Gardening in the tropics is different from gardening in the rest of this country.  This class focuses specifically on plants that do well in our hot and humid South Florida climate. We review the best native plants, foliage plants, bromeliads, and flowering plants to incorporate into your garden.  This class mostly focuses on identifying different plants and goes over some basic garden design. You will learn many different plant varieties and how to take care of them. There will be demo plants available for purchase after the class.

Instructor bio: Melissa Corichi founded her company, Let it Rot in 2015, while attending the Harriet Wilkes Honors College. Melissa is a certified Safe Compost Operator and trained under one of the leading experts in vermiculture, Rhonda Sherman. In 2018 Melissa received her Permaculture Designer Certification. Featured in the Palm Beach Post, Biocycle, on WPTV and The Weather Channel, Melissa, or The Worm Queen, is considered an expert in her field of vermiculture and food waste reduction in application to sustainable farming and gardening. With her company Let it Rot, she has composted over one million pounds of food waste in the last decade. She ran Palm Beach County's only commercial composting service for 8 years. In more recent years, Melissa has dedicated her time to Pollinator gardens promoting native and exotic plants that support all species of pollinator organisms. Recently she has added poultry to her one acre farm in Loxahatchee, Fl.

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