Looking for a way to increase your soil fertility without breaking the bank? Explore the process of making compost tea and see how one simple act can go a long way in your garden. Discover whether or not compost tea is worth your effort, learn how to prepare aerated compost tea, and see what results occur in-ground!

Get ready to dig your hands in the dirt with Karena Poke! Discover how to grow in areas such as apartments, balconies, and patios via palette planters, grow bags, raised beds, and more!

Many people find themselves short on space, with underutilized spots, or with pest problems that make growing root crops difficult. But many fabulous root crops can be grown in containers! John has grown up to 40 pounds of sweet potatoes in just a few square feet of containers, and shares how you can increase your growing options for all sorts of crops with the right containers, growing medium, and more!

If you’ve heard adults say, “Kids these days aren’t interested in gardening, ” 14-year-old Emma Biggs can share the flip side of the story. In this workshop, she talks about the fun she has in her own urban garden and how she inspires friends and neighbors to garden and to grow new plants. Always looking for more space, Emma gardens on the roof, on the driveway, in wicking beds, in the ground, and in a neighbor’s yard. She grows more than 130 tomato varieties, giant tomatoes, and lots of fun and unusual plants. Leave this talk with fun project ideas (sunflower house!) and fun plants (exploding seed pods anyone?) that can help draw young people (and adults) into gardening.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 29-minute video by Emma Biggs A PDF "handout" of the materials you will need to get startedDownload a PDF from this workshop video!

There's a lot to consider before you start a raised-bed garden. Thinking through everything you want to accomplish in your garden can be a little overwhelming at times. Walk through some of the basics of raised-bed gardening to create a long-lasting, high-producing garden that minimizes time and labor.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 15-minute video by Curt and Chais Rankin. A PDF download of notes from the video to get you started. Download PDFs from this workshop video!

Learn eco-friendly solutions for improving any garden. Shawna Coronado helps you discover clever ways to upcycle everyday items in your garden in order to save your pennies and save the environment. Each hack is natural or organic and easy to accomplish in the garden, and gives creative insight on how you can grow for very little money. Coronado demonstrates each tip with full-color photos and tales from her creative and wacky home garden, which is making a difference in her community and for her family.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop: A 32-minute video by Shawna Coronado A PDF "handout" of the materials you will need to get startedDownload PDFs from this workshop video!

Learn how to make your own nutrient-rich vermicompost to fertilize your garden. Build a simple outdoor worm bin, and watch the worms at work!Download a PDF from this workshop video!

Widely talked about but little understood are our fungal friends here on planet Earth. Partnering with roughly 95 percent of plants the world over are a specialized type of fungi that go by the name of mycorrhiza. Join Jim Eagan as he discusses the cutting edge research on plant and fungal interactions. The workshop explores the benefits and ongoing study of partnering mycorrhiza with agriculture, our gardens, and the larger ecosystem.Download a PDF from this workshop video!

Since being diagnosed with osteoarthritis pain in 2015, Shawna Coronado has been learning tricks for how to reduce her chronic inflammatory pain while in the garden. In this workshop, she teaches all the smart tips she knows. She shows full-color photos featuring her extensive elevated bed gardens and teaches techniques on smart ways to grow at waist height. Learn how to grow a large volume of annual flowers, perennial plants, vegetables and herbs, and even succulents, all in a smaller space and while reducing stress on your joints and body. Stop being a pain in your own neck and back. Attend this class to get all the down low on growing up.Download a PDF from this workshop video!