2012- 2013
A Wylde Center, DeKalb County Public Library and City of Decatur collaboration at the Decatur Library
Over the past few years, the interest in living a more green and sustainable lifestyle has grown tremendously. The Wylde Center, the City of Decatur, and the DeKalb County Public Library are pleased to continue their collaboration on offering you an exciting FREE series of classes in 2012 and 2013. Look for seminars and workshops that provide information that is timely and current as well as leaving with a full list of resources that can be found at your local library and online.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!
Unless otherwise noted, events take place at the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street Decatur, Georgia 30030
For more information about this series, please contact
Andrea Zoppo, andrea@wyldecenter.org..
Snapshot of Plant your First Spring Garden
Monday, February 25, 10-11:30am
Decatur Library Auditorium
This class is for first time gardeners, or those transitioning over to organic methods of vegetable gardening. Join Stephanie Van Parys, Executive Director of the Wylde Center, and learn about spring and summer vegetables and herbs perfect for our region.
Why Saving Our Seeds Matters
Saturday, March 2, 10-11am
Brought to you by the Wylde Center and Park Pride, join Ira Wallace, from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and learn why is it important for gardeners to save seeds. GMOs, seed industry consolidation, and lost seed-saving skills threaten the very basis of organic agriculture. Learn more about what is happening and how you can fight back with your garden, your votes, and your dollars. Join Ira, the Wylde Center, and Park Pride at the Oakhurst Garden for a Free Seed Swap Potluck with Seed Saving Demo right after the presentation at 11:30am.If it is raining we will have the seed swap at the Decatur Library. Click here to RSVP for FREE SEED SWAP and instructions to participate.
Ira Wallace lives and gardens at Acorn Community Farm, home of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange , where she coordinates variety selection and seed growers. Southern Exposure offers 700+ varieties of non-GMO, open-pollinated, and organic seeds. Ira is a co-organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello . She serves on the board of the Organic Seed Alliance and is a frequent presenter at the Mother Earth News Fairs and many other events throughout the Southeast. Her first book, The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, will be available in late 2013.
Permaculture: Common Sense Connections in the Garden
Tuesday, March 12, 10-11am
Decatur Public Library Meeting Room
Join Garden Designer Brandy Hall and learn the tools to build prosperous and resilient gardens. We will also look at practical and simple solutions to issues such as water storage and erosion control. Brandy passionately engages communities through education, design, and installation of food forests and perennial farms and gardens through her small ecological design firm, Shades of Green at shadesofgreeninc.org.
How many of you have heard about Colony Collapse Disorder? The beekeeper goes to his hives and there is not a bee in sight, they have all disappeared? Although that disorder is specific to honey bees, all pollinators have been declining in numbers, including butterflies, bats, and our native bees. Did you know that there are about 4,000 species of native bees in North America? At least 40 native bee species are in the Southeastern United States. In this class Pandra Williams will help you understand how you can support our native butterflies and bees personally, in your garden. Learn how to identify and support three types of gentle native bees. Learn about the five classes of butterflies and what you need to keep them coming back to your garden. There will be a hand’s on project; the class will build a mason bee house together.
Compost Workshop for the Entire Family
Session 1: Saturday, June 15, 2013 9-10am
Session 2: Saturday, June 15, 2013 11-12pm
Location: Oakhurst Garden - 435 Oakview Rd. Decatur, GA 30030
Join the staff of the Wylde Center and learn the real dirt about composting! Families will rotate through hands-on learning stations. Participants will be trained on how to take care of a pile and what do you do with the compost once it is finished. RSVP required. Contact Andrea@wyldecenter.org with Compost WKSHP in subject line by June 11, 8pm with your email, phone number, number of participants and your choice of session 1 or session 2.
Again, these classes are FREE and are open to everyone! Unless otherwise stated, All class are held at the Decatur Library.
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