Arboretum offers plant and cooking classes

Hi Everyone – Three wonderful classes this weekend at The Arboretum!!

Please call 626.821.4623 to register, or you may pay at the door. J Jill
301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007

Plant Identification
Saturday, March 6 (also June 5, September 18)
8:30-10:30am
Jill Morganelli, instructor
$5 members/$7 non-members
Meet in the Main Entrance: The Arboretum, 301 North Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007
Gardeners…Plant Lovers…Walkers! Learn 10 new plants every month! Walk to interesting Arboretum areas where Jill will discuss each plant, including care, watering, placement and culture, and provide you with handouts. Jill is the curator of the Kallam Perennial Garden and adjunct faculty at Cuyamaca College.

Organic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening
Saturday, March 6
12noon - 3pm / Bamboo Room
Jill Morganelli, Instructor and Curator of the Kallam Perennial Garden
$22 members / $25 non-members per class
Learn how to grow fruits and vegetables organically in your home garden! You’ll be saving money at the grocery store while contributing to the healthy lifestyle of your family by reaping the nutritional benefits of eating fresh-grown produce. Vegetable gardens enhance the appearance of any yard and provide a fun activity for all ages.

This class focuses on seasonal production and covers the following topics on March 6:
Spring Crops and Companion Planting, Spring Weeds and Insects
Spring Disease ID, Treatment and Prevention, Planting Bare Root Fruit
Trees and Grape Vines, Wrangling Wild Potatoes, Soil Fertility and
Cover Crops, Organic Labeling, Sustainability in the Kitchen

Introduction to Permaculture - Part 2
Sunday, March 7
9:30am-12:30pm / Palm Room
Caitlin Bergman, instructor
$22 members/$25 non-members

Join our exciting, interactive lecture and hands-on demonstrations as we continue learning how to create a sustainable food forest in our own backyard. Did you know that it's surprisingly easy to grow an abundance of fruits, nuts, veggies, and herbs by harnessing nature, instead of working against it? We will cover the real things you need to know to get your permaculture garden up and running including: permaculture tricks of trade, edible plants, soil contouring, design, as well as how to use widely available and overlooked resources as the means to ecological solutions, garden stability, and abundant productivity. Be sure to bring your gloves. Newcomers welcome! Caitlin is certified in Permaculture design, has a botany degree, and works in The Arboretum’s Organic Vegetable Garden and propagation greenhouses.
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Fresh: Celebrating The Table
Cooking at The Arboretum
$40 members / $45 non-members
Pre-registration required; please call 626.821.4623

Our FRESH cooking classes encompass all things wonderful about the kitchen table - from the garden that grows the food to recipes, seasons, and festive
decorations that celebrate our love for eating. Come and watch, learn, ask questions and taste!!

CLAUD BELTRAN Of NOIR FOOD & WINE
Wednesday, March 10
3-5pm

Chef Claud Beltran will be here on March 10 to dazzle us with some of the delicious food and wine he serves forth at Noir in Pasadena. Claud will teach two dishes from the menu, one being Roasted Stuffed Chicken Leg ala Upright Clayton. In plain English, it’s a boned chicken leg stuffed with shitake mushrooms, cotija cheese, tarragon, mixed carrots and smoked tomato sauce.

Wednesday is the day Claud scours the Santa Monica Farmers Market for the best produce available. He will also teach us several dishes inspired by what he finds there. We will write the recipes and email them after class. This should be a very interesting and exciting afternoon. How many times can you follow the thought process of a great chef as he comes up with new dishes?!


Reservations Required – Please call 626.821.4623 or email jill.berry@arboretum.org

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 North Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007-2697
Phone: 626.821.4624
Fax: 626.821.4642
Jill.Berry@arboretum.org
www.arboretum.org