To members and friends of the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club:

Time for our fall and early winter schedule of meetings.  Unfortunately due to the unavailability of a proper venue we have had to postpone Julie Cordero-Lamb's class on Zone One herbal medicine.   We will reschedule this as soon as possible.

Larry Saltzman
lbsaltzman@aol.com

1. Saturday Oct 20th. From 10 AM to Noon - BACKYARD FOOD FORESTS AND HOW TO USE PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES IN YOUR GARDEN, taught by Larry Saltzman. Learn how to design and maintain a densely planted garden that produces amazing quantities of food.   Permaculture is a design system for sustainable living on the land.  Applying the design principles of Permaculture to our gardens means that every garden can be enhanced for the production of food, fiber and medicinal plants.  By growing more of our own food, and eliminating the use of high energy gardening techniques,  we can also design gardens that connect us to nature, provide habitat for birds and other creatures as well as providing food for ourselves and our community.

RSVP to lbsaltzman@aol.com for directions.

2. Saturday Nov 3rd, 10 AM to Noon - will be SEED SAVING by Oscar Carmona of Healing Grounds Nursery.  The class will be followed by a pot luck lunch at Healing Grounds Nursery. Healing Grounds teaches groups and individuals how to cultivate plants in harmony with natural systems. It also produces organic vegetable and herb seedlings for sale to the public and connects people to nature through classes, workshops and lectures about sustainable landscaping and gardening. Healing Grounds is operated in cooperation with Transitions-Mental Health Association. Healing Grounds is located on San Antonio Road, ½ block north of Calle Real.

Jan-Feb - We plan on offering a class on how to plant bare root fruit trees.   The exact date and time we be announced when we know when we are picking up the trees at Bay Laurel Nursery in Atascadero.  So unfortunately it will be a last minute announcement. This class will be designed to show those who have never planted bare root trees how to select quality trees and how to plan them.





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