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  • Organic Vegetable Gardening workshop offered FREE to anyone interested PDF documents
    More and more people are choosing to produce home-grown vegetables organically without harsh pesticides or chemical fertilizers. This workshop covers many aspects of organic gardening including garden preparation, variety selection, planting, care, and managing pests and diseases.  The speaker, Eva Worden, Ph.D., is the 2010 recipient of the Florida Innovative Farmer Award and is co-owner, along with her husband, of Worden Certified Organic Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida. She is exceptionally knowledgeable about the subject and should not be missed in this condensed, rare, two-hour southeast Florida appearance.
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  • The Florida Master Naturalist training program is a 40-hour course for adults interested in learning more about Florida’s unique ecosystems. It includes classroom instruction and field trips related to native vegetation, wildlife habitats and conservation issues affecting wetlands and uplands.
    For details, go to http://www.masternaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu/
  • The University of Florida’s Master Gardener program at the Clayton Hutcheson Agricultural Center is a practical, hands-on class teaching basic botany, use of pesticides and water conservation. To learn more, please go to http://www.pbcgov.com/coextension/mastergardener/apply or call (561) 233-1759.
  • The Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service offers workshops on how to create your own rain barrel for irrigating houseplants and gardens. For information about upcoming workshops, please call (561) 233-1748.
  • Whether you are interested in drought-resistant landscaping, water conservation, backyard wildlife, reducing pollution, native trees and shrubs, natural insect and disease management, pesticide safety, or how to grow a greener garden, the Cooperative Extension Service has a program for you. Visit us at http://www.pbcgov.com/coextension/