Desert Institute of Gardening ONLINE: School Gardens in the Low Desert

Maricopa County Master Gardener Don Sutton will guide you on how to plan, create, teach and maintain a K-12 school garden.
You will also learn how to garner funding and develop a great group of volunteers to help the students.

YOU WILL LEARN:

• How to build the links to the school curriculum based on grade level
• Design the garden space
• Seek funding & volunteers
• Plant for something to harvest in the time you have
• Sustain the garden to fit the school calendar
• Keep track of success and failures

SPEAKER: Don Sutton is a graduate from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln with an undergraduate degree in biology. His gardening experience started early! He was the official weed picker for his great uncle on two-acre garden in Hullet, Wyoming. Don has worked with schools and churches in the valley to set up and maintain vegetable gardens. Additionally, he has been a speaker at the Maricopa Home and Garden shows over the past two years.

REGISTER HERE:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dig-online-school-gardens-in-the-low-desert-tickets-117305189981