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ONLINE | Asynchronous Class Opens Monday, March 13, with course materials; Includes one virtual live-time discussion and one in-person session

Instructor: Laura Lengnick

$65 Non-member Adult**

(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)

Course Capacity: 30

BREG Core

Bringing dramatic variations in temperature and precipitation patterns, creating disruptions in phenology and even requiring adjustments to plant hardiness zones, climate change is already changing ways of gardening in Western North Carolina. This course will provide an overview of the many new tools that will help gardeners create a climate-resilient garden. Learn about evaluating climate risk, monitoring changes in plant and animal behavior, reducing the garden’s carbon footprint, and managing for the high response and recovery capacity needed to maintain the health of a garden no matter the weather.

Laura Lengnick is an award-winning soil scientist and author of “Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate.” She has been a sustainable food systems researcher, activist and educator for almost 30 years. A lifelong gardener, Lengnick currently cultivates a diverse mix of vegetable, fruit, medicinal, culinary and ornamental plants using biointensive and permaculture practices on her two-acre mini-farm in Buncombe County. cultivatingresilience.com

Includes recorded lecture, one virtual live-time discussion and one in-person session (optional) meeting at the Arboretum: 

Live-time Discussion Session with Instructor: ONLINE | Thursday, March 30, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

In-Person Soil Health Resilience Walk: ONSITE | Thursday, April 27, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Registration and Participation in Online Classes through the Arboretum:

• Registration for this class will close on June 30th.
• Make sure you enter your email address correctly when registering.
• Access to Zoom and/or Schoology links and information will be accessible upon registration via your account's Supplemental Content section. To learn how to view this information, please use this helpful guide.

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