Square Foot Gardening Class
2022-03-12 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small, orderly, and productive kitchen vegetable gardens.
Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small, orderly, and highly productive kitchen gardens. It was invented by backyard gardener, retired engineer, and efficiency expert Mel Bartholomew as a better way to grow a vegetable garden, and it became a huge hit. Its easy and fun to do!

Straw Bale Gardening Class
2022-03-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Learn how to garden using straw bales instead of traditional gardening methods! Fun and easy for the whole family.
Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is the straw bale itself and is held together with two or three strings. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decay the straw becomes “conditioned” compost that creates an extraordinary plant rooting environment. Getting the straw bales conditioned is an essential part of the process, and should be started two weeks prior to your target planting date wherever you are located. This gardening technique works well anywhere in the country or the world for that matter.

Getting Started on Veggies Class
2022-03-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Wanna grow veggies from seed? Come learn how!
Learn all the tips and tricks for starting veggies from seed to have all the best homegrown veggies for your table. Learn about transplanting, pest management and feeding.

The 11th Annual LCF Plant Sale
2022-04-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Too Soul Tea, 542 ½ Plumas St., Reno
Last year we cancelled the actual sale day due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This year we will have a sale day, and we will follow all protocol for doing so in a safe and careful manner. The easiest way to do this will be to have a lot of preorders so that plants are already packed up and easy to hand over to you on the sale day. Thus, we encourage people to preorder their plants, which hopefully will be easy to do through the new online store! What? Yeah! Check it out!
It’s only a tab away up in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This page is still super useful, however, because the shop does not have any of the detailed information about the plants – you have to use the catalog to find all of that, and then go to the store to submit your order.

The Loping Coyote Farms plant nursery offers you access to a whole suite of plants that we use ourselves in our edible food forests and ecological farming systems in the Reno area. The species and cultivars that make the cut in the nursery are those that we have found to work best for us in the harsh climatic conditions of our Eastern Sierra/Great Basin area. We offer plant representatives from all the layers of a food forest, from the roots and herbs up to the giant emergent canopy plants. We have attempted to offer plants representing all of the functions that an edible forest ecology entails, from fruit and nut production to nitrogen fixation, insectary and ground cover. Our hope is to help spread interest in perennial-plant-based systems by giving local people the plants they need to get these systems going in their own ground. We do also love our annual veggies and flowers, so we offer some of those plants as well.

Our 2021 Plant Catalog is officially UP. It’s an exciting well-rounded offering this year, and the catalog is full of good information, so please either download the catalog or read it here on the website, and enjoy! You can place your plant orders using our brand new Online Store. If the online store isn’t to your liking, just send us an email with your list of plants. There is none of the detailed plant information on the store, so the plant catalog is still the place to go to get familiar with the offerings before purchasing on the store. If there’s a specific plant you want and you don’t see it in the catalog, let us know. We may be able to get it for you. For a list of our all our previous offerings, check out our LCF Master Plant List.
Also, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter so you can be sure to get a reminder about the plant sale, or to know when each year’s new catalog is up. We still accept cash and checks through the online store, as well as credit cards and PayPal. Please contact us with any questions or requests. Happy planting dreams!

TAHOE TRUCKEE EARTH DAY 2022
2022-04-23 11:00 - 17:00 | The Village at Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA
The Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is a volunteer run, non-profit event to recognize, celebrate and promote the region’s unique beauty. The Earth Day Festival provides a multitude of educational booths on the topics of watershed health, forest health, pollution prevention, alternative energy, waste management, and more.

South Lake Tahoe Earth Day Celebration
2022-04-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Bijou Community Park, 1201 Al Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA
The League to Save Lake Tahoe will be hosting a booth at this year’s South Lake Tahoe Earth Day event. Stop by to learn about issues impacting Lake Tahoe, how you can get involved, and pick up Keep Tahoe Blue swag. We will have a fun, interactive activity and prizes!
Walk, ride your bike, take the bus or carpool with three or more friends to win a special prize at our booth. Join us at the Kid Zone to make a fun keepsake to take home.
If you are interested in volunteering to help Keep Tahoe Blue at the booth, email events@keeptahoeblue.org. If you are interested in volunteering at South Lake Tahoe Earth Day, please complete the form here.
More about South Lake Tahoe Earth Day
Earth Day recognizes, celebrates, and promotes our region’s unique beauty while educating the public about local environmental issues. Bring your friends and family to learn about ways to counteract global climate change through recycling and composting, alternative energy, water conservation, sustainability, and reducing our ecological footprint. Enjoy local live music and dance, swing through the Kid Zone to make some recycle-themed arts and crafts, or get your face painted, and be sure to support or wide array of educational booths and local vendors. Food and local crafts will be available for purchase, and don’t forget to buy some raffle tickets for our huge Earth Day raffle!

