SATURDAY
All Day – Master Gardener Plant Clinic
All Day – Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry – Learn about the Redland Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) quarantine, Giant African Land Snails (GALS) and Agro-Terrorism initiatives. Officers will be on hand for anyone needing to sign a compliance agreement.
10:00 am – 11:00 am Fermenting Love – Shelah Davis
10:30 am – 11:30 am Vermicomposting – Zarron Brown, Worm Whisperer
11:00 am – 12:00 noon Asian Vegetables for South Florida – Dr. Qingren Wang, Commercial Vegetable Agent
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Easy Cooking with Asian Vegetables
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Home Composting – Adrian Hunsberger, MS Urban Horticulture Agent/Entomologist/Master Gardener Coordinator. Workshop participants will receive a voucher (one per household) for a free compost bin valued over $100. (Pick up your bin at Solid Waste, address will be provided.) Advance registration not required.
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Rain Barrel Workshops – Barbara McAdam, PA, Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program.(Workshop is free, but advance registration required to reserve a rain barrel @$40). Register here for Saturday.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Vermicomposting – Zarron Brown, the Worm Whisperer
SUNDAY
All Day – Master Gardener Plant Clinic
All Day – Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry – Learn about the Redland Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) quarantine, Giant African Land Snails (GALS) and Agro-Terrorism initiatives. Officers will be on hand for anyone needing to sign a compliance agreement.
10:00 am – 11:00 am Creating an Edible Forest on a Permaculture Model – Jim Ewing, member USDA SSARE, Exec Comm
10:30 am – 11:00 am Vermicomposting – Zarron Brown the Worm Whisperer
11:00 am –12:00 noon Goat Milking Demo – Christina Nielsen, Flair’s Fayre goatherder
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Art of Kombucha – Buster Brown
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Proper Pruning of Fruit Trees live demo – Jeff Wasielewski, MS Tropical Fruit Extension Agent
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Selling Your Crop: Tips for Small Producers – Jim Ewing, member USDA SSARE, Exec Comm
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Chef Cookoff Challenge – 5 top chefs + limited ingredients + a mystery box of locally-grown food + 3 judges = a recipe for exciting creations with the unique foods of South Florida.
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Rain Barrel Workshops – Barbara McAdam, PA, Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program. (Workshop is free, but advance registration required to reserve a rain barrel @$40) Register here for Sunday.
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Vermicomposting – Zarron Brown, the Worm Whisperer
Schedule subject to change.
