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The Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is pleased to announce our Second Annual Family Gardening Workshop featuring Tracy Curry, Southern Director for New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom. Tracy Curry鈥檚 presentation and take-home project will be on how to make a small indoor 鈥渧ermicomposting鈥� bin. 

鈥淰ermicomposting is a fun way to teach children about the importance of worms to our environment,鈥� Curry said.  Curry will also explain how to grow vegetables in a small space.  The workshop, scheduled for May 4, 2019 from 9 am 鈥� 11:30 am, will also include methods for creating a raised bed garden, using the Museum鈥檚 Teaching Garden as an example.

鈥淜ids love to learn about 鈥榊ucky Worms鈥� and why farmers and gardeners think of worms as their friends and that they really aren鈥檛 that yucky at all,鈥� Curry said. The workshop will also feature actual vegetable plantings, and other ideas for a family garden.

鈥淚 am pleased to have Tracy Curry with us to teach families about the importance and fun of raising their own vegetables,鈥� said Mary Lyle, Education Director for the museum.  鈥淲e think it will be both fun and educational.鈥�

Cost for the workshop will be $10 per family.  鈥淲e鈥檙e only charging a nominal fee for the workshop to help cover the cost of our materials鈥� said Lyle.  Each family will receive a vermicomposting bin and a tomato plant to take home to start their own garden.

鈥淲e will be in the Museum Garden area, so remember to wear a hat and plenty of sun screen,鈥� Lyle noted.

Space is limited to the first 15 families, consisting of up to 6 family members, fee to be paid in advance.  For more information, contact the museum at (575) 492-2678 or contact Mary Lyle at mlyle@nmjc.edu or 575-492-2679.