Plant Guilding for the Urban Garden & Food Forest

The Silver Springs Edible Garden Group & The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs presents:

‘The Growing Connection” Grass Roots Garden Speaker Series 2019

Part 2: “Plant Guilding for the Urban Garden & Food Forest” featuring Carmen Lamoureux (owner/founder of Urban Farm School in Calgary)

April 10, 2019

Silver Springs Community Centre – 5720 Silver Ridge Drive NW

Starts at 7pm

Tickets = $15 at the door

About the Speaker:

Owner & founder of Calgary’s ‘Urban Farm School’. Carmen is dedicated to helping emerging gardeners

About the Topic:

Dynamic accumulators. Sentinels. Nitrogen-fixers. These characters are AWESOME! Each plays a part in supporting the growth & production of plants. Together with other plants they create a bio-diverse polyculture called a ‘guild’. We will explore how to create the plant guilds that work best for your site & our Calgary climate.

Part 3: “Integrated Pest Management” featuring Michael G. Dallaire – May 15, 2019

Part 4: “The ‘Right Way’ to Prune Trees and Shrubs” featuring Jean-Mathieu Daoust (Tree Frog Tree Care, a division of Bartlett Tree Experts)

Grass Roots Garden Speaker Series 2019