{"id":4497,"date":"2013-03-28T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2013-03-21T17:33:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T21:33:31","slug":"cultivating-taste-for-optimal-organic-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4497","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating taste for optimal organic gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Library to present free horticultural how-to workshop<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4498\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/15dc1f6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4498\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4498 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Deborah Kates will present a program on organic gardening at the Chester County Library on April 6.\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/15dc1f6.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/15dc1f6.jpg 200w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/15dc1f6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/15dc1f6-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deborah Kates will present a program on organic gardening at the Chester County Library on April 6.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Longtime organic gardener Deborah Kates promises to unearth her best horticultural tips in a program at the Chester County Library in Exton entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Get Dirty!\u00a0 Learn To Love Organic Gardening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will be held Saturday, April 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Struble Room.\u00a0Reservations are required.\u00a0 Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccls.org\/\">www.ccls.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kates, anyone can garden without harmful chemicals, whether in a backyard, on a porch, or in a window box.\u00a0 Her presentation will include an overview on topics such putting your garden in the best light, arranging beds for optimum results, selecting seeds and plants, making compost, attracting friendly insects to increase yield and discourage pests, and saving money.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Geared toward beginning and intermediate gardeners, the program will also feature a short history of the organic growing movement and why it matters. Participants should bring notebooks and pens.<\/p>\n<p>Kates, a Coatesville-area resident, is a third-generation gardener who has been tilling organically for more than 35 years and is a certified master composter.\u00a0 She conducts classes and workshops on the art of organic gardening for wellness programs at various venues throughout Chester County and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The library is located at 450 Exton Square Parkway in Exton.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library to present free horticultural how-to workshop Longtime organic gardener Deborah Kates promises to unearth her best horticultural tips in a program at the Chester County Library in Exton entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Get Dirty!\u00a0 Learn To Love Organic Gardening.\u201d It will be held Saturday, April 6, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Struble Room.\u00a0Reservations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[1511,1815,1817,1816],"class_list":["post-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-chester-county-library","tag-composting","tag-deborah-kates","tag-organic-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}