Company description

M R Gardens of Asheville is a two-acre educational farm and sustainable plant nursery. We offer edible/native landscape design and garden coaching services, as well as grow vegetable starts, beneficial flowers, medicinal herbs and native perennials for sale. We have a unique 800-square-foot passive solar greenhouse, which produces plants with no supplemental heat or powered exhaust. Since 2009, we've been transforming the property into a demonstration site for edible and native landscaping, using our "Microbe Rich" gardening style that makes use of natural systems to take care of the landscape. This site is now open for our year-long garden coaching programs "Grow," for home gardeners, and "Emergence," for those who want to make a living from gardening.

Job description

M R Gardens of Asheville is offering a year-long opportunity for people to be involved with the growing of their own food while learning a unique style of sustainable gardening. Participants meet approximately three times a month, currently 3:00 or 4:00 on Tuesdays, for 2.5 hours. Each session includes a new lesson in an aspect of edible and native landscaping; an in-depth talk about a medicinal herb and native/beneficial flower; a hands-on activity; and harvest of vegetables, fruit, herbs and/or flowers. We have two programs, "Grow" and "Emergence." Grow is for the aspiring home gardener; Emergence is for those who hope to make a living from gardening, specifically for those who could see themselves with M R Gardens as it expands its clientele and programming. There are opportunities for Emergence students to make a side income in the near future. We aim to create ease and fun in growing food with our exceptionally sustainable model of small-scale farming.

The 2017-2018 program started in October, but if you sign up by mid-January we can still catch you up on all fall/winter activities.

$25 - Application process, which includes an on-site tour and in-person interview;

$125 - Down payment;

$500 - Remaining due December 20 for the rest of the program, which ends October 2018

Read the full description at http://mretcllc-mrgardens.blogspot.com/p/learn-on-site.html

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