Students will learn the basics of grass and other invasive plant removal, ground preparation, and selection recommendations for pollinator plantings for shady to sunny sites.

Learn some of the basics of perennial food forest planning, enjoy tastes of perennial foods, and take home some simple ideas to implement perennial foods in your home garden.

Participants will walk away with a clear understanding of the function and purpose of citizen science as well as specific citizen science projects they can start participating in.

Do you wish your trash bins weren’t so full of wet, stinky stuff? Come learn about the processes and the magnificent organisms that turn your trash into valuable soil amendments!

You will be given the tools to reduce what goes in your trash and discuss how reducing, reusing and recycling can save natural resources and decrease carbon emissions.

You will be given the tools to reduce what goes in your trash and discuss how reducing, reusing and recycling can save natural resources and decrease carbon emissions.

Join SEEDS staff to learn ways to compost your food scraps in small spaces, such as a balcony or porch, or even your basement! The same techniques apply to utilizing compost systems to use in northern Michigan winters. Learn about making a soil factory, using bokashi, and vermicomposting. Worm kit now included!

We will cover basic techniques from fermentation to canning and curing to drying.

Do you wish your trash bins weren’t so full of wet, stinky stuff? Come learn about the processes and the magnificent organisms that turn your trash into valuable soil amendments!

Do you wish your trash bins weren’t so full of wet, stinky stuff? Come learn about the processes and the magnificent organisms that turn your trash into valuable soil amendments!