Grow Great Garlic

Location

Waltham Fields Community Farm

Summary

Talk and Tasting with Trish Wesley Umbrell, WFCF Associate Director

Description

Grow Great Garlic!

A garlic talk and taste with Trish Wesley Umbrell
WFCF Associate Director

Thursday, October 5th. 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

$25 per participant


It's garlic season!  Time to plant those bulbs, and enjoy the cured harvest of the earlier summer months. 

Stop in for this evening workshop on the farm, geared towards adult learning but open to youth attending with their adults, participants will get to know this amazing crop, how it grows, best methods for growing at home, and lots of fun ways to incorporate it into your meals and medicines, with Trish Umbrell.  Talk will be followed by a garlic tasting and Q/A with our guest instructor. 

Participants can choose to take a few bulbs to grow at home at the end of this workshop. 


About the Guest Instructor:   WFCF Associate Director and garlic lover Trish Wesley Umbrell is an author, editor, educator, and photographer with deep interests in the intersections of local food, land use, advocacy, and community.  In 2018 she was awarded a silver medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for her outstanding contributions to horticultural education. She holds a BS in Plant Studies and Communication from Cornell University.