Learn a unique “low-tech” way to maximize your urban growing space with one one of the simplest and most unique growing methods in the world.
Teacher Bio:
Benjamin Friton In 2010 he co-founded Can YA Love, an organization specializing in supporting orphanages, schools, and youth & women’s groups in densely populated areas around the world by setting up customized agricultural systems that provide continuous support to their mission. He is currently focusing his efforts as a soil-ecologist, educator and designer at Forested, a ten-acre food forest in just 6 miles East of DC.
Don’t have a lot of space for a traditional in-ground garden but want to grow your own fresh vegetables? Do you see the prices of containers at gardening stores and have sticker shock? Fear not! At this workshop, we will show you how you can grow plenty of healthy produce for you and your family in even the smallest of spaces for a fraction of the cost. Come and learn how to start a 100sq foot garden and considerations you need to make when gardening only in containers. Get your creative juices flowing as we help show you how ANYTHING can be used as a container and start growing!
