Garden School on FB Live! We put together a fantastic line-up of Garden School classes at CommonWealth this year—and then the coronavirus showed up. So we switched gears for our […]

Wow. Life feels surreal right now. The situation with the coronavirus is changing so rapidly, and I have no idea what’s really going to happen. What now? Here are two […]

Garden School 2020 Begins!!! What a fantastic line-up of Garden School classes at CommonWealth this year! See the full schedule at the education tab on our website. First class is one of […]

Preparing the composting bin in the greenhouse Last year was the first year for the new greenhouse. And it was a success: keeping tender seedlings warm all winter, even on […]

Garden School: Dried Flower Wreaths Saturday, Nov. 16 10 a.m. to noon 1016 NW 32nd Street (in front of the hoop house.) Note: this is a 2-hour class; fee is $15. […]

Garden School: Soil Health Saturday, October 5 11 a.m. to noon 1016 NW 32nd Street (in front of the hoop house.) $10 per person, $15 for couples/pairs. Free to volunteers. Pay […]

“One of the great miracles of life on this planet is the creation of food. The alchemy human beings do with seed, sun, soil and water produces figs and fava […]

Garden School: Plant a Fall Salad Garden Saturday, Sept. 7 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie $10 per person, $15 for couples/pairs. Free to volunteers. Pay upon arrival. Lettuce […]

“I want you to look back on those of us who lived at the beginning of the twenty-first century and know that we bore you in mind, we cared for […]

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.      — Mary Oliver Garden School: Herbal Balms Saturday, July 13 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie […]