One's backyard is the best place to experiment. Learn how to sketch a cool garden design, determine which materials to use and which vegetables grow best in gumbo soil. Learn about the key elements every garden needs to thrive and, of course, selecting the most productive and delicious produce you can grow.
Presenters:LaShan Arceneaux is a lifelong gardener and the farmer florist at Saturday Bouquet, a micro flower and herb farm. Her specialties are zinnia breeding and the business side of farming. Some of her earliest memories are playing in the dirt and picking flowers.
AJ Beard spent most of her professional career helping global companies transform their operations and technology strategies as a consultant. Now she’s applying that same experience to sustainability and agriculture — working on ways to make food systems more resilient and help organizations balance growth with environmental responsibility. She loves working hands on in the soil with growers and teaching what she learns in field and classroom. AJ is a Houston Native and lives and works with her husband and two children in between Houston and Smithville, TX.
February 7th, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am
LaShan Arceneaux and AJ. Beard
Bauer Education Center
1911 W. 34th St., Houston, TX 77018
$20
Registration will close 24 hours before classes Monday-Saturday and 48 hours before Sunday classes.
Contact Kim Perry at kim@urbanharvest.org if you have any questions.
