Farmscape is excited to announce we are offering a class this weekend on starting a summer vegetable garden. The class will be hosted at the home of a Farmscape member in Atwater Village, and will focus on the process of starting a summer vegetable garden in Los Angeles. The event will take place from 9 AM - 12 PM, and will  cost $90. Tickets and more information about the location are available at our Eventbrite page.

Topics to be covered:

• Selecting a location in your yard.
• Evaluating the available sunlight.
• Preparing a location to grow food.
• Selecting plants for the summer season.
• Designing and laying out your garden with proper spacing.
• Companion and intensive planting methods.
• Early season pest management.

Farmer Meredith Kotelec will teach the course. Meredith has farmed Hollywood, Atwater Village, Silver Lake, and Los Feliz for Farmscape for over a year. She has a BS in Horticulture and Crop production from the University of Maryland, and previously worked maintaining the USDA people's garden in Washington, DC. She also has extensive experience working on organic farms.

Please email info@farmscapegardens.com if you have additional questions.