Lunch & Learn: Managing Your Garden Pests

Squash vine borer killing your zucchini? Cabbage worms putting holes in your kale?

Order lunch and join Convivium Farm Manager AJ Shultz for an introduction to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) during this one hour Lunch and Learn. Take away some interesting and effective techniques to control pests in your garden this year.

This event is free! No registration required – just show up!

Instructor Bio: AJ Shultz, Farm Manager AJ tends our 13,000 plus square feet of gardens. From building healthy soil through harvesting delicious produce, AJ keeps his hands dirty demonstrating the process of growing food to anyone willing to listen. When not in the field, AJ also teaches gardening and composting classes and serves as our garden tour guide. Trust us – you don’t want to miss an opportunity to experience our gardens with him. AJ has been involved in edible and sustainable landscaping and urban gardening most of his adult life. His training and professional background includes working with organic farms and edible landscape organizations in Santa Cruz, California; Huelo, Hawaii; and Margaret River, Australia. An Iowa native, AJ returned to the area in 2011 to raise a family with his wife Kerri, also an Iowa native. They now have two growing daughters, Josey and Marny.

Host or Publisher Convivium Urban Farmstead