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June Workshops: Garlic, Natives, Photography & More

Learn, Grow, and Connect This June

Urban Roots has a fantastic lineup of workshops this month. RSVP required for some sessions—call the store or email workshops.urbanroots@gmail.com.

Workshop Schedule

Tue, Jun 2, 7 PM – Garlic: Eat. Stink. Be Proud. Seth Wochensky covers history, culinary uses, scapes, urban cultivation, harvesting, and storage.
Thu, Jun 4 – Gardening with Native Perennials. Ellen Folts (Amanda's Garden nursery) presents a slide show with live plants.
Sat, Jun 13, 2 PM – Shopping Cart Victory Gardens. Build a mobile vegetable garden from a recycled shopping cart. Sliding scale donation $5–$25. RSVP required. Only 6 carts available.
Sat, Jun 20, 2 PM – Garden Photography. Don and Diann Zinteck (photographers of the Garden Walk Buffalo book) demonstrate techniques; hands-on shooting at Urban Roots.
Sat, Jul 11, 10 AM – Ferns, Ferns, Everywhere!! Colleen O'Neill discusses hardy ferns for shade, sun, moist, or dry sites, plus design ideas for pots and native selections.

Don't miss these opportunities to expand your gardening skills!

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