Class Catalog

Create Abundant Landscapes Classes

Register for classes using the online calendar or by sending payment to:
Backyard Abundance
637 Scott Park Drive
Iowa City, IA  52245

Create Abundant Landscapes is a series of classes that will help you create a beautiful landscape that saves you time, energy and money while improving the health of our environment. A wide variety of hands-on activities create a fun and engaging learning experience. View the brochure.

Seeds of Sustainability

June 12-13, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Envision a sustainable, thriving community
  • Apply nature’s ethics and principles.
  • Better understand your role in nature.
Design an Abundant Landscape

July 24-25, 2010
8:00 am - 6:30 pm

  • Articulate goals and visions.
  • Create an accurate landscape map.
  • Analyze and assess a landscape.
  • Create landscape designs.
  • Design outdoor rooms and food forests.
Improve Our Water Quality

May 15-16, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Describe our water and prairie heritage.
  • Design swales and rain gardens.
  • Build a rain garden.
  • Establish a native prairie garden.
Create an Edible Landscape

June 26-27, 2010 or August 28-29, 2010
8:00 am - 6:30 pm

  • Create an implementation plan.
  • Make compost and vermicompost.
  • Make compost tea.
  • Bioremediate soil with fungi.
  • Start a new garden bed.
  • Understand the benefits of organic food.
  • Use medicinal herbs.
  • Grow vegetables and herbs.
  • Grow fruits and nuts.
Evolve With Your Garden

September 25-26, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Create management and growth plans.
  • Design for year-round harvest.
  • Manage pests.
  • Understand bees and other pollinators.
  • Harvest and preserve food.
  • Collect and store seeds.
  • Prepare and cook food.
Create Neighborhood Resiliency

October 23-24, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Prepare for energy descent.
  • Understand green building.
  • Understand renewable home energy.
  • Creatively eliminate all waste.
  • Better understand your role in your community.

Yummy Learning Lunches

Let someone else do the cooking for you so you can focus on learning. Included in the price are delicious lunches and snacks made from sources as local as possible. Before each meal, the chef will demonstrate how the food was prepared, helping you learn how to cook your own abundance.
 

Beautiful Venue

WillowwindAll classes are held at the beautiful Willowwind school, 950 Dover Street, Iowa City. Thank you, Willowwind, for allowing Backyard Abundance and our community to use your wonderful facilities.

Learn more about Willowwind: www.Willowwind.org

 

Taproot Childcare

TaprootTaproot Nature Experience will engage your child in nature while you attend classes. A sack lunch must be provided for the child. Cost: $130 per child for both days.

Learn more about Taproot: www.TaprootNatureExperience.org