Seed Starting and Soil Preparation Education Session

This workshop will empower novice and avid gardeners to be experts in soil preparation and to start growing plants and veggies from seed at home (it’s easier than you think!).

Catherine Boekmann will guide us through soil preparation and general information about how healthy garden soil makes healthy plants that are less vulnerable to pests.  Kim Lowe will share all the tips and tricks she’s gathered for almost 20 years of starting her garden from seeds every year in her basement.

Catherine Boeckmann is the Executive Digital Editor of Almanac.com, the website companion of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. She covers gardening, plants, pest control, soil composition, seasonal and moon cycles, and how-to’s for growing flowers, vegetables, and fruit crops. As a longtime avid gardener, Catherine loves helping people cultivate their horticultural dreams and finds delight in all things botanical—indoors and outdoors—throughout the year

Kim Lowe lives in Boston where she uses her…