Extending the Growing Season | FREE Growing a Kitchen Garden Class, 20 August | Event in Franklin | AllEvents

Extending the Growing Season | FREE Growing a Kitchen Garden Class

Suffolk Master Gardeners

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Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am

1 hour

618 South Street, Franklin, VA 23851

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Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT)

618 South Street, VA 23851

618 South St, Franklin, VA 23851-1947, United States

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Extending the Growing Season | FREE Growing a Kitchen Garden Class
Come learn with us and go home with seeds, plants, and other door prizes for your own garden!

Extending the Growing Season with Fall and Winter Hardy Gardening
Wednesday, August 20, 11:00 - 12:00
at the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, Western Tidewater Branch, 618 South Street, Franklin, VA 23851.

FREE kitchen garden class series open to all, led by Suffolk Extension Master Gardeners.

You'll learn the basics of growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs using cost-effective, sustainable techniques and may go home with door prizes, seeds, and the information you need to grow your own produce.

This series helps empower and support families in growing their own food to increase their food security, improve their nutrition, and build a more sustainable future. Classes are open to all levels of gardeners and are held in space generously provided by the foodbank.

Classes are free. Seats and supplies are limited, so please register at at bit.ly/kitchen-garden-class so we know how many supplies to bring. Registration for each date opens after the previous class and closes the Sunday before class.

If you have questions or you register and then cannot attend, please email U3VmZm9sa01HIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=.

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Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and local governments, and is an equal opportunity employer. For the full non-discrimination statement, please visit ext.vt.edu/accessibility.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Erin Wishall, VCE City of Suffolk at 757-514-4331/TDD 800-828-1120 during business hours of 8:30 am. and 5:00 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.


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Extending the Growing Season | FREE Growing a Kitchen Garden Class, 20 August | Event in Franklin | AllEvents
Extending the Growing Season | FREE Growing a Kitchen Garden Class
Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am