Gardening Workshops
Get your hands in the dirt and learn to garden! All workshops are held at Bitta-Blue Farm 228 River Road in Killingworth, Connecticut. Registration in advance is required and unless noted, all are adult classes.
Spring 2025 Classes
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Vegetable Kickstart Workshop
Saturday, March 22, 2025
10:00-11:30 AM
Hands on seed starting class for the kitchen garden. Learn how to direct sow, pot-on and plant vegetable seeds, bulbs and tubers with a discussion of garden set up, planning how much and when to grow which crops, as well as tips to maintain your garden organically. Intensive planting strategies to get the most out of small gardens or raised beds, and succession planting will also be covered. Go home with a starter kit appropriate to the season.
$45
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Flower Propogation
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00-11:30 AM
Annual and Perennial flower propagation workshop instructing how to plant from seed, root, and bulb as well as by cutting and division. We will decipher basic flower terminology such as biennial, herbaceous perennial as well as strategies to grow and care for each. We will address tips for successful ground preparation, planting, how to increasing blooms, and maintenance of your flower garden using the best practices of organic land care. Basic principles of site assessment to help you identify the flowers that will do best in your yard will also be covered.
$45
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Cut Flower Garden
Saturday May 10, 2025
Mother’s Day Weekend
10:00-11:00
Who wouldn’t want to be able to pick bouquets of flowers out their own back door! This workshop addresses strategies and tips for growing your own cut flower garden. We will address the best flowers for success in our region and to ensure variety across the seasons. We will explore how to get started in your own yard and the basics of seed propagation as well as how to prune, stake, and maintain your garden to increase blooms. Some tips for flower arranging and extending flower life in the vase and will also be covered.
$45