Plant Propagation with Pam Peirce

1590 7th Avenue,San Francisco CA 94122

07 May, 2022

Description

Learn about the magic of growing plants in many ways -- seeds, cuttings, and divisions -- from one of SF's most famous gardeners, Pam Peirce In this engaging, hands-on workshop, well-known San Francisco gardener Pam Peirce will reveal all the ways you can make new plants and the opportunity to practice some of these techniques yourself! The class will address how to start plants from seed and then will explore other fascinating ways plants reproduce -- bulbs, divisions, cuttings, and layering. The plants included as examples will be food crops, garden ornamentals, and houseplants. Helpful handouts will be included so you can begin propagating plants on your own! Pam will have copies of her book, Golden Gate Gardening, on sale for $30 (cash or check). She will sign a copy you bring or one you buy from her. Instructor Pam Peirce is a San Francisco-based gardener, author, photographer, and lecturer. Her classic regional gardening book, Golden Gate Gardening, in its third edition, includes planting calendars covering microclimates from the foggy coast to inland as far as Walnut Creek and San Jose. Pam taught horticulture at City College of San Francisco for nearly 30 years. Her garden column appears monthly in the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Food + Wine section and you can read her blog at goldengategarden.typepad.com/golden_gate_gardener_/ COVID-19 information (as of February 2022): GFE Mask Guidelines: All participants must wear masks except when eating or drinking. Please bring your own gardening gloves for hands-on activities. You will be required to sign a liability waiver upon arrival. Please cancel your shift and do not come to GFE if you develop COVID19 symptoms on or before the day of your workshop (fever, chills, repeated shaking / shivering, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, feeling unusually weak or fatigued, new loss of taste or smell, muscle pain, headache, runny or congested nose, or diarrhea)GFE will continue to monitor the COVID19 situation in San Francisco and make any necessary changes to the workshop based on City guidelines.No walk-up registration permitted for this course.  Full garden workshop schedule What to bring to the workshop Directions to the Garden More about Pam Peirce and our gardening Instructors We are San Francisco's teaching and demonstration garden - learn to garden with us!Our workshops teach people to garden sustainably and our instructors are gardening experts with years of experience. We believe in hands-on education and design our workshops to be dynamic and educational.