East Hill Edible Gardening is celebrating our 5th year anniversary!

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Tom Garner and Renée Perry of East Hill Edible Gardening at Earth Day 2014

When we began five years ago we had no idea how many people in the community were interested in growing their own fresh vegetables! With your help we’ve accomplished so much:

  • Taught over 600 students our basic class “Easy Weed-Free No-Till Organic Gardening”
  • Taught even more students through our specialty classes: cool weather, warm weather and hot weather vegetable gardening, chicken and bee keeping, and permaculture
  • Provided local gardeners with thousands of vegetable plants from our booth at the Palafox Market
  • Visited numerous backyards for home consultations and garden installations
  • Served as volunteer consultants at local community gardens
  • Reinvigorated and continue to manage a local elementary school garden
  • Met and spoke with 1000’s of gardeners and potential gardeners at numerous local festivals, events and workshops
  • Served as officers and board members of the Pensacola Organic Gardener’s Club
  • Introduced to the broader gardening community in our area dozens of interesting and unusual edible plants from around the world
  • Provided numerous gardening presentations to local clubs and organizations

Thank you everyone for your wonderful support! We could not have imagined the success that we’ve experienced over the last five years, and we could not have done it without you.

We look forward to what the future holds, and we have some interesting plans ahead, so we invite you to continue to grow with us!  

Fall & Winter Gardening Class

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Fall and winter are fantastic times to garden in Pensacola! Temperatures are cooler, pests and diseases are at their minimum, and our mild winters allow for a bountiful harvest even during the coldest times of year. With the heat and humidity of summer behind us, it’s also a great time of year to be in the garden!

In our “All About Vegetables: Fall and Winter” class, we’ll explore in detail how and when to grow specific vegetables that thrive in our fall and winter seasons including: lettuce, carrots, onions, chard, cauliflower, dill, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, English peas, endive, radicchio, cilantro, fennel, mustard, turnips, beets, radishes, Asian greens, collards, fava beans, kohlrabi, spinach, Brussels sprouts, parsley, kale, arugula and more.

Choose one of these times:
– Tuesday morning, Sept. 19th – 9:00 – 11:00 am
– Thursday evening, Sept. 21st – 6:00 – 8:00 pm

The cost for this two-hour class is $25 if you register through Friday, Sept. 15th – after that the cost is $30. To reserve your spot, please contact the Vickrey Community Center (where the classes are held) at 850-912-4056 ext 1.

For more information about the class, please comment below or send us a message.

This class is intended for gardeners who already know the basics of gardening. If you are just starting, please check out our “Easy Weed-Free No-Till Organic Gardening” class series.

We’ll see you there!