Green Tuesdays Films & Lectures

Introduction to Organic Gardening with Erin Schneider

Tuesday, March 29, 6:30 – 8:00pm, Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Free

Learn how to turn your yard into an “edible ecotopia” by attending this introduction to organic gardening from Erin Schneider, co-owner of Hilltop Community Farm, LLC, and a Fellow and Facilitator with the UW Office of Human Resource Development.

On tap from Schneider: how to look at garden design from a systems perspective—from the ground up—and then design our backyards and gardens in the image of an ecosystem. Schneider will emphasize site preparation and sustainable garden design for urban areas. She’ll also share ways to integrate perennials into a vegetable garden, information about plant guilds and plant community functions, and more tools for creating abundance.

Green Tuesdays: Creating awareness, sparking conversation, empowering change.
Green Tuesdays Films & Lectures is a free series of films, presentations, and conversations that helps us become more aware of the resources we rely on and the actions we can take to better our world. In Monona, sessions are on the second and fifth Tuesdays of the month, September through May. All are welcome. Whole Foods Market serves treats, so come early and stay late for food, drink, and conversation.

You can also enjoy Green Tuesdays (and Thursdays!) with our partners in Oregon, Mt. Horeb, Cross Plains, Madison, and Middleton. To see the calendar for all Green Tuesday and Thursday dates, go to www.tnsmonona.org/green-tuesdays-green-thursdays.

Green Tuesdays is sponsored by The Natural Step Monona in collaboration with Oregon Working to Live Sustainably (OWLS), Mount Horeb Area Sustainability Network, RGPL Green Tuesdays (Cross Plains), the City of Middleton Sustainability Committee, Edgewood College, and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and is supported by the Dane County Environmental Council.

Upcoming Green Tuesdays in Monona:
April 12: Big River/King Corn and An End to Slim Pickings
May 10: Blue Vinyl and Plastics—One through Seven