Participants will spend time learning how they can increase the fertility of desert soils to make them more suitable for growing food crops. Emphasis on holistic soil management strategies like no-till, cover cropping, and organic mulches. Todos los talleres son bilingues. Questions? garden@communityfoodbank.org

Participants will focus on conserving the desert’s most precious natural resource, water. In this class, participants will learn a variety of methods to irrigate their gardens, from ancient traditional agricultural techniques to modern state of the art technologies. Todos los talleres son bilingues. Questions? garden@communityfoodbank.org

Participants will learn some of the foundational principles of Organic Gardening. We’ll go over Tucson’s unique planting calendar, talk about pest control, and also cover topics like companion planting, crop rotation, and organic fertilizers. Todos los talleres son bilingues. Questions? garden@communityfoodbank.org

In this workshop we will learn about growing food to strengthen our communities. We will talk about tips and strategies for food and community growth including door knocking, community meetings, and growing food in community spaces. Todos los talleres son bilingues. Questions? garden@communityfoodbank.org