Event Details
Date
May 29, 2024
Time
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Sherman Creek Park
3703 10th Ave
Upper Manhattan, NY 10040
Host
CCE Harvest NY and New York Restoration ProjectMakela Elvy
347-804-5820
email Makela Elvy
Urban Berry Project: Growing Strawberries 101
May 29, 2024
Join Makela Elvy, Anya Osatuke, and Dan Olmstead from Cornell University, along with the NYRP Urban Ag team, for a deep dive into everything strawberry! For beginning gardeners and advanced growers alike, this hands-on workshop will include an introduction to some of the preferred NYC-loving varieties, as well as a chance to plant out a new bed of strawberries in the Riley-Levin Demonstration Garden.
NOTE: Registration is required for this workshop. ATTENDANCE WILL BE CAPPED AT 25 PEOPLE, after which anyone else who registers will automatically be added to a waitlist.
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