Lawn workshop
Sep 18th, 2007 by Julie Kirkwood
If you’re a lawn geek like me, I highly recommend attending at least one program like this one by the Living Lawn Project in Marblehead, Mass.
Even if you don’t plan to go 100 percent organic with your lawn, you learn a lot of basic information about making grass grow. You also get ideas for how to lower your use of chemicals, should you choose to.
SIMPLE STEPS TOWARDS ORGANIC LAWN CARE
A class for homeownersSaturday, Sept. 22, 9 to 11 a.m.
to be held at the
MARBLEHEAD COMMUNITY CENTER, 10 Humphrey Street
and taught by
CHIP OSBORNE
one of the leading experts on organic turf management in the countryEarly fall is the ideal time for lawn care. From a general over-seeding, to a complete renovation or installation of a new lawn, the cooler days of autumn are what lawns and grass seed love – and weeds hate. An organic lawn care is the gold standard for developing the lush, beautiful turf that out-competes weeds and does so without the use of typical and toxic chemical lawn pesticides so dangerous to our health and that of the environment.
While geared towards the homeowner, all are welcome. In the past, lawn and landscape professionals, school groundskeepers and municipal town land managers have also attended and benefited from Chip’s experience and down-to-earth, practical and “user-friendly” teaching style. Chip will be assisted by Gina Field, the new co-chair of MPAC and the Living Lawn Project.
You can register on-line at info@livinglawn.org; at the Marblehead Farmers Market Information booth (every Saturday from 9 to noon at the Marblehead Veteran’s Middle School); or by calling 781-639-2467. Pre-registration is recommended and appreciated.
A $20 donation towards the Living Lawn Project is requested at the door. Light refreshments and 20 pages of class notes are included.
