Educational Workshops
Upcoming Workshops
Dead Plant Society
Little Chefs
We believe anyone can garden! The Dead Plant Society offers seasonal workshops to get you growing. You can expect to get your hands dirty practicing garden skills like composting, transplanting and seed saving. Workshops are offered February through November each year and suited for adult-learners.
We believe in seed to table education! This series of parent-child cooking workshops aims to improve family meal time through hands-on and tasty activities. Come and harvest farm fresh, seasonal produce, learn a new recipe and cook it together. A registered pediatric dietician will also be available to answer any nutrition questions you might have.
Dead Plant Society: November
House Plant Care + Swap
House plants are a whole different animal compared to growing fruits and veggies! They are our tiny tropical plant babes that we collect to beautify our space, but sometimes sadly kill. Come and learn from some house plant experts and bring any house plants you'd like to swap with other participants. Everyone will go home with cuttings of easy to grow house plants, and 1 lucky Dead Plant Society raffle winner will take home a gift card to Sierra Water Gardens.
CANCELLED
*New date coming soon
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$20 adults (18+)
$5 children
Dead Plant Society: January
Planning Your Garden
New to gardening? Not sure what to grow or when to start? Winter is the perfect time to start planning your spring & summer garden and Urban Roots has you covered! In this workshop we'll dive into the basics of planning out your garden, paying special attention to seed selection, soil health, and which plants grow well together. Everyone will go home with seeds to start growing and one lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a garden planning journal and gift card to Johnny's Seeds.
Dead Plant Society: February
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Starting Seeds Indoors
Whether you have a full backyard or an apartment balcony, growing your own seedlings for fresh herbs, fruits, or vegetables can be fun and "dirt cheap"! In this workshop we'll share the basics of starting spring and summer seedlings indoors including materials needed, correct temperature, planning and watering. One lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a complete indoor-gardening set up including heating mat, soil, seeds, spray bottle and grow light.
Dead Plant Society: March
There are plenty of fruit trees that grow well in Northern Nevada including pears, peaches and apricots. But where do you start when it comes to proper tree care and pruning?
More details coming soon!
Fruit Tree Pruning & Care
Dead Plant Society: April
Soil is the foundation of gardening! Healthy soil that's ALIVE with nutrients, minerals, and the correct pH... plus some worms and Roly polies, will help your plants grow big and strong. In this hands-on workshop we'll dive into the basics of at-home composting, crop rotation and essential nutrients for healthy, organic soils.
More details coming soon!
Composting 101 & Healthy Soils
Little Chefs: Pre-K
Thursday September 28th
Friday October 20th
Friday November 17th
*All classes from 2:00-3:30 pm
$25 per child
Little Chefs is out parent-child cooking series hosted by Urban Roots and registered dietitian Anastasia Gavrilets. This Fall's series is for pre-K chefs (ages 2-4 years) and compliments the garden-based learning they receive from Little Gardeners! These workshops are hands-on, include a tasty recipe and snack, and a farm fresh ingredient to take home.
September 28th: Fall Harvest Salads
In this workshop we'll cover quality meal time with your pre-schooler and dive into trying new foods straight from the vine.
Recipe: Fall Chickpea Salad!
Friday October 20th: Dinosaur Potato Volcanoes
Your little chef with use their jurassic imagination to cook up their very own dinosaur volcano! Let's make something special together and talk about portions and what our pre-schoolers need nutrition wise at this stage.
Recipe: Dinosaur, Potato Volcanoes!
Friday November 17th: Turn Up the Beet... Hummus
Let's pump the jams a little louder and make a tasty and colorful snack! Your little chef will don an apron and put their skills to the test while we talk about tips and tricks for even the pickiest of eaters.
Recipe: Beet Hummus!
*Register for all 3 or just 1.