Backyard Abundance: Seeds of Sustainability Event

Start Growing Fruits

Friday, March 12
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
University of Iowa Student Garden
Cost: Free

Would you like to add a few pears, apples, currants or blueberries to your landscape, but are unsure of how to begin? Join Chris Jackson as he tours the University of Iowa Student Garden and provides ideas and advice for how to place and manage fruits in a low-maintenance landscape. Food grown in the student garden is sold to the university.

Mr. Jackson is an ecological designer specializing in edible landscaping and orchard restoration in Vermont. He is the coordinator of a food coop and works at an agro-education farm that provides food to a local school.

Master Gardener Q&A

Friday, March 12
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

University of Iowa Pomerantz Center, 21 E. Market Street, Iowa City
Cost: Free

Get answers to your spring gardening questions. The Johnson County Master Gardeners will be available in the foyer of the Pomerantz Center before the evening presentation.

Presentation: Regenerating Communities, Ecosystems and Landscapes by Design

Friday, March 12
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (registration at 5:30 pm)

University of Iowa Pomerantz Center, 21 E. Market Street, Iowa City
$10 per person Pay at the door or pre-register online.

Free to University of Iowa Students-show your student ID at the door. Free to Johnson County Master Gardeners - show your badge at the door.

The keynote presentation will be given by Dave Jacke, award winning author of Edible Forest Gardens.

For More Information see the Backyard Abundance Website.