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Creating a Pet Garden (In Person)

June 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 PM
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June 1 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Join us in person for “Creating a Pet Garden” taking place on Wednesday, June 1 2022 at 1 PM in Community Conference Center.

Join us for Creating a Pet Garden, a class intended for Florida growers to learn the basics of growing food for your furry friend including the do’s and don’ts of edible plants for animals. This class is led by local horticulturist Caroline Chomanics, program director at Fleet Farming, a non-profit program of IDEAS For Us, where Chomanics also serves as the chief operations officer.

Special Instructions: Attendees should bring a notebook and pen for note taking.

This program is presented by Caroline Chomanics and is hosted by the Winter Park Health Foundation.

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By participating in this program, you agree to CHWB’s Gracious Space policy.

About the Program Presenter

Caroline Chomanics is a passionate horticulturalist in the Central Florida community, having earned her degree in Landscape and Horticulture Technology from Valencia College and her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and Sustainable Urbanism from Rollins College. She acts as chief administrative officer to IDEAS For Us, a non-profit organization located in Orlando, FL, that develops, funds and scales environmental action projects in the focus areas of energy, water, food, waste, and ecology. When she is not farming, Chomanics is honored to be the gardening teacher at Inspiring Minds Day School, teaching children about the wonders of the natural world.

She developed her horticultural skills while living for four years at Nehrling Gardens, a historic botanical garden, in Gotha, Florida. Since 2015, Chomanics has been a program manager for Fleet Farming, an urban agriculture program that transforms lawns into farms.

About the Presenting Organization

Fleet Farming is a non-profit urban agriculture program of IDEAS For Us that transforms the average American lawn into a bio-verse, productive micro farms and edible gardens. To learn more about Fleet Farming, please click here.

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