I received this information and thought others living close might be interested about this hoop house construction and season extenders conference in Santa Fe New Mexico.

THE HOOP HOUSE

"an affordable greenhouse"

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

A SFBG CONFERENCE

Friday, October 20

8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Hoop House Construction Workshop at SF Fairgrounds on Rodeo Road

Build a Hoop House - Del Jimenez, Agricultural Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU

7:00 to 8:30 pm

Santa Fe Community College, Room 221 (6401 Richards Ave., SF)

Talk followed by book signing and refreshments

Shane Smith, Executive Director, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Author of Greenhouse Gardener's Companion - Ruthless Gardening

Saturday, October 21

8:00 am to 1:00 pm

Santa Fe Community College, Room 221 (6401 Richards Ave., SF)

8:00 Breakfast-

8:30 Welcome and Introduction - Le Adams, Farm to Table

"Conference themes: Season Extensions, Food Security, Affordability, Inclusion"

8:35

"Choosing What Grows Best and How to Maintain a Hoop House"

Del Jimenez, Agricultural Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU

9:00 to 11:00

EXTENDING THE SEASON

"Growing Plants Year-Round Heals Body, Mind & Spirit" - Shane Smith

"Food and Heat-Producing Solar Greenhouses" - Susan Yanda, Solar Greenhouse Pioneer

"Off-Season Growing: Row Covers, Cold Frames, Cloches" - Bob Pedersen, Terra Lucero Executive Director

"Plant Diseases, Pest Identification and Control" - Pat Torres, Santa Fe County Extension Agent/Program Director

11:00 to 11:15 - BREAK

11:15 am to 1:00 pm

SEASON EXTENDERS - MULTIPLE USES

"Ideal Ornamental Species" - Michael Clark, Tropic of Capricorn

"Sources for Supplies and Materials" - Bob Pennington, Agua Fria Nursery

"Native American Archaeological Stone Mulch Gardens and 3rd Graders" -Mollie Toll, Ethnobotanist, Museum of New Mexico"

"Taos Native Plant Society's Hoop House" - speaker TBA

"New Mexico Endangered Plant Program" - Bob Sivinski, New Mexico Forestry Division

"Raising Herbs" - Charles Martin, Agricultural Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU"

"Using the SFBG Hoop House - Conference Conclusion" - Mark Wood, SFBG President, Bob Pennington

REGISTRATION

SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN

HOOP HOUSE CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 20 AND 21, 2006

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$30 current SFBG member

$50 new SFBG member - includes conference plus one-year membership

$35 non-member

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Santa Fe Botanical Garden

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Santa Fe Botanical Garden (505 428-1684)