{"id":1119,"date":"2025-03-17T22:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T02:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2025-03-17T22:19:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T02:19:22","slug":"upcoming-gardening-classes-cover-companion-planting-growing-in-raised-beds-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/2025\/03\/upcoming-gardening-classes-cover-companion-planting-growing-in-raised-beds-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Gardening Classes Cover Companion Planting, Growing in Raised Beds, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spring has sprung in Fulton, and area educators are hard at work putting together classes on lots of gardening topics! Read on for details on upcoming classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planting Spring and Summer Vegetables: Companion Planting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Saturday, April 19th
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairburn Branch Library<\/strong>
60 Valley View Dr.
Fairburn, GA 30213
404-613-5750<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Master Gardener Thomas Thompson at the Fairburn Library Saturday, April 19th to learn all about vegetable gardening and companion planting! You’ll learn what to plant in spring and summer and how to plan your garden so plants complement one another. Free, no registration required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March Madness Gardening Classes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Seed Sowing for Effective Gardening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

March 13 and 20, 2025
11:30 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality Living Services<\/strong>
4001 Danforth Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30331<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come learn several different techniques on seed sowing for the best spring transplants. This workshop is open to the public for all who are interested in enhancing their spring harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a Garden Habitat: Effective Raised Bed Gardening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

March 22 and 29, 2025
11:30 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church<\/strong>
1625 Joseph E. Boone Blvd
Atlanta, Georgia 30314<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop is open to the public and will feature all of the \u201chow-tos\u201d of planning and constructing raised beds. We encourage everyone to come ready to get \u201chands-on\u201d experience on how to effectively put together metal, wood and soil-based raised beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing Safe\/Growing Green: Fertilizers vs. Pesticides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

March 22, 2025
11:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church<\/strong>
1625 Joseph E. Boone Blvd
Atlanta, Georgia 30314<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop will focus on understanding the basics of fertilizers vs. pesticides. Participants will learn about the how fertilizers and pesticides can wash into storm basins and directly to creeks and rivers. There will be a discussion on how the excess use of fertilizers and pesticides can change soil characteristics, disrupt soil microflora, and reduce the rate of decomposition of organic and inorganic matter. You will leave the workshop with recommendations and ideas on how to best apply these in your operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register for March Madness Gardening Classes here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring has sprung in Fulton, and area educators are hard at work putting together classes on lots of gardening topics! Read on for details on upcoming classes. Planting Spring and Summer Vegetables: Companion Planting Saturday, April 19th1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Fairburn Branch Library60 Valley View Dr.Fairburn, GA 30213404-613-5750 Join Master Gardener Thomas Thompson at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}