Lisa Taylor, Garden Educator
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Lisa Taylor is a freelance garden educator and author of the Maritime Northwest Garden Guide, 2nd ed. and Your Farm in the City: An Urban Dweller’s Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals. She is passionate about teaching people of all ages how to grow their own food. She has been teaching big and small people to garden organically and hold worms since 1994. She is a Master Composter and a pioneer of children’s gardening. Lisa developed her garden educator chops at Seattle Tilth (now Tilth Alliance), where she developed and managed the Education and Children’s Garden Programs for two decades.
She is passionate about teaching everyone where their food comes from and how to care for living things as a pathway to peace. Lisa has dedicated her teaching career to making big changes in the world through the simple act of sharing what she knows about edible organic gardening. Her garden programs provide unique and hands-on experiences that introduce students of all ages to edible plants, worms, healthy eating, seed saving and other wonders of an organic garden. For Lisa, eating is the main reason for growing plants. |
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Grow food. Have fun. Feel better
Hi everyone, Welcome to my website! I am excited to share my passion for growing food with you. Here you will find organic edible garden classes for Adults, Children, Families and Educators.
There are two ways to learn and grow with Lisa. In Person Programs. I am ready to bring my programs to your school, business, community center, garden club or library when the time is right. Check out my In Person talks, shows and workshops. Contact me about Zooming one of these programs. NEW! Online Edible Gardening Classes. All new feature! Video versions of my popular in person programs. These online classes allow me to teach about organic edible gardening and you to take my classes anywhere, on any device, any time. I have created classes for everyone. Join me on an amazing edible gardening journey. I invite you to take a class or book an in person program. Find out more and sign up. |
Tromboncino squash, with filter
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Learn with Lisa
Two Ways to Learn!
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Online Edible Gardening Classes
Learn anywhere, any time, on any device. These video classes are an excellent way to grow a successful edible garden. 
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In Person Programs
I visit your school, classroom, library or community center and give a talk or perform a puppet show to teach about topics on edible gardening. 
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New Classes!
Learn with Lisa Online Edible Gardening classes are a great way for me to share my knowledge and experience growing food. They are a fantastic and versatile way for you to learn about growing your own edible garden. You can Learn with Lisa at anywhere, any time, on any device.
Find out more and sign-up for a class today!
Find out more and sign-up for a class today!
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Designing Your Edible Landscape
First class in The Great Edible Year series Edible landscapes start in the vegetable garden, but they needn’t end there. Explore the elements of an edible landscape and discuss criteria for selecting edibles. Learn how to include edibles among your existing landscape. Explore how to select edible trees, shrubs and annuals to feed the family year-round and create a beautiful, flavorful landscape. Sign-up today! Make-along with Lisa
Four Magic Planters Four really cool planting activities that gardeners of any age will enjoy. Magic Mess Free technology makes growing easy. Super fun, hands-on class for Children and Families. Educators and homeschoolers can use this technology in their nature or science curriculum! Sign-up today! 
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Edible Garden Companion Digging Deeper
12 Classes. This year-long series digs deeper into seasonal activities in the edible garden. Each month we will discuss organic gardening techniques or edible gardening methods more thoroughly. We will cover topics such as what to plant, when to transplant, pest and weed control and when to harvest. We’ll unravel the mystery of crop rotation. Edible Garden Companion Digging Deeper will assist you in growing food throughout the year. Find out more and sign-up! Free Mini Class
Choosing the Best Varieties Free mini class discusses what to consider when selecting vegetable, flower and herb varieties. that will thrive in the short cool season of the Maritime Northwest. Includes pdf of PNW seed houses that specialize in heirloom and open-pollinated seeds. Sign-up today! |
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Edible Garden Companion February In the February’s edition of the Edible Garden Companion, we’ll go over some of our early spring tasks and share some ideas about finding the best location for growing vegetables, herbs and flowers. We’ll highlight other outdoor and indoor early spring activities. Sign-up now! Young Gardener's League
January Planting Leeks and Onions In this fun hands-on class, young gardeners will start their gardens by planting leek and onion seeds. Then they will raise them inside under lights until they are transplanted outside into the garden. Gather up some basic gardening supplies and make-along with the video lesson. Sign-up today! |
Edible Gardening for Everyone!
Everyone can be successful at gardening.
I offer classes for all gardeners and have programs suitable for any age. Check out my online classes and in person programs for everyone.
I offer classes for all gardeners and have programs suitable for any age. Check out my online classes and in person programs for everyone.
The Great Edible Year
The Great Edible Year Course
Grow food year-round. I've created a 12 month course in Edible Organic Gardening that contains my core curriculum. I call this collection of courses The Great Edible Year. Each month I will release a new course that will support your seasonal gardening activities. Included are courses about indoor growing, edible landscape design, watering your edible garden, organic pest management, vertical gardening, container growing and much more. Find out more and signup!
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The Great Edible Year Challenge
Show off your food growing skills and inspire others. Post one picture of homegrown food each month to social media with the hashtag #TheGreatEdibleYear2023 Challenge a few of your gardening friends to share their homegrown food photos too! Let's Get Growing Everyone! 
glacier tomato #TheGreatEdibleYear2023
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Take a Free Class!
I invite you to take a Free Mini Class to see what my online courses are like. Try it today! 
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Join me for an online class!
Have a successful edible garden and grow an abundance of food is season! Find out more and signup for an online edible gardening class.
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