Around Sonoma
Food Gardening Specialists
The SCMG Food Gardening Specialists,who have specialized food gardening training and experience, hail from all three microclimates of Sonoma County. In addition to their horticultural knowledge and interests, they are all passionate food gardeners – many with years of first-hand experience growing crops in their own microclimates. They successfully combine their personal food gardening expertise with advanced and continuing education.
The Food Gardening Specialists provide food gardening education: public outreach, workshops, and community garden consultation services. In addition to their spring and fall food gardening workshops, they consult with and provide advice to community gardens, church gardens and other neighborhood groups.
Neighborhood workshops cover:
- Soil and amendments
- Irrigation
- Integrated Pest Management
- Seeds, transplants and variety selection
- Maintenance and harvest.