Garden for the Environment: Grow Your Own Food Workshops 2026

In this engaging workshop, learn about how to grow your own edible plants year-round in San Francisco’s mild climate. In this in-person workshop, learn to take full advantage of the unique gardening climate in San Francisco, where you can grow your own fruits and vegetables year-round! Join us throughout the seasons for our Grow Your Own Food workshop. Some topics that will be covered in the months the workshop is offered: January: Soil fertility, weed management, and what to plant now. March: Growing your own transplants, what seeds to start indoors and outdoors, and successful transplanting of seedlings. May: Warm weather crops and plants that attract beneficial insects and watering needs of your spring garden. July: Planning for your winter garden and summer pests and diseases to look out for. September: Preparing your garden for the cool and rainy season and harvesting the fruits of your summer garden. November: Taking advantage of the rainy season by planting cold hardy crops such as garlic, peas, and edible perennials. Our expert instructor Carey Craddock is a garden coach, consultant, and horticultural enthusiast. She has been teaching at Garden for the Environment since 1998, first as a Get Up! intern and then as a staff member until 2003. She trained in both CCSF and Merritt College’s landscape horticulture programs and loves to combine her passion for art and horticulture into creative projects. She runs Carey Craddock Gardens where she specializes in ecological garden design and growing food. No walk-up registration permitted for this course.