From soil health and growing herbs to beekeeping and container gardening, there are lots of opportunities to come out and learn at gardens and farms with Food Well Alliance this fall!
Replenishing Your Soil for Fall Planting Workshop
with Patricia Parks – Vegan Chef’s Garden
Tuesday, September 15 from 6pm-7pm
Join Patricia Parks for a workshop on restoring depleted garden beds for a successful fall season. After a heavy summer growing season, soil nutrients are often depleted. In this session, you’ll learn regenerative, nature-first methods to replenish and rebuild your soil food web using organic amendments, compost, and no-till practices. You will walk through live bed preparation demonstrations and cover strategies for planting cool-season crops before the fall frost.
Herb Gardening for All: Fall Gardening Edition Workshop
with Patty LaCrete and Emily Brabeck – Bed Head Plant Nursery
Saturday, September 19 from 9am-12pm
Have you ever wanted to grow herbs for a home or community garden, but felt unsure of where to start or what supplies you need to succeed? Join Patty and Emily for a Fall Gardening Workshop! Discover the advantages of cool-season gardening and learn how to establish a flourishing autumn herb garden.
They’ll cover how to prepare your garden beds, the benefits of fall planting, selecting and placing the right herbs, fall garden care and maintenance and making the most of Georgia’s extended growing season!
Fall Compost Giveaway
at the Food Well Farm
Saturday, September 26 from 10am-3pm
FWA is hosting another compost giveaway this fall! See more details and the new location for the giveaway on their events page!
And save the dates for the fall Plant. Eat. Repeat. workshop series! This October, FWA is partnering with the Atlanta Botanical Garden again and covering container gardening with edible plants! You can see dates, locations and more information for these and all upcoming workshops on the FWA Eventbrite!
Please reach out to Flannery Pearson-Clarke at flannery@foodwellalliance.org if you have questions about these or any upcoming programs.
