Category Archives: School Garden News

Spring 2022 Garden Classes

Happy Spring! Get Your Grow On! See our new garden classes at Greystone Demonstration Garden. Register at https://beverlyhills.org/gardening 1. Vegetable Gardening Basics A comprehensive two-week class covers everything you need to know to successfully grow and harvest fresh produce from your garden every day year-round. 4/03 class covers location, plant selection, tools, soil prep, seed […]

New Free, Virtual Gardening Classes beginning January 2021

Great news! We are adding more Gardening Classes to our schedule. All Virtual Classes (accessible on Zoom) are Thursday from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM. The cost is free. Please register at Beverly Parks and Rec. Schedule January 14 – Winter Vegetable Garden Take advantage of our mild winters by growing cool-weather crops. We can actually grow more varieties in the winter […]

Gardening with George – Free Virtual Garden Classes

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Join our free, weekly, Zoom classes, and learn to maximize your growing space. Our goal is to be harvesting something from our garden every day. All Classes are Thursday from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM. The cost is free. Please register at Beverly Parks and Rec. Schedule September 24 – Get Ready for Planting. Topics include Location, Tools, Soil […]

Greystone Gardening with George – Episode 5 – Plant Nutrition and How to Amend A Bed

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To improve the structure of the soil as well as to add back nutrients we amend our beds every season by adding compost or manure. During the season we use organic fertilizers to feed our plants the essential nutrients they need in order to thrive. See our latest episode for a primer on soil structure […]

Gardening Makes You “Happy”

If you need another reason to get motivated for gardening, consider this, gardening makes you happy. It has now been scientifically proven that certain bacterium in the soil may stimulate serotonin production, which makes you relaxed and happier. Please review this fascinating article, Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy. We always knew that […]