Programs
City Sprouts offers workshops and classes, online learning tools for educators, educational programming, and more to educate the community about gardening and healthy lifestyle choices. Click on our programs below for more details!
Programs
City Sprouts offers workshops and classes, online learning tools for educators, educational programming, and more to educate the community about gardening and healthy lifestyle choices. Click on our programs below for more details!
growing gardeners workshops
The Growing Gardeners Workshop Series is a collaboration between City Sprouts and The Big Garden. We work together to offer four seasons of hands-on workshops that feature skills and techniques for every gardener and urban farmer: growing, cooking, preserving and eating healthy local food. All workshops are free and open to all ages.
Our workshops are broken up into three main tracks: Urban Ag School, Herbal Medicine Cabinet, and Culinary Workshops. We also have smaller workshops attached to various community events that we have throughout the year. Check out all of our workshop offerings on our Growing Gardeners website.
We love having guest teachers from our community lead workshops! Are you knowledgable about a subject that you'd like to share in a workshop? Reach out to our Education Manager and explain what skills you'd like to share.
growing gardeners workshops
The Growing Gardeners Workshop Series is a collaboration between City Sprouts and The Big Garden. We work together to offer four seasons of hands-on workshops that feature skills and techniques for every gardener and urban farmer: growing, cooking, preserving and eating healthy local food. All workshops are free and open to all ages.
Our workshops are broken up into three main tracks: Urban Ag School, Herbal Medicine Cabinet, and Culinary Workshops. We also have smaller workshops attached to various community events that we have throughout the year. Check out all of our workshop offerings on our Growing Gardeners website.
We love having guest teachers from our community lead workshops! Are you knowledgable about a subject that you'd like to share in a workshop? Reach out to our Education Manager and explain what skills you'd like to share.
Sat, Apr 29
|Omaha
Cover Cropping for Urban and Small-Scale Farmers
Curious how you can integrate cover cropping into your growing practice? Join us in the field with experts from the NE Extension to explore the ins and outs of cover cropping, from species selection and benefits to options for termination and integration with other conservation practices.
Time & Location
Apr 29, 2023, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Omaha, 5420 N 3rd St, Omaha, NE 68110, USA
About the Event
Summary
In this workshop, participants will learn the why, how, and when’s of cover cropping. Why should you
plant a cover crop, what cover crop species are right for your particular growing conditions and goals,
and when and how to establish and kill the cover crops. Cover crop growing guides are included in the
hand-outs.
About Katja
Katja Koehler-Cole is the Statewide Soil Health Management extension educator and also serves as the
SARE state co-coordinator for Nebraska. Before she started this position, she worked as a researcher in
the Agronomy & Horticulture department at UNL. Katja’s work has focused on increasing the use of soil
health practices in Nebraska cropping systems, drawing on the connections between soils, plants,
animals, and people. She has a particular interest in cover crops as a means to increase soil armor and
living roots in the ground year-round. Outside her work, she enjoys spending time with her husband,
four daughters and numerous indoor and outdoor plants.