June 2018: Classes, Trainings, and Community

Farm & Garden Market Cart
Visit the Market Cart located at the corner of Bay and High Street, for wonderful, fresh organic produce and beautiful flower bouquets grown at the UCSC Farm & Alan Chadwick Garden! The Market Cart is open every Friday from noon to 6pm. Buy fresh, buy local and support the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, a training program for organic farmers and gardeners. This garden cart will be held every Friday from June 1st, 2018 through October 26th, 2018. Click here for more information.

Grow Your Own!
Come to this local DIY training. Learn how to select, grow, and arrange annual flowers and perennials from your garden and yard to create beautiful bouquets. This event takes place on July 15th, 2018 and is located at the Alan Chadwick Garden. Admission is $5 for UCSC students. Click here for more information.

Summer Fruit Tree Pruning
Learn summer pruning techniques from Matthew Sutton, owner of Orchard Keepers and Orin Martin, manager of UCSC's Chadwick Garden, at this demonstration workshop. This workshop takes place from 9:30am-12:30pm on Saturday, July 28th at the UCSC Farm. The cost of admission is $5 for UCSC students. Click here for more information.

Making Medicines from the Garden
This class will teach gardeners how to make and use many different herbal preparations for common ailments, including teas, oils, compresses, soaks, steams, baths, tinctures, and liniments. Get ready to be coated in herbs during this fun and empowering class. The class takes place at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn, adjacent to the UCSC Farm. The cost of admission is $5 for UCSC students. Click here for more information.

Apprentice Orientation Tour
Learn about the 6-month Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture organic farm and garden training program on this hour-long walking tour of the UCS Farm. This tour is specially designed for people who may be interested in applying for the Apprenticeship program. This event takes place on July 12th, 2018 at 1:00pm. Click here for more information.

Sustainability 2018 - A Community Convening
While much of the world's attention when it comes to climate change has focused on governmental action, changing consumer behavior is equally important in making an impact on how we use our world's resources. In this interactive panel discussion, we will examine people and organizations that are affecting behavior change in ways that benefit our environment. Join this multidisciplinary discussion about what drives consumers to activate. You can expect our experts to explore innovations that drive adoption of sustainable practices as well as eco-conscious movement building within diverse communities. This event on Thursday, July 26th from 6:00-9:00pm in San Francisco. Click here for more information.

Green Future Hackathon
Calling all business people, tech experts, designers, data scientists, thinkers, and doers who are committed to environmental sustainability! Come join this event where motivated teams of professionals will seek to use technology to help businesses tackle some of the most pressing sustainability challenges of our time. This event is on June 9th-10th in San Francisco. Click here to register or for more information.

Sow & Grow Fall Feast
An intimate dinner in the fields featuring Live Earth Farm's impeccable organic produce picked and prepared fresh. Come enjoy live music, local beverages, and real food! 100% of ticket sales and auction purchases will support Farm Discovery's farm-based nutrition and food systems education programs, nurturing diversity, personal, environmental, economic, and community health. This event takes place on Saturday, September 22nd from 4:00-8:00pm in Watsonville. Click here for more information.