Hands-On Garden in Orange County
October 12th 2010 14:20
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Do your kids think that all carrots are three inches long and come wrapped in plastic? Have they ever seen oregano outside of pizza sauce? Do they know the connection between worms and their favorite foods? Your kids (and you) now have the chance to see how food goes from the farm to your fork at the Great Park Farm & Food Lab, now open officially to the public.
The Farm & Food Lab is a hands-on garden, featuring themed garden beds and plantings of everything from artichokes to zucchini. The Pizza and Spaghetti Garden shows kids how the yummy ingredients and toppings look before they are chopped into sauce. Twelve total themed beds -- such as the Ethnic Garden, Fruit Salad Garden and Sensory Garden -- offer an array of produce and plant life that many kids, and even some adults, have never seen before.
The Farm & Food Lab begins regular weekend hours so the community can see the types of produce they can grow in Orange County. The Farm & Food Lab at the Great Park, which is open Saturdays & Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Opened in 2009, the Farm & Food Lab has been mostly used for special events, such as the popular Garden Workshops. The Lab is maintained by the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, who also partner with the Great Park to conduct the weekend workshops.
The fall workshops include: "Backyard Orchards" on October 16, "Family Gardening" on October 30, and "Composting" on November 6. The two-hour workshops are free to the public and begin at 10 a.m.
The Orange County Great Park is located off the 5 or 405 freeways at Sand Canyon and Marine Way in Irvine. Check www.ocgp.org or call 949-724-7420 for more information.
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