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The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Ancient Lake Gardens, 8993 Soda Bay Road in Kelseyville.
This community event is open to beginning and experienced gardeners and plant lovers with proceeds benefiting the community garden project at the Highlands Senior Service Center in Clearlake.
The workshop explores the soil food web that nourishes healthy, happy plants in gardens and orchards.
Participants will learn how to create balanced habitats of microorganisms that help make tilthy, loamy, fertile soils.
Weaving permaculture, biodynamics and analog forestry concepts, the progression of subsoil ecology will be explored.
Interactive, hands-on topics and activities (weather permitting) include worm composting, layered biodynamic composting, aerobic compost tea foliar sprays, winter sheet mulch beds, guilding and soil pH.
This workshop is part of a continuing series that include topics on water management, trees in the landscape and introductory permaculture.
The cost is $35 per person and includes a locally sourced, organic vegetarian lunch.
RSVP by Dec. 9, as space is limited.
Participants should wear weather appropriate clothing, bring gloves, boots, water and snacks.
To RSVP and for more information call 805-835-9995 or 707-272-9230. To register send checks, payable to CREATE, to P. O. Box 6306, Clearlake, CA 95422.
A portion of the proceeds of the workshop will help fund the ongoing LCCC community garden project at the Highlands Senior Center in Clearlake.
Celebrating almost three years in community, the Lake County Community Co-op (LCCC) envisions cultivating an evolving community by nurturing values of social, economic and environmental responsibility.
The co-op encourages member input and participation for the continued success of its co-creation. It supports and enhances the local food system while providing a forum for community activities.
