Please note: This tour is formatted for our event Get Into Gardening. If you are interested in a full, detailed tour of our farm, please return to the calendar to purchase tickets for another date. This tour will leave promptly at 9:30am.
Grafting fruit trees is a great way to propagate the varieties of fruit trees that you want, and to expedite the fruiting process. Come and see two types of grafting demonstrated, as well as a short presentation about aftercare.
Workshop attendees will be looking at several different common pests or pest damage found in the Southwest Florida home garden. We will troubleshoot what actions to take or not take in controlling the example pests. Attendees are welcome to bring example pests (in jars), damaged plant material, and/or photos for this interactive workshop.
Come and learn about designing your own food forest! Discover the unique opportunities and challenges of planting with perennial food crops using agroforestry techniques and elements of permaculture design. This very popular and exciting, yet very old approach to agriculture is well adapted to the climate and soil of SW Florida. However, good design is crucial for success! So, come and learn from Ecovision Lead Designer Tim Watkins and start your journey toward designing and planting your own food forest!
Many newcomers to gardening in SW Florida will be surprised to learn how different the fall through spring seasons can be. When I moved to Florida from Ohio in 1981 to start ECHO's agricultural ministry, I too was astounded at how different year-round Florida gardening can be. This slide-illustrated talk will feature the three seasons from fall through winter and spring. (There is not enough time to cover the VERY different summer gardening.) We will look at how the gardening seasons change from early fall, to later fall, winter, early spring and late spring. Special attention will be given to temperature changes, protection from freezes and frost, and changes shadows will have as the sun moves north and returns.
A workshop highlighting a plant’s life cycle from seed to maturity, kids will get a chance to observe plants at different stages, participate in some fun and educational activities, learn how to sow seeds in a take home container, and get excited about gardening! Plant with us!
Please reserve one ticket per each child participating. An adult will need to attend, but will not need a reservation.
Did you know that bamboo has a greater strength-to-weight ratio than steel, a higher tensile strength than wood, and produces harvestable timber in 3 to 4 years? Come learn some basic construction techniques for building with bamboo so you can utilize this incredible resource in your garden or home.
Gardening tends to be a reactive activity, responding to the season and putting in what seems good at the time. Join this walking tour to talk about how to change this paradigm to a gardening systems approach. We will tour ECHO's Global Farm garden beds and talk about strategies to think about your garden bed planning as an annual system.