Description: Good gardens start with good planning! This workshop will cover the important topics of site considerations (light availability, drainage, and more,) soil assessment, plant selection, and the value of record keeping for maintaining a healthy garden.

This is the first workshop in our 2025 Beginning Gardener Series. If you are just starting as a gardener or need some tips to improve your basic gardening skills, you’re sure to gain some great information. Watch for other topics in this series in April, May, and October.

Presenter: Steph Sosinski, UNH Extension Home Horticulture Program Manager

Cost: $10 for NH Audubon members/Extension Master Gardeners; $15 for non-members.

Registration Required by: March 15. Register here.

Should snow cancellation be necessary, notifications will be determined and sent on March 17. Refunds or credit for a cancelled class may be requested.

Logistics (inside/outside, what to bring): This presentation will be indoors.

For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact Massabesic Center Director, Kimmie Whiteman.

This program is brought to you through an on-going partnership between the University of New Hampshire Extension’s Master Gardener Program and New Hampshire Audubon. The Demonstration Gardens at NH Audubon’s Massabesic Center provide a place for sharing best practices in eco-friendly home and community gardening, which enhance human health and well-being and wildlife habitat.