SYRACUSE – Chautauqua-Wawasee, Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation and the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club are jointly sponsoring a presentation, discussion and workshop focused on “Gardening in the Face of a Changing Climate.”
The workshop will be held at the Oakwood Resort Inn, Syracuse, from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 8. The event is open to the public and free to attend.
The first hour consists of a presentation. From 2 to 4 p.m., there will be a discussion and questions. The workshop is free to the public and no registration is needed.
The workshop will be led by John Edgerton, of Shelbyville, Mich.
Edgerton has been doing small-scale farming for 40 years. In this workshop those attending will learn about wholistic, resilient, sustainable techniques for gardening and small farming, looking at the importance of healthy soil, healthy plants and helpful insect habitat. Those attending will learn about variety selection and other ways to account for climate-related imbalances of diseases and insects, as well as what others in the bioregion are doing to address these issues.
