environment | San Francisco

Garden for the Environment
Publisher/HostGarden for the Environment
Grow Your Own Food Workshops 2025
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In this engaging workshop, learn about how to grow your own edible plants year-round in San Francisco's mild climate.
About this Event

In this in-person workshop, learn to take full advantage of the unique gardening climate in San Francisco, where you can grow your own fruits and vegetables year-round! Join us throughout the seasons for our Grow Your Own Food workshop.


Some topics that will be covered in the months the workshop is offered:

  • January: Soil fertility, W**d management, and what to plant now.
  • March: Growing your own transplants, what seeds to start indoors and outdoors, and successful transplanting of seedlings.
  • May: Warm weather crops and plants that attract beneficial insects and watering needs of your spring garden.
  • July: Planning for your winter garden and summer pests and diseases to look out for.
  • September: Preparing your garden for the cool and rainy season and harvesting the fruits of your summer garden.
  • November: Taking advantage of the rainy season by planting cold hardy crops such as garlic, peas, and edible perennials.


Our expert instructor Carey Craddock is a garden coach, consultant, and horticultural enthusiast. She has been teaching at Garden for the Environment since 1998, first as a Get Up! intern and then as a staff member until 2003.  She trained in both CCSF and Merritt College’s landscape horticulture programs and loves to combine her passion for art and horticulture into creative projects. She runs Carey Craddock Gardens where she specializes in ecological garden design and growing food. 


COVID-19 information:

  • Please bring a mask to accommodate your comfort level in an outdoor group situation
  • Please bring your own gardening gloves for possible hands-on activities.
  • Please cancel your shift and do not come to GFE if you develop COVID symptoms on or before the day of your workshop


No walk-up registration permitted for this course.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Garden for the Environment, 1590 7th Avenue, San Francisco, United States

Tickets

USD 25.00 to USD 53.49

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