posted 10/05/11 11:13 AM | updated 10/05/11 01:43 PM
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Cold Frame Workshop Gets Green All Around

Extend your growing season with a cold frame.

On Saturday, October 15, from 10:00 a.m. until noon, the Building Material Thrift Store will present a free workshop on cold frame construction using reclaimed materials.  The workshop will be facilitated by Rebecca Bundy, Associate Planner for City of Ketchum and an avid year-round gardener, and Tom Harned, green builder and owner of Five Bee Hives. 

 During the two-hour workshop, participants will learn how to construct a simple cold frame from reclaimed materials, as well as information on season extension gardening, cold frame placement, and more.  A cold frame is a low profile structure with a transparent top, used to protect plants from cold temperatures. The cold frame works by admitting sunlight, but keeping heat from escaping at night when temperatures drop.  Essentially an unheated greenhouse, the cold frame will extend your growing season.

The workshop will take place at the Building Material Thrift Store, which will have materials on-hand and available for purchase for those who would like to build along with the facilitators.  Interested individuals can also elect to build a cold frame and donate it to The Hunger Coalition’s Hope Garden.

 The event is a part of the Hailey Community Climate Challenge, which explores steps communities can take to reduce greenhouse gases (everyone is welcome; you do not need to be a Hailey resident). “In designing this workshop, we wanted to work towards meeting this goal through a variety of components,” said Lisa Huttinger of the Environmental Resource Center, the outreach partner for the Hailey Community Climate Challenge.  “With cold frames, we demonstrate in an easy do-it-yourself project how you can divert materials from our landfills and avoid the production of new materials, all while growing your own food.”

 For more information, or to register for the workshop (space will be limited), please call the ERC at 208.726.4333.  For more information on the Hailey Community Climate Challenge, please visit www.haileychallenge.org, or learn about the range of services and materials available at the Building Materials Thrift at www.buildingmaterialthriftstore.org

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