Lunch & Learn: Urban Gardening

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Tuesday, Apr 18, 2023  12pm - 1pm

Location

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Details

Join us for Lunch & Learn with the Student Success Center at the Roanoke Higher Education Center! Lunch & Learn is free and open to the RHEC community and the general public and is held in room 411 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm.

April 18, 2023: Urban Gardening

Speaker:

Shawn Jadrnicek, Associate Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Virginia Cooperative Extension

Subject:

Learn how to grow a successful urban garden by providing plants with the sunlight, nutrients, soil pH, weed control, warmth, and water they need to grow. The latest tools and techniques will be presented to reduce maintenance and work.

Bio:

Shawn Jadricek has nourished his interest in agriculture through his work as a farmer, nurseryman, extension agent, arborist, landscaper, manager of Clemson University's Student Organic Farm, and manager of Wild Hope Farm. From his earliest experiments with no-till farming in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California to his highly functional bio-integrated designs in the Southeast, Shawn has learned how to cultivate food in a variety of climates and landscapes over 25 years of working with the land. A Snapshot of his knowledge is available in his book "The Bio-Integrated Farm".