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AVANT-GARDENING: CREATIVE ORGANIC GARDENING

Welcome !  " You Can Grow "


WORKSHOPS
Workshop Schedule 2010 is pending since we are moving to San Juan Island, WA in May!
All workshops are $20.00 per person
Please register in advance

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A garden is more than just a means of providing food, it is a model of what is possible in a community. Everyone could have a GreenzBox garden and grow healthy, nutritious organic food - thereby promoting a more sustainable way of living, encouraging a local economy via a farmers market creating an arena to discuss gardening experiences, sell their extra produce, and share the bounty.



"We can learn to imitate nature by creating a natural eco-system, symbiotic relationships that are productive, non-polluting, and beneficial to the whole environment, and thereby sustain all living things within the system."


SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC GARDENING/GREENZBOX
9:30 - 2:00 - Bring lunch, hats, gloves, and drinks
Not scheculed yet

corn tassles in our sustainable organic garden in late July at giannangelo farms southwest
Sustainable Organic Gardening
*Why Organic? Why Sustainable?
*Garden Design, Location, Water Features and Ponds
*Permaculture Gardens, and Xeriscape
*Soil Improvement, Compost, and Mulch
*Shade, Trees, and Conserving Water
*Bio-Diversity and Intensive Planting
*Prevention and Control of Weeds and Pests

a photo of the GreenzBox in early May, full of tender salad greens at giannangelo farms southwest
LUNCH BREAK 11:30-12

How to build a and Plant
a Deer Proof Garden
*Simple, Easy to Build, Inexpensive
*How, and Why, it Works
*UV Protection and Water Conservation
*No Weeds, No Pests, No Critters
*Tender Lettuces and Salad Greens
*Soil Improvement, How to Plant a GreenzBox
*Promoting a Gardening Community



hands-on rockwall building at one of our rockwork workshops
"LANDSCAPING WITH ROCK AND CEMENT"
"How to build a Rock Wall"
9:30 - 2:30 - Bring lunch, hats, gloves, and drinks
Not scheculed yet

*Tools, Materials, and Techniques
*Pools, Ponds, and Water Gardens
*Rock Walls, Steps,and Easy Paths
LUNCH BREAK 11:30-12
*Designs
*Mixing Cement
*Hands-on Rockwall Building



a strawbale workshop - building a driveway entry to the gardens

"HOW TO BUILD A STRAWBALE WALL"
"Building Strawbale Walls"
9:30 - 2:30 - Bring lunch, hats, gloves, and drinks
Not scheculed yet

*Tools, materials, and techniques
*Walls, Foundations, and Designs
LUNCH BREAK 11:30-12
*Hands-on Strawbale Wall Building
*Setting Bales, Fastening Wire and lath
*Cement and Stucco



organic gardening,gardening
Labyrinth Workshop
"CREATING YOUR OWN LABYRINTH"
9:30 - 2:30 - Bring lunch, hats, gloves, and drinks
Not scheculed yet

*Introductions
*History, Myths, Folklore
*Rituals, Meanings, Meditations
*Ancient and Modern Designs
*lunch
*Labryinth Walk and Guided Meditation
*Reflective Journaling




Workshop Photos

one of the formal garden bedsPurple Cauliflower


plans for building a Giannangelo Farms GreenzBoxthe GreenzBox full of tender greens in late spring


a rock platform in front of the chicken coop door, built during a rockwork workshopa mixing cement demonstration at a rockwork workshop


bales stacked for a 240 foot strawbale wall that surrounded our formal perrenial gardens at our first New Mexico homestacking bales for a strawbale wall at a strawbale workshop


taking a break from building a strawbale wall at a strawbale workshop






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Hardiness Zone Map   WebRings    "You Can Grow" CD's   "Tid-Bytes" Insights   Garden Pests & Organic Controls
Biodiversity and Genetic Engineering    New Mexico    Companion & Intensive Planting     Permaculture
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About Us    Seed Starting Guide    Creative Garden Design    The Greenzbox    Recommend This Site    Resources & Links
Organic Products    General Gardening Supplies


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