Seed 2 Sale: Gardening & Agri-Business Workshop Series
Aug
1
August 1, 2026
King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 🇺🇸
About This Event
Seed 2 Sale: Gardening & Agri-Business Workshop Series is a 12-part event series running on multiple dates at the King Greenleaf Recreation Center in Washington, DC.
What to Expect
- Learn to start and maintain a productive garden
- Discover how to maximize small growing spaces
- Master harvesting, prepping produce for sale, and creating value-added goods
- Build a business rooted in food, culture, and community
- Gain strategies for selling at markets and growing your agri-business dream
Who Should Attend
This workshop series is for anyone from brand new gardeners to those already experienced, interested in turning their passion into a thriving agri-business, exploring careers in agriculture, or pursuing self-sufficiency and a side hustle.
Practical Information
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale: Supporter ($35+), Standard ($25), Reduced ($10-$15), and Free. All tickets include materials, seeds, snacks, and good vibes.
Programme
- Workshop 1: No Culture Without Agriculture Uncover the historical and cultural legacy of agriculture in Black and Indigenous communities.
- Workshop 2: Planning Your Garden Learn garden planning fundamentals, soil preparation, moon cycles, and planting calendars, with a deep dive into ancestral gardening safety and agrarian science.
- Workshop 3: Sowing Seeds Covers seed types, planting techniques, and setting intentions for your garden with roots in biodynamic farming.
- Workshop 4: Gardening TLC (Tender Loving Care) Master nurturing your garden—and yourself—including plant anatomy, mulching, watering, and care plans.
- Workshop 5: Fertilizer Deep Dive Explore plant nutrition, composting, brewing your own fertilizers, and turning kitchen waste into garden gold.
- Workshop 6: Planting Techniques & Garden Strategy Expand skills with advanced planting strategies like intercropping, succession planting, and companion growing.
- Workshop 7: Garden Friends and Foes Get to know creatures that help and harm your garden, learn natural pest control, and maintain ecosystem balance.
- Workshop 8: Harvest Know-How Learn when and how to harvest, store, and preserve crops, including preparing what you’ve grown.
- Workshop 9: Planting Your Career Explore career pathways in agriculture focusing on food justice, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, with a special guest spotlight.
- Workshop 10: Beyond Seeds Introduces alternative crops and innovative growing methods like tubers, bulbs, mushrooms, and aquaponics.
- Workshop 11: After the Harvest Learn the importance of seed saving, soil regeneration, record keeping, and long-term garden planning.
- Workshop 12: Growing Profits Turn your garden into a business, exploring value-added products, agritourism, farmers markets, and food-based career paths.
Topics
Aug
1
August 1, 2026
Location
King Greenleaf Recreation Center
201 N Street Southwest
Washington, 20024 · 🇺🇸 United States
Organizer
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