2024 Program Registration is Live!
Urban Gardener Certificate Program 2024
The Hunter Park GardenHouse Urban Gardener Certificate Program is a comprehensive course meant for beginning to intermediate level gardeners to learn in community with neighbors, HPGH staff, and guest community instructors. Together, we cover a wide array of gardening topics applicable to any four season grower, with special attention to the unique challenges and opportunities inherent in urban growing. We give students the knowledge, connections to community resources, and hands-on experience needed to successfully launch their garden dreams. Our focus is on food production, but much of what we learn applies to ornamental gardens as well.
The course is split into three ways to learn. There are five 1 hour lab sessions Wednesday evenings at the Hunter Park GardenHouse, where the cohort will learn together with Hunter Park GardenHouse Director Egypt Krohn, through a blend of lecture and hands-on activities. Course participants will also attend five public GardenHouse Saturday morning workshops and three local farm tours, to learn from guest instructors & community experts. Participants will also commit to ten hours of hands-on field experience to be completed anytime throughout the growing season. We also provide a coursepack full of handy reference materials, articles, and guides on a wide array of gardening topics.
UGCP is a unique way to get started with urban growing, learning within a well-connected and caring community. Every year, we watch our cohort grow close, learning from each other as well as from our community instructors. Field hours provide an even deeper connection into the Eastside/HPGH community, and give participants ample opportunity to apply what they learn in class under expert guidance. We also invite cohort members to attend monthly community garden potlucks, learning from and with other gardeners, enjoying food and games in the garden, and taking home recipes and tips to utilizing in-season produce from Edible Park; as well as other community events throughout the season.
For more details, visit bit.ly/UGCP2024 or reach out to HPGH Director Egypt Krohn at egyptk@allenneighborhoodcenter.org or 517.999.3910.
