Organic Growers School

"FLAT ROCK – The 15th annual Organic Growers School, a regional event that draws 1,000 exhibitors and attendees, is coming up Saturday, March 8, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock.

The popular event includes workshops for beginning gardeners to advanced commercial growers, plus a trade show and seed exchange, and a children’s program. An on-farm session will take place Sunday, March 9.

The event, which is open to the public, provides practical, region-appropriate organic growing and permaculture workshops, homesteading and rural living classes such cooking and stonescaping, as well as a seed exchange and trade show, according to a press release. This year’s school offers 69 different sessions, with topics ranging from beginning gardening to commercial farming and urban homesteading."

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