Transform your property into a sustainable, food producing and eco-friendly habitat! Our workshops feature some of the best and brightest eco-minded enthusiasts in the DFW area. By the end of an Urban Sustainable Ecosystem workshop, students should be able to apply what they have learned on their own homestead. Our students’ successful application of these principles will enable a healthy individual, family, community and planet.

For your convenience, we have two workshops planned:

Coppell Community Garden: February 25th & 26th

The USE workshops are designed for beginning and advanced gardeners and/or eco-friendly homeowners who seek solutions to move their homestead to the next level of sustainability.
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USE Workshop – Day One Classes: (beginners to advanced)                

• Plan Your Urban Sustainable Ecosystem - John Krause: host of DFW’s #1 Organic Radio Program, Instructor
• Soil Ecosystem and Composting - Randy Johnson: Horticulture Director of Texas Discovery Gardens and Owner of Randy Johnson Organic Consulting, Instructor
• Raised Bed Gardening - Heather Rinaldi: Owner of Texas Worm Ranch and Professional Organic Vegetable Garden Installer, Instructor
• Preserve Your Harvest - Trish Percy: Executive Director of Feed Texas First, Instructor
• Rainwater Harvesting, Rain Gardens, Water Conservation, Grey Water - Carrie Dubberly of Dubberly Landscapes and Don Dubberly of Catch the Rain

               Hours for Day One Workshop will be from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., lunch will be served.
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USE Workshop – Day Two Classes: (advanced – don’t be scared all you beginners!)

• Vermicomposting - Heather Rinaldi, Instructor: Owner of Texas Worm Ranch and Professional Organic Vegetable Garden Installer
  
• Black Soldier Fly Grub Composting - Robert Olivier, Owner of Compost Mania and inventor of the “bio-pod”
• Integrated Pest Management - Randy Johnson: Horticulture Director of Texas Discovery Gardens and Owner of Randy Johnson Organic Consulting, Instructor
• Aquaponics - Dave Pennington: Owner of Synergyfish, expert on symbiotic relationships between fish and plant production
• Creating a Pollinator Habitat - Brandon and Susan Pollard: Owner of Texas Honeybee Guild and Zipcode Honey.
• Backyard Poultry - Bob Ritchie: Owner of Custom Coop and longtime urban poultry farmer

                         Hours for Day Two of USE Workshops will be from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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SOLD OUT for Day One workshop  - includes healthy-local-natural lunch and two sessions

$50.00 for Day Two workshop - afternoon session only