Reno Garlic Fest
2022-07-20 12:00 - 17:00 | Dick Taylor Park, 1140 Beech St., Reno, NV
Fourth Annual Garlic Fest!
Come meet our local garlic growers and enjoy unique garlicky food.
GARLIC GOODNESS INCLUDES but is not limited to:
Fresh Garlic
Garlic Seed
Garlic Braids
Garlic Powder
Pickled Garlic
Garlic Bread
Garlic Ice Cream
Garlic Gelato
Garlic Cotton Candy
Garlic Margaritas
Garlic Pistachios
Garlic Popcorn
Garlic Doughnuts
Garlic Infused Honey
Garlic Salve
Garlic Seed
Sweet Garlic Jam
Fire Cider
Join us in creating a community around the love of garlic plus buy your garlic for the coming months and support our local farmers!
Bring the kids for fun activities while listening to live music and having a locally crafted drink.
Parking is limited, please carpool, bike, rideshare or use the RTC.
This free event is brought to you by @RenoFoodSystems, part of Artown, funded by Nevada Department of Agriculture, and co-hosted by Be the Change Project.
The ticket link takes you to a fun, community based platform called GrowingNV that is cultivating our local food community through courses specific to Great Basin gardening, regional local food related events and other engagement opportunities. You have to join by creating a username etc but it’s free to use after you get signed in! Feel free to ask any questions you have about local food in our region!

Urban Root's Soil Palooza
2023-09-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
Urban Roots and Earth & Seeds are teaming up for the second annual Soil Palooza, a regenerative farming educational and community event. Discover how to collaborate effectively with nature through insightful demonstrations and talks led by local organizations like Vital Bee Buds, The Radish Hotel, Reno Food Systems, and many others.
This event is designed for the entire family, featuring music, games, and interactive pizza and cocktail making stations using farm-fresh ingredients.
Learn more and secure your ticket(s) here.
Kids 5 and under are free.

Tour & Composting Party
2023-12-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Be the Change Project’s Urban Homestead
Join Be the Change Project for a fun, informative, and maybe even inspirational compost-making volunteer afternoon. They’ll lead a tour of our permaculture urban homestead and work together building some big compost piles to use in their garden and food forest. It’ll be a fun way to meet other interesting people, learn some of the basics of permaculture and composting, and make a big contribution to the Be the Change Project’s gardens at the same time.

Dead Plant Society: January - Planning Your Garden
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
New to gardening? Not sure what to grow or when to start? Winter is the perfect time to start planning your spring & summer garden and Urban Roots has you covered! In this workshop we’ll dive into the basics of planning out your garden, paying special attention to seed selection, soil health, and which plants grow well together. Everyone will go home with seeds to start growing and one lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a garden planning journal and gift card to Johnny’s Seeds.

Green College Class: Hoop Houses
2024-02-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: The Bartley Ranch Series
2024-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch

Dead Plant Society: Starting Seeds Indoors
2024-02-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
Whether you have a full backyard or an apartment balcony, growing your own seedlings for fresh herbs, fruits, or vegetables can be fun and “dirt cheap”! In this workshop Urban Roots will share the basics of starting spring and summer seedlings indoors including materials needed, correct temperature, planning and watering. One lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a complete indoor-gardening set up including heating mat, soil, seeds, spray bottle and grow light.

Green College Class: Straw Bale Gardening
2024-02-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-03-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Fruit Tree Selection
2024-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Michael Janik will discuss fruit tree needs during all seasons in northern Nevada, including soil, chill hours, watering and pest control. He will list suggested fruit varieties he has grown and varieties he is growing now to determine suitability for our climate.

Green College Class: Mason Bees
2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Green College Class: Starting Veggies
2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Vertebrate Pests
2024-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Melody Hefner will share knowledge on management of a variety of local vertebrate pests, including mice, ground squirrels, rabbits and more. Learn strategies to control these pests and prevent future infestations.

Gardening in Nevada: Gardening in Small Spaces
2024-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Liz Morrow will introduce ideas and methods for gardening in small spaces to enable gardeners to enjoy a variety of plants, both edible or ornamental, whether living in a condominium or apartment, traveling in an RV, or living in other spaces with limited growing areas.

Green College Class: Winter Pruning
2024-03-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Shade Gardening
2024-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Anna Anderson and Leslie Edgington will discuss shade plants, some of which are the first to break through the soil in late winter and early spring, and then continue to grow and bloom until the first hard freeze. They will also discuss the plant blooms, which attract pollinators and hummingbirds.

Green College Class: Square Foot Gardening
2024-03-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Turf Alternatives
2024-03-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Carol Lister, Jill Strawder-Bubala and Karen Seaward will discuss how to let go of your grass. They will talk about why it might be time for lawn lovers to make a switch, and will explore the best times and ways to tackle removing lawns, as well as options of what to plant in place of grass.

My Soil & My Soul Class
2024-03-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Yerington, NV

Gardening in Nevada: Totally Tomatoes
2024-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Beth Heggeness and Deborah Whitehouse will about tomatoes, from pests to zest, including selection, growing seedlings, planting and feeding.

Green College Class: Soils
2024-03-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Successful Vegetable Gardening
2024-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Randy Robison will give information on how to have the most successful vegetable gardens, including information on amending the soil to help plants thrive, the importance of crop rotation, strategies to increase yields, companion planting benefits and how to discourage unwanted pests.

Edible Landscaping (virtual class)
2024-04-02 18:00 - 20:00

Getting Started With Your Vegetable Garden (virtual class)
2024-04-04 18:00 - 20:00
