Denver Urban Gardens Calendar of Events

Join us for an event in 2018! Please note that community gardeners, Master Composters, Master Community Gardeners, Grow a Garden participants, volunteers and Connecting Generations mentors are considered DUG participants.

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Aug 25 2018

Fall Gardening: The ‘Other’ Season

Fall is actually the most important season for gardeners. It’s a time for focusing on reviewing our successes and challenges, revising garden plans, preparing the soil for the following season and even sowing seeds for early spring crops. Many of the same early spring crop choices can be successfully replanted to reap a fall harvest. This workshop will discuss specific techniques for fall planting, soil improvement (including cover crops), weed control, and pest management that can lead to a deeply rooted garden in the springtime. A portion of the class time will be spent in DUG’s ‘Horsebarn’ garden, directly viewing the ‘maturing’ garden, and identifying factors that lead to a bountiful season.

Saturday, August 25, 2018
10:00am

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Oct 18 2018

Helping Kids Get Healthy Panel Discussion

Join the Denver Urban Gardens education team to hear from school and community leaders about creating engaging and educational school gardens. Learn from on-the-ground experts best practices for developing learning opportunities for students in the school garden and how to engage the community in a meaningful way.

Thursday, October 18, 2018
5:30pm

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Oct 20 2018

Herbal Preservation: Shrubs, Elixirs and Infusions

Harness the healing power of your herbs as you learn to create shrubs – plus other preservation extracts – to create delicious and inventive potions you can cook with, eat and make elixirs for drinking. You will be given tips on drying and storing your herbs and how to blend nourishing herbal infusions. Class led by Tonja Reichley. $25.

Saturday, October 20, 2018
10:00am

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Oct 25 2018

Gather ‘Round

Gather ‘Round is a cooking competition featuring local chefs preparing organic produce from DUG’s urban agriculture project, DeLaney Community Farm. All proceeds will benefit new DUG gardens in the next year. Gather ‘Round will take place on October 13th at 6:00pm at the Horse Barn, located at 1031 33rd Street.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

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Nov 08 2018

Worm Composting in the Classroom

By November the garden is winding down, and we start to shift our focus to garden-related lessons in the indoor classroom. In this workshop, we walk you through the process of assembling and caring for a worm bin. Learn how to connect your worm bin to life cycle and decomposition lessons, and work with your students to create compost throughout the winter, which can be used in the springtime garden.

Thursday, November 8, 2018
5:30pm

Registration coming soon!