[Scpg] TODAY/Downtown Neighborhood Exhchange & Lasagna Garden Fun

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

<i>Lasagna Gardening</I> by Patricia Lanza


Downtown Neighborhood Exchange
Sunday, May 3
11AM-2 PM
319 E. Sola St.Â

On top of sharing homegrown goodies you will have 
the opportunity to help a neighbor install a 
small lasagna garden so bring tools, gloves, and 
sun protection if you want to participate.


What's a lasagna Garden....

Lasagna gardening is a no-dig, no-till organic 
gardening method that results in rich, fluffy 
soil with very little work from the gardener. The 
name "lasagna gardening" has nothing to do with 
what you'll be growing in this garden. It refers 
to the method of building the garden, which is, 
essentially, adding layers of organic materials 
that will “cook down” over time, resulting in 
rich, fluffy soil that will help your plants 
thrive. Also known as “sheet composting,” lasagna 
gardening is great for the environment, because 
you're using your yard and kitchen waste and 
essentially composting it in place to make a new garden.

more info:

Lasagna Gardening 101

By Erin White
<i>Lasagna Gardening</I> by Patricia Lanza



A lasagna garden is not full of herbs and 
ingredients for an Italian pasta dish­it's a way 
of gardening that's easy, organic and fun!

About 20 years ago, 
<http://firstlasagnagardener.blogspot.com/>Patricia 
Lanza was a newly divorced 50-something who had 
raised seven children and was looking for a new 
path in life. She turned to gardening on her 
small farm near the Catskill Mountains of New 
York as a way to relieve stress and relax. 
However, Patricia found the traditional gardening 
methods passed down from her grandmother to be difficult and time consuming.

Common sense told Patricia that layering or sheet 
composting would help her build rich soil for her 
garden easily, without digging and tilling, but 
Patricia took that principle a step further and 
developed a method of gardening that has changed 
the way people grow vegetables, herbs, fruit and 
flowers around the world. Her method is called 
lasagna gardening, and it's the basis of three 
books she's written, including Lasagna Gardening: 
A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No 
Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!

<http://www.oprah.com/article/home/outdoorspaces/pkggarden/20090220_orig_lasagnagarden101/2>Learn 
how to make a lasagna garden of your own!





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