Downtown Neighborhood Exchange
Sunday, May 3
11AM-2 PM
319 E. Sola St.Â
On top of sharing homegrown goodies you will
have the opportunity to help a
neighbor
install a small lasagna
garden so bring tools, gloves, and
sun protection if you want to participate.
What's a lasagna Garden....
Lasagna gardening is a no-dig,
no-till organic gardening method that results in rich, fluffy soil with
very little work from the gardener. The name "lasagna
gardening" has nothing to do with what you'll be growing in this
garden. It refers to the method of building the garden, which is,
essentially, adding layers of organic materials that will “cook down”
over time, resulting in rich, fluffy soil that will help your plants
thrive. Also known as “sheet composting,” lasagna gardening is great for
the environment, because you're using your yard and kitchen waste and
essentially composting it in place to make a new garden.
more info:
Lasagna Gardening 101
By Erin
White
A lasagna garden is not full of herbs and ingredients for
an Italian pasta dishit's a way of gardening that's easy, organic and
fun!
About 20 years ago,
Patricia Lanza
was a newly divorced 50-something who had raised seven children and was
looking for a new path in life. She turned to gardening on her small farm
near the Catskill Mountains of New York as a way to relieve stress and
relax. However, Patricia found the traditional gardening methods passed
down from her grandmother to be difficult and time consuming.
Common sense told Patricia that layering or sheet composting would help
her build rich soil for her garden easily, without digging and tilling,
but Patricia took that principle a step further and developed a method of
gardening that has changed the way people grow vegetables, herbs, fruit
and flowers around the world. Her method is called lasagna gardening, and
it's the basis of three books she's written, including Lasagna
Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No
Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!
Learn how to make a lasagna garden of your own!