Spring 2014 Classes

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Four Season Growing
People think the Colorado garden season is short but with a few easy techniques you can have fresh fruit and vegetables year round. Learn about produce you can grow each season, techniques for season extension, and how to move it all inside.
Upcoming dates:
  • Thursday, April 24 - 6pm
  • Sunday, April 27 - 1pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue


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Soil Basics: A Little Dirt Never Hurt
The most basic thing to know about gardening is, naturally, the dirt you are using. Learn about the range of minerals and textures in your soil as well as it's chemistry from acid to alkaline, all having various effects on your garden. The class includes a pH test and if you want to test your own garden soil just bring some in a jar!
Instructor: 
Jennifer Johnson, Hardpan Horticulture

Upcoming dates:
  • Saturday, April 26 - 3 pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
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For additional dates please add your name to the online waiting list.
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Living Soil: 
Compost & Worms
It's all about the soil!  Learn how to build and encourage a natural ecosystem that will feed you and your garden for years to come.  From traditional composting to green composting; worms and vermicomposting.
Upcoming dates:
  • Thursday, May 1 - 6pm
  • Sunday, May 4 - 1pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
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Berries in the Garden
These plants can be beautiful, but the fruit is the main attraction! Learn about growing berries and berry bushes in Colorado, and how to take advantage of their tart or juicy qualities throughout the season. This class is taught by Farm Market Farmer and Vendor Jennifer Johnson of Hardpan Horticulture.
Instructor: 
Jennifer Johnson, Hardpan Horticulture
Upcoming dates:
  • Saturday, May 3 - 3 pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
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For additional dates please add your name to the online waiting list.
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Selecting Perennial Edibles for Lower Maintenance:
A guide for selecting herbs and vegetables for a lower maintenance vegetable garden, including examples and uses of some  varieties especially good for Colorado. Another one by our fabulous Jennifer Johnson of Hardpan Horticulture.
Instructor: 
Jennifer Johnson, Hardpan Horticulture
Upcoming dates:
  • Saturday, May 10 - 3 pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
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For additional dates please add your name to the online waiting list.
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Later in the Season: Garden Maintenance
Watering and weeding aren't the most glamorous of garden chores, but they can have big effect on a garden harvest and on our surrounding ecology. Also learn organic and natural ways to combat Colorado pests. 
Instructor: 
Jennifer Johnson, Hardpan Horticulture
Upcoming dates:
  • Saturday, May 24 - 3 pm
$15 - 90 minute class
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
RSVP Here

For additional dates please add your name to the online waiting list.
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Urban Farming & Climate Change: Building a Caring Economy
Do you know you can have an impact not only on climate change but also on our economy? Urban farming is a good first step toward rebuilding our ecosystem, creating personal and community security, and developing a new, more caring economy.  In this class you will be introduced to new ideas and practices to empower your community and save our world.
Upcoming dates:
  • To be determined
Sunnyside Farm, 2139 W. 44th Avenue
RSVP for Waiting List Here

Customized Group Class:

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We would be happy to customize a class for your own group of 4 or more.  

Urban Farming Basics 
The Growing Power Method: It's All About the Soil!

Take a step toward sustainability!  Get your friends together to learn more about urban farming and sustainability. For groups of 4 or more Trineka Freeman - one of our Community Steward Farmers - will give a one hour introduction to the basic techniques of the Growing Power Method that we use at our Sunnyside Farm at 44th & Vallejo St.  

Topics include: compost, vermicompost, and intensive, biodiverse planting, and planting for fall and winter crops.  

Class fee: $20 per person.  Contact us for more information.
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Past Classes and Workshops

  • Growing Power From the Ground Up Workshop
  • Urban Farmers & Vegetable Gardeners Symposium
  • Penn & Cord Parmenter's High Country Growing
  • Sustaining Yourself in Changing Times with Kate Armstrong
  • Finding Food in the City
  • Permaculture Techniques for City Living
  • Irrigation Basics for Food Gardens
  • Mushrooms for Health: Food, Medicine, Soil
  • Small Fruits for the Front Range
  • Pests and Disease of Small Fruits
  • Weed Identification and Management