DPR's Urban Garden division offers free workshops and courses focused on practical urban gardening skills, environmental stewardship and nutrition/cooking education during various time frames throughout the year.
COVID Update!!
Due to COVID we have converted majority of our urban garden classes to webinars.
You can view over 50 webinar garden workshop recordings for free at the follwing link.
DUG Network: Urban Grower Webinar Courses
Check for New Course Offerings at the DPR registration portal link below
DPR Registration Portal
***Classes and dates are subject to change every year***
Please email the DPR Community Garden Specialists, at [email protected], for questions, current course offerings, and updates on future courses
"Past" DPR Urban Garden Education Courses
- Urban Growing Certification Course
- Advanced Growing Techniques Certification Course
- Garden Carpentry Certification Course
- Master Urban Composting Certification Course
- Naturalist Certification Course
- Urban Agribusiness and Cooperatives Certification Course
- Cooking and Nutrition Certification Course
- Food Justice Series
- Seasonal Classes
Questions
To learn more please reach out DPR's Community Garden Specialists:
[email protected] - (202) 262-2138
[email protected] - (202) 673-7647
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Want to Receive Monthly Updates for DPR Programs?
DPR's Urban Garden Division partners with the DUG Network to do a semi-monthly (twice a month around the 1st and 15th) newsletter that highlights all DPR programs and registration openings along with other urban Ag, food security and environmental programs, workshops, job openings, grants, tips, etc, in greater DC. To view past newsletters or to sign up for future newsletters please visit this link or email [email protected].
The DUG Network website also has a searchable database of over 500 organizations working in DC in urban Ag, food security, and environmental programs along with many other resources.