June 5, 7:30 pm
Natalya will give a talk on who might need a town garden and why, how to plan your garden, what to plant, and how to arrange things so that your hobby will bring you not only enjoyment but a useful harvest. Natalya will also conduct a brief virtual excursion through the history of urban gardening in Russia.
Natalya Chernykh is an urban gardener with 6 years’ experience, as well as being a qualified agronomist and senior lecturer at the Russian State Agrarian University — Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy department of landscape design, and is a regular particpant at international landscaping conferences.
Admission is free of charge. The number of participants is limited. Please register in advance.
Lectures on Urban Gardening, together with Dacha in the City
Dacha in the City is an educational initiative, dedicated to greening up apartments and balconies, urban gardening, and landscape design. This cycle of lectures will focus on the practical aspects, most interesting to city-dwellers: how to achieve the kind of cooperation between neighbors and municipal authorities necessary to make a green roof, what do you need to create a vertical garden in your living room, where is the best place to build a community garden, and what kind of plants are best for a garden on the balcony. These and other questions will be answered by practicing landscape designers and gardeners.
