Four Seasons Gardening
The Four Seasons Workshop Series by Zanna Ceesay
This workshop series teaches homeowners and gardeners alike how to steward their land year-round.
Participants will learn how to create habitat in their yard and regenerate their soil through cycling yard “waste” (such as branches, leaves, grass clippings, etc.) on site. We will learn about closing the loop on the inputs and outputs generated in the habitat for healthy, nutrient dense soil. The how and why are all included.
Subjects covered include:
the carbon cycle and the role of primary decomposers
the importance of microorganisms in the soil and what they need throughout the seasons
resource management techniques
building a deep mulch bed (aka sheet mulch bed, hugelmulch, lasagna gardening…)
planting in this type of garden bed
how to install a drip irrigation system
maintenance of garden beds during growing season (perennial/pollinator beds and annual/vegetable beds)
“weeding” and chop and drop techniques
how to prepare the beds for winter to best support the habitat that has been created.
Plant identification and access to the LSI plant nursery is a part of all workshops.
