PAR Program: Free Master Gardner Classes in Fresno

I am very excited by this opportunity!

 

http://groups.ucanr.org/mgfresno/PAR/

 

By volunteering to Plant A Row (PAR) for one of the local community food banks, I can get free Master Gardner lessons via the local UC network. The classes are held at the Garden of the Sun at the local Discovery Center.

 

The program only asks that you donate extra produce (which I can imagine we are going to have in droves – you can only eat so many tomatoes and canning eventually takes up more space than you have shelves), and even then you have a chance to get a ‘donate receipt’ so you can use it as a tax write off.

 

They also have a ‘gleaning’ service for folks who have fruit trees that they don’t harvest….sorta like my two Kumquat trees….*hum*