Urban Vegetable Gardening Classes Offered In Kitsap County

Home and Garden Ideas

Have you always wanted to grow your own vegetables, but weren’t sure where to start?  Are you concerned about the quality of your family’s food and want more control?  Do you want to eat the freshest, most locally grown vegetables possible?

This 7 week course taught by Anne Burkhardt of Burkhardt’s Herb Garden and Gayle Larson of Dancing Raven Design will give you a complete overview of edible gardening basics and hands-on experience working with seeds and transplants.

In 7 weeks, you’ll learn to:

• Plan and design your garden
• Understand your soil and how to work with it
• Choose vegetables that will thrive
• Start seeds and transplant them into the garden
• Irrigate and fertilize your plants
• Build structures to support and protect your plants
• Sustainably manage pests, weeds and disease
• Harvest and enjoy your produce

Each class participant will start a flat of seeds, transplant them and take them home at the end of the session.

Spring Session consists of 7 classes offered at 3 different times.

Tuesdays, 10:00–11:30 AM, March 10 through April 21

Saturdays, 10:00–11:30 AM,  March 7–28 and April 11–25

Saturdays, 12:00–1:30 PM, March 7–28 and April 11–25

All classes will be held at

Pheasant Fields Farm, 2 miles north of the Silverdale Mall on Clear Creek Rd.

Cost is $175 for 7 class session, including materials.  Registration is required.  Call 360-981-7127  for more details, or email Gayle Larson at dancingravendesign@comcast.net.