{"id":20116,"date":"2024-05-14T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/?page_id=20116"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:37:26","slug":"gardening-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/gardening-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Gardening Speaker Series\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES.png\" alt=\"Green Banner for Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton\" class=\"wp-image-20117\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES.png 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES-240x80.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES-400x133.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES-160x53.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/GARDENING-SPEAKER-SERIES-360x120.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mgottawa.ca\/\">Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton (MGOC)<\/a><\/strong>, this speaker series is the perfect opportunity for members of Carleton&#8217;s faculty &amp; staff community to learn from a local Master Gardener, acquire new gardening skills and knowledge, and connect with fellow gardeners across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"gardening-speaker-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gardening Speaker Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This series will consist of&nbsp;<strong>four in-person lunchtime talks<\/strong>. Each talk in the series will&nbsp;<strong>begin at 12:00pm<\/strong>&nbsp;and last for approximately 45 minutes, leaving 15 minutes for questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please click the registration links below to register for the talks you\u2019re interested in attending:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>June 7:<\/strong>&nbsp;Vegetable Gardening in Smaller Spaces \u2013&nbsp;<em>with Judith Cox<br><\/em>Growing vegetables in pots and bringing the outside in. <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">REGISTRATION CLOSED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>June 14:<\/strong>&nbsp;Culinary Delights with Herbs &amp; Edible Flowers \u2013&nbsp;<em>with Nancy McDonald<\/em>Herbs are great starter plants for food gardeners. Some of the edible flowers presented may already be growing in your garden. Learn what this Master Gardener grows and easy ways she uses both herbs and edible flowers in food preparation.<em> <\/em><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">REGISTRATION CLOSED<\/strong><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>August 16:<\/strong>&nbsp;Seed Saving \u2013&nbsp;<em>with Rebecca Last<\/em>All from a Little Seed: This presentation is all about SEX \u2014 plant sex, that is, and how home gardeners can save money, have fun and breed new varieties by starting their own seeds. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/cu-events\/gardening-speaker-series-august-16-seed-saving\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>August 23:<\/strong>&nbsp;Preserving The Harvest \u2013&nbsp;<em>with Rebecca Last<br><\/em><br>What to do when you have a bumper crop? This talk &amp; demonstration describes ways to preserve the harvest and covers: drying, cooking, canning, vinegars and curing. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/cu-events\/gardening-speaker-series-august-23-preserving-the-harvest\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"about-master-gardeners-of-ottawa-carleton\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mgottawa.ca\/\">Master Gardeners<\/a>&nbsp;is first and foremost a volunteer service organization with a mandate to offer free, authoritative, and unbiased gardening advice to the public. Our experienced gardeners have studied horticulture and plant science. We continue to upgrade our skills every year through technical training. With this training and education, we provide year-round unbiased horticultural advice and expertise to home gardeners, across Algonquin land\/Ottawa.&nbsp; In recognition of the Algonquin People as the traditional stewards of the land,&nbsp;we encourage good gardening practices. Our Ottawa group is part of the Master Gardeners of Ontario, Inc., through which we derive our legal standing and charitable status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton (MGOC), this speaker series is the perfect opportunity for members of Carleton&#8217;s faculty &amp; staff community to learn from a local Master Gardener, acquire new gardening skills and knowledge, and connect with fellow gardeners across campus. Gardening Speaker Series This series will consist of&nbsp;four in-person lunchtime talks. 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