The Latest Dirt - Nov 2022

Growing Gardeners Project Has Stellar Year

By Ann Ramirez

Rae Cecchettini and Jan Manns are demonstrating weighing the harvest from the Family Bed at Our Garden. Photo by Lori Palmquist.

In September we completed our third and final “Vegetable Gardening for Beginners” course for 2022. We had three courses in 2022 and registered a total of 116 students. 45% of the students attended all four classes to earn a certificate. Registration representation by location: Central 49%, South 30%, West 10%, and East 11%. We are now in the planning stage for the 2023 courses.

Many thanks to The Team for the 2022 calendar year:

• Co-Leads: “The Anns”—Ann Howard and Ann Ramirez
• Host Coordinator: Vicki Lee
• Instructor Coordinator: Gloria Choi
• In-person Day Coordinator: Steve Carter
• Communication Coordinators:
  • Advertising—Steve Carter and Lori Palmquist;
  • Communication to the Students—Liz Whiteford
  • Student Registration and Survey Coordinators: Ann Howard and Liz Whiteford
• Presenters and/or Hosts: Andrea Salzman, Annette Abbott, Ben McDonald, Billi Haug, Dennis Schusterman, Greg Letts, Hedwig Van Den Brock, Jan Manns, Lori Palmquist, Kirsten Mollo, Marian Woodard, Molly Kretsch, Monika Witte, Rae Cecchettini, Shelly Christianson, Terry Lippert
• Class Support: Ann Ramirez, Kathy Davis, Lawrence Moglia, Linda McChesney, Maggie Woo, Robyn Barker, Shawn McAndrew, Stephen Guglielmana