Get Growing at the Great Park

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Fall is the best time for planting, so let's get things growing!  Planting a backyard orchard or growing your own vegetables is easy with the help of the Great Park Fall Garden Workshops.  Come learn about growing a sustainable home garden at the Orange County Great Park Farm & Food Lab beginning Saturday, September 18th.

The workshops, organized by the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County, will include: "Just in Time for Fall – Cool Food," "Native Plants in the Home Garden," "Backyard Orchards," "Family Gardening," and "Composting."  The workshops are free to the public and run through November 6th, from 10 a.m. to Noon.  Check www.ocgp.org for workshop topics and dates.

"The garden workshops promote urban gardening and provide people with instruction on growing their own produce," said Larry Agran, Chair of the Orange County Great Park Corporation.  "The Great Park also plans to launch a Farmers Market, which will make local produce available to the public, later this year."

The Farm & Food Lab will soon be open on weekends with Master Gardeners acting as docents to educate Great Park visitors on urban gardening.  Visitors to the Farm & Food Lab can see the current planting of pumpkins for the Great Park Pumpkin Harvest, as well as themed and seasonal gardens growing everything from artichokes to zucchini.  

Garden Workshops will be held at the Orange County Great Park Farm & Food Lab.  The Orange County Great Park is located at Sand Canyon and Marine Way in Irvine.  For more information, please visit to www.ocgp.org or call 949-724-7420.

SOURCE Orange County Great Park Corporation