Adult Opportunities

Start Your Vegetable Garden (online)

Harvest at home with your own vegetable garden.

Content Detail

Throughout this three-week online course, Kasey Eaves, owner of Vivant Gardening Services, will teach new gardeners how to start their own vegetable garden and equip them with the knowledge needed to successfully grow vegetables at home.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills you need to plant and care for your new edible garden:

  • Finding a location where your new garden can thrive
  • Preparing the site for planting
  • Determining the best time of year to start your vegetable garden
  • Selecting plants that are suited for your garden site, gardening skills, and personal tastes
  • Caring for your plants throughout the year
  • Identifying and solving common problems such as those caused by pests, over or underwatering, sun exposure, and soil issues

Open to new gardeners and seasoned green thumbs alike, this overview of gardening for the home kitchen will leave you excited for the summer’s bounty and eager to plant.

This program meets live online.

Instructor: Kasey Eaves, owner, Vivant Gardening

Age: 16 and older

Course number: H069

Instructor

Kasey Eaves, horticulturist, Vivant Gardens, Inc.

Kasey Bersett Eaves started growing edibles and her treasured sunflowers at age two on her family’s farm property in southern Illinois. Now, as owner of Vivant Gardening Services, she spends her days making gardening approachable to area residents, restaurants, schools, and more. She encourages using edibles, natives, and pollinator plants, even in a city’s unusual spaces. She loves finding creative and low-maintenance growing solutions for city dwellers.

What to Know

This program takes place live on Zoom. A link will be provided to registrants by email. Click on the link to join the program at the scheduled date and time.

Program Schedule

This program meets the following three times.

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Zoom

A link to join the program will be provided to registrants by email.

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