Courses

Richmond Grows is committed to supporting our community and others in becoming more resilient through educating people about seed saving and starting. These course materials may be used under the Creative Commons license and distributed for free to others. If you intend to use this information and charge for the content and you are a for-profit company, please contact us at richmondgrows@gmail.com for a sliding scale of costs for usage of materials . We also have accompanying PowerPoint presentations for most of our courses. Available upon request.

Seed Saving: Super Easy Plants

Learn how to save lettuce, beans, tomatoes, peas and other super easy plants to save.

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Indoor Seed Starting

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Get a head start on tomatoes and peppers! Learn how to start your vegetable garden inside to get a jump start on your garden. We will cover the basics, from preparing your equipment through hardening-off the seedlings in preparation for transplanting.

For others interested in teaching this course:
Download Seed Starting Keynote presentation.

Food Gardening
for Absolute Beginners

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Feel like you have a brown thumb? Never gardened before? This course is for you! Learn the basics of gardening to get you growing some of your own food.


Organic Gardening for Beginners

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What to get started on growing your own organic veggies? Learn how to build soil, manage pests and grow your food naturally.

Making the Best of the Scion Exchange

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Download labels for the scion exchange.
A video giving a view into the fruit growers subculture featuring John Valenzuela.

Additional resources for people collecting scions:
Video on how to collect scion wood.
Expired Patent list.

Course description:
In anticipation of the upcoming fruit wood California Rare Fruit Growers Scion Exchange, John Valenzuela, from the Golden Gate Chapter of the CRFG, prepared this presentation. It provides details on what to bring to the exchange, how to make your own 'shopping list' of fruit varieties you want to grow, and what to do with scions and cuttings to get your own fruit tree started. With literally hundreds of rare and heirloom fruit varieties to choose from at the exchange, this information will help you to be more fruitful in your efforts.