Harlequin's Gardens: Successful Home Composting, with Mikl Brawner
What: Learn how to turn waste into wealth by cultivating soil microorganisms. Nature does the work if you know how to led a hand. In this class, you will learn what works in our climate, and what doesn’t. Mikl has been composting for 35 years!
Cost: $22 per registration.
Mikl Brawner got his initial training along the creeks and woods of eastern Iowa. He studied biology at the University of Iowa, then went to India with the Peace Corps. Back in America, he managed a small organic apple orchard, and operated a tree care business. Studying plants, researching alternatives to pesticides, and developing a xeriscape garden led him from the treetops to a plant nursery. Now the evolving Harlequin’s Gardens is his lifework, helping the gardening community to bring nature into their personal lives and homes using sustainable plants, materials and methods. His current passion is soil health and energy-efficient greenhouses. He was honored with the 2009 PaceSetter Award for the Environment.
When: Sunday, August 6th; 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Harlequin’s Gardens; 4795 North 26th Street, Boulder, CO, 80301