This year we are partnering with Northern New Mexico College to provide plants and continuing education classes to grow resilient gardens

2026 Class Offerings

Tending & Harvesting Resilient Gardens

2-Part Series | La Querencia Greenhouse, NNMC El Rito Campus Instructor: Ashley Haywood

Part 1: Transplanting & Early Summer Tending | Saturday, June 27 | 10:00am – 12:30pm | $35

We'll transplant and tend warm-season herbs, annual flowers, landrace beans and squash, and harvest amaranth greens — learning the stories and uses of these plants as we work alongside them. We'll move through transplanting, spacing, watering for establishment, and reading what the plants need as they take hold.

Part 2: Late Summer Return & Harvest | Saturday, late August | $35

A return to the garden as the season shifts toward harvest. We'll work with amaranth, papalo, epazote, landrace squash and beans, and other herbs, focusing on harvest and drying methods and saving and storing seed. Participants will take home what we harvest together.

Register now at https://bit.ly/4sQCCGV Complete the registration form and send to lina.alegre@nnmc.edu

Starting Seeds for Resilient Gardens

Date: Wednesday, May 6 | 5:30-7:30pm | Fee: $30 | Supplies provided Location: NNMC El Rito campus Greenhouse “La Querencia” | Instructor: Ashley Haywood An introduction to seed starting techniques and germination principles for native, locally adapted, and drought-tolerant species, as well as select traditional garden crops. Learn about seed dormancy and stratification, timing, soil composition, and practical planting methods. Participants will sow seeds directly in greenhouse beds and start them in trays for transplanting into on-campus rain gardens. We will explore how seeds carry the life of a plant and the story of place — theirDate: Wednesday, May 6 | 5:30-7:30pm | Fee: $30 | Supplies provided Whether your interest is food, medicine, ecological restoration, or personal enrichment, you will leave with a grounded foundation for starting seeds that support resilient gardens and local ecosystems. Feel free to bring seeds from your own garden to swap with fellow participants — a little seed exchange to close out the day.

Register now at https://bit.ly/4sQCCGV Send to: lina.alegre@nnmc.edu