Nutrition in the Lab: Farm to Table Adventure

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Free
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Join us at the Farm + Food Lab for our new Nutrition in the Lab series, where Frida Hovik shares how farming, processing, and food choices can have meaningful impacts on nutrition and health. Hovik is a graduate student at USC studying nutrition, health-span, and longevity. She has a background in nutrition counseling, diabetes and obesity prevention.

Great Park Spring Chess Tournament: April 2020

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$35/Ages 5-18
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Non-rated and rated players are invited to test their skills in the first of two Great Park spring chess tournaments. Registration is required by Wednesday, April 22, 3 p.m. Sign up at yourirvine.org (Open in new window).

Participants will be released after each completed round. Parents will be responsible for supervision during interim periods of non-play.

Garden Workshop — Edible Gardening 4: Pest, Disease Control & Harvesting

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Free/Ages 12+
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Learn everything you need to know about sustainable home gardening practices at the Orange County Great Park's Farm + Food Lab Garden Workshops.

On Saturday, May 2, 10-11 a.m., learn to protect your plants from pests and disease from experts from the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County.

Garden Workshop — Edible Gardening 3: Irrigation, Mulching, Weed Control & Fertilizing

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Free/Ages 12+
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Learn everything you need to know about sustainable home gardening practices at the Orange County Great Park's Farm + Food Lab Garden Workshops.

On Saturday, April 18, 10-11 a.m., learn about irrigation, mulching, weed control, and more from experts from the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County.

Garden Workshop — Herbs

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Free/Ages 12+
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Learn everything you need to know about sustainable home gardening practices at the Orange County Great Park's Farm + Food Lab Garden Workshops.

On Saturday, May 16, 10-11 a.m., learn how and when to plant easy herbs such as parsley, basil, thyme, marjoram, sage, and oregano in containers or garden beds; how to care for them; and how to harvest the herbs and use them for meals. Workshops are taught by experts from the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County.

Garden Workshop — Plant Propagation & Grafting

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Free/Ages 12+
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Learn everything you need to know about sustainable home gardening practices at the Orange County Great Park's Farm + Food Lab Garden Workshops.

On Saturday, April 4, 10-11 a.m., learn how to propagate or create new plants from existing plants using stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, root cuttings, division, and grafting. Workshops are taught by experts from the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Orange County.

Children's Garden Workshop — Radish Top Egg Heads

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Free
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Location: Farm + Food Lab

Explore our unique agricultural outdoor classroom and learn inspiring ways to create, grow, and interact in the farm. On Sunday, May 17, join us for Radish Top Egg Heads. Bring intact, hollowed egg shells from home to start a funny looking, fast-growing edible garden. Creativity will flow using craft supplies to create faces.