Garden Workshops with Carole West 2026

 

I love sharing practical tips for raised bed gardening. My growing journey began long ago in my grandmother’s backyard.  We grew food, flowers and herbs.

With every visit adventure was the destination.  I summed it up best in my book Garden Up Green, we grew goodness from one generation to the next.

I will admit, learning to garden in Texas was a challenge.  From soil type to excessive heat, raised bed gardening became my solution.  

That was 30 years ago and now I am sharing these tips in my upcoming garden workshops. 

Whatever your gardening goals might be I would love to speak with your group, club or connect with businesses to offer the following classes.

I am booking now for 2026 and will travel 60 miles from Jefferson, Texas.  The following workshops are in person from January - March.  

Contact for scheduling and pricing via email: cw@carolewest.net

About Raised Bed Gardening Workshop #1

Raised bed gardening continues to gain popularity. This workshop explores the benefits of raised beds and how they can work in your environment.

This is an instructional workshop with takeaway information to make good decisions.

• Why growing in raised beds is amazing.
• Simple design ideas.
• Types of wood or containers.
• Three things to know before getting started.
• Maintaining your raised bed garden.

Raised Bed Garden Soil Prep Workshop #2

The foundation of your raised bed is the key to your gardening success. 

In this workshop I will demonstrate building a bed frame and discuss how to add natural ingredients to amend all soil types.  

This workshop is instructional, interactive and will include audience participation.

• Building a quick raised bed frame
• How to deal with clay soil
• Manure options to amend soil
• Natural material to amend soil
• Putting it all together

Vegetable Gardening Basics Workshop #3

Growing your own food was once a normal practice and it's slowly coming back in style.  It comes down to growing what you enjoy eating.

We will dive into the basics of vegetable gardening from seed purchase to harvest.  This is an instructional workshop with some hands-on opportunity.  

• Grow food that you like to eat.
• Seeds– Heirloom, Hybrid, GMO.
• Transplanting seedlings or purchased plants.
• List of Warm Crop Vegetables
• List of Cool Crop Vegetables

Book Your 2026 Garden Workshops

These are the three-gardening workshop that I will begin teaching in 2026 from January – March.  

Workshops are one hour with 15 minutes for questions. To book me, email cw@carolewest.net

 I would love to see how we can work together for your business or group. 

Encouraging goodness,

Carole West