• Beekeeping 101

    Beekeeping 101

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    In this class, you will learn the benefits of bee keeping: bee/animal husbandry, what you need to get started in beekeeping, hive boxes, safety equipment, where to get bees, where to place your hive, how to keep your bees and hives healthy and when to harvest the delicious honey.

  • Sauerkraut 101

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Presented by Doreen Spires. Learn how to take cabbage and turn it into the pickled delight known as sauerkraut! This is a hands-on class, so you will be making it and taking it home. Attendees are required to bring the following:

  • Straw Bale Gardening

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn how to garden using straw bales instead of traditional gardening methods! Fun and easy for the whole family. Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is the straw bale itself and is held together with two or three strings. Once the straw inside...

  • Mason Bees

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn how to use mason bees in your garden. Mason Bees are generalists; they don’t stick to certain blossoms they pollinate whatever they find and like. They pollinate the following best: apricots, almonds, apples, blueberries, cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums, prunes, raspberries, strawberries, and flowers in the rose family. They are very beneficial to home...

  • Starting Veggies

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn all the tips and tricks for starting veggies from seed to have all the best homegrown veggies for your table. Learn about transplanting, pest management and feeding.

  • Onions! Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn all the tips and tricks of growing and storing onions

  • Square Foot Gardening Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small, orderly, and highly productive kitchen gardens. It was invented by backyard gardener, retired engineer, and efficiency expert Mel Bartholomew as a better way to grow a vegetable garden, and it became a huge hit. Its easy and fun to do!

  • Soils 101 Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Let Craig from Full Circle Soils and Compost teach you all you need to know about dirt and soil. With Craigs knowledge, he can get your dirt into the perfect garden soil!  

  • All About Potatoes Spudtacular Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn how to grow and store potatoes with this helpful class.

  • Ponds 101 Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Have you always dreamed of a nice relaxing water feature at your home? If so, we have the class for you! Learn from our pond expert how to build, maintian and enjoy your water feature!

  • Pretty, Pretty Peonies Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn all the tips and tricks for successfully growing peonies in your garden. Learn about different varieties and everything you need to know about the care and feeding of your peonies! They aren't as difficult as you might think!

  • Tomato Mania Class

    Rail City Garden Center 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, United States

    Learn all the cool unique varieties of tomatoes that we will having for your garden. We know you love tomatoes and this year we will be having quite a few varieties that you can plant to grace your garden! Join us in welcoming Brad Gates of Wildboar Farms to give you the lowdown on some...