Liz Stanley Submitted photograph
The final of 5 talks within the Camden Backyard Membership‘s annual five-part Winter Horticulture Collection is about for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, with Liz Stanley who will current “Lasagna Gardening.”
The collection is offered on-line in partnership with the Camden Public Library.
Lasagna gardening, or sheet mulching, is a way that has been used around the globe for generations, in keeping with a information launch from the library. It’s a simple strategy to rework a part of a garden or waste house into a brand new vegetable or perennial mattress by layering and recycling available supplies. After letting the realm relaxation, the layers break down, constructing a rising medium of natural matter that improves the soil substrate’s high quality.
On this presentation, viewers will see some examples of lasagna gardens, what sorts of “recipes” have been used, and which crops thrive on this setting.
Stanley coordinates grownup and youth gardening packages, and solutions gardening calls, for the College of Maine Cooperative Extension in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. Her fundamental focus is the Grasp Gardener Volunteer program, the place contributors obtain greater than 50 hours of coaching within the artwork and science of horticulture. In return, volunteers help faculty and group gardens, meals safety initiatives and environmental tasks.
The membership is a nonprofit and member of the Backyard Membership Federation of Maine and Nationwide Backyard Golf equipment, with a mission to domesticate the artwork of gardening to its fullest sense, develop and protect magnificence in and round Camden, and promote civic enhancements, training and conservation of pure assets.
The free horticultural talks are open to everybody. To register for the Zoom hyperlink to attend, go to librarycamden.org. Every speak will even be out there to view after the occasion date on the library packages YouTube channel.
Associated Tales
