Community Church, Make a Better Garden
First Friday
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Rick Gillies, owner of Mountain Garden Nursery will demonstrate gardening techniques at First Friday.
Composting is the topic for the First Friday event at Tehachapi Community Church, 100 E. E St., from 5 to 8 p.m. on April 4. Rick Gillies, owner of Mountain Garden Nursery, will demonstrate how home gardens can benefit from composting. He will also be discussing water saving plants. Gillies has owned the nursery at the corner of Curry and C streets for many years and is an expert on plants in Tehachapi.
Carol Rush, representing Tehachapi Resource Conservation District, will be assisting Gillies and talk about native plants. She has information about the sale of native plants by TRCD.
Bob Hellyer, a resident of Bear Valley Springs and a breeder of worms, will demonstrate a worm's role in composting. He will explain his interest in worms and the way they benefit the gardener.
There will also be activities for children. This event will be interesting and educational for all ages.
Further information may be obtained by calling the TCC office at 661-822-4443.
