A summer-long class in gardening for students ages ten to thirteen / grades 4 – 6, will be offered at the Patterson School campus in Happy Valley for up to twelve students every Wednesday morning during summer vacation from 9 to 11am, June 14 through August 23, 2017.
Instructor will be Ian Driscoll, Farm Manager with the Patterson School Foundation. Ian is a 2014 graduate of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC and has assumed management of the 1400-acre farm at the historic Patterson School, working with the Patterson School Foundation.
Students will raise favorite summer vegetables, herbs and flowers. They will also practice companion planting to discourage insect pests. Gardening will be done in a number of raised beds on campus.
Participants will prepare the soil, plant, weed, water and harvest their crops. Additionally, they will visit the beautiful nearby gardens of Cheryl and Emerson Dickey, on the Buffalo Cove Road. Fee for the summer-long class (eleven sessions) is $35 and includes all materials.
For more information and to register for class, please contact Ian Driscoll at
itannerdriscoll@gmail.com and / or Liza Plaster at lizaplaster@bellsouth.net.