For all of you that enjoy the taste of homegrown food, Grow Your Own Groceries is a backyard gardening course that teaches urban residents how to design, plant, and care for a productive vegetable garden. By growing food at home, individuals and families save money on groceries, eat healthier, and avoid commercial food safety scares.

The 4-hour course provides a detailed overview of organic gardening practices and prepares participants for the challenges and rewards of starting a home garden. Topics include: planning and crop rotation, healthy soil and composting, insect and disease control, and much more. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with starting the first seeds for their 2010 garden! Together we are growing food for our tables and our health!

A limited number of spaces are available, so please register today! Please call (414)-431-1585 to sign up. The program cost is $20-40 (pay-what-you-can) per participant. All participants receive the Got Dirt? home gardening publication, handouts, seeds and many helpful resources. Lunch is included in the program.

GYOG On-Demand: Self-organized groups of 8 or more people are welcome to call us at (414) 431-1585 with a workshop request. We will be delighted to schedule and facilitate the 4 hour workshop for you and your group!

For more information on how to register visit the Milwaukee Urban Gardens at the address below: