In-person Winter Sowing Natives MN SEED Workshop

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Location: Gibbs Farm Red Barn, 2097 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113

Come join the MN SEED team and we will walk you through the ins and outs of winter sowing native seeds. You provide milk jug or salad container recyclables, and we will show you how to transform them into mini-greenhouses in this oh so adaptable method of seed starting. We will have soil, seeds, tools, and other supplies for you to create up to 3 winter sowing greenhouses to take home.. We’ll discuss some of the specific needs native seeds require like cold stratification and scarification. Additional locally grown, adapted native seeds will also be available to take home for more winter sowing fun.

Courtney Tchida is the Community Programs Director for the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Courtney has over 20 years of experience working in horticulture and food-systems education. She spent 16 years at the University of Minnesota coordinating the Student Programs in Sustainable Agriculture and managing Cornercopia Student Organic Farm. She has experience growing a wide variety of edible crops, planning and implementing gardens for schools, farms and food shelf gardens.