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Throop Memorial Church  •  300 South Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena

Throop Learning Garden is an example of how we can transform our environment through community. We worked together to found a garden based on permaculture principles. We began with Bermuda grass and hardpan clay. We now enjoy a garden that includes a raised bed food garden, a fruit tree food forest, a drought tolerant native garden, demonstrations of water harvesting techniques, soil building, uses for “urbanite” and other recyclables, and comfortable places to congregate. We also host a wealth of birds and beneficial insects, including praying mantises, many moths, and butterflies.
Garden work days are most Sunday mornings from 8:30 to 10:30.

~ 2013 Pasadena Green City Award for Urban Nature ~


Shelley Powsner and Laura Henne’s Composting Workshop

10/4/2015

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​Throop Learning Garden happily hosted Shelley Powsner and Laura Henne in an afternoon about compost on September 19. They shared their expertise, insight, and advice with a small group of rapt students. She offered an overview of composting techniques, emphasizing how to choose the type of composting best suited to one's specific needs. We chose a static compost for Throop Learning Garden, for the type of yard waste and the amount of attention we would give it. The workshop participants constructed two static bins, under Shelley's guidance. Come and check them out at the west end of Throop Learning Garden!

After a potluck lunch, Laura schooled us in vermiculture, or worm composting. This is one of the composting techniques best suited for urban gardeners who have more kitchen vegetable scraps than yard waste. She demonstrated the workings of several types of bins and how to construct and care for them. Then we had the opportunity to build a worm bins.

Everyone went away filled with enthusiasm, inspired to put their experience into practice at home. Our deepest thanks to Laura and Shelley for the sharing of their knowledge and inspiring us all.

— January Nordman

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