Saturday, January 24, 2026
10:30am-12:30pm
San Francisco County Fair Building — Recreation Room
About the Program
Registration includes all materials.
Small space, big potential — begin the new year by cultivating your own edible kitchen garden! From perennial herbs, to microgreens, to a variety of veggies, growing even a single edible plant can inspire our meals and snacks, and create a meaningful connection to the food we eat. Instructors Carey Craddock and Jordan Kushins will share what plants do well in indoor and outdoor containers; teach seasonal planting tips; troubleshoot common problems; and offer creative ideas for your harvest. Everyone will get their hands dirty, sowing seeds and propagating cuttings to take home.
About the Grow + Make Series
This is part one of a four-part Grow + Make series led by Carey and Jordan this year. They are standalone sessions, but each will build on the last for repeat attendees. Stay tuned for upcoming classes:
• 4/25/26: Grow + Make: Spirited Botanicals — Preserve plants to make drinks that taste great and look amazing!
• 8/15/26: Grow + Make: Everything is Jewelry — Forage and design plant stuff (leaves and flowers, pods and wood) into uniquely ephemeral accessories.
• 12/5/26: Grow + Make: Botanical Print Cards and Presses — Learn to print holiday cards with fresh leaves and flowers, and put together a portable plant press to keep or gift!
About the Instructors
Carey Craddock is a garden coach, consultant, and horticultural enthusiast. She has been teaching at Garden for the Environment since 1998, first as a Get Up! intern, and then as a staff member until 2003. She trained in both CCSF and Merritt College’s landscape horticulture programs, and loves to combine her passion for art and horticulture into creative projects. She runs Carey Craddock Gardens where she specializes in ecological garden design and growing food.
Jordan Kushins (she / her) writes about creative places, people, and things; draws everything from seagulls to salvias; makes ceramic jewelry and other crafts; and gardens weekly with Carey Craddock, as well as kids at the Up On Top! program at the Tenderloin Rec Center. She’s also the founder of outer outer .space — a resource offering online and IRL inspiration to make, learn, collect, do, and share.
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Gardens of Golden Gate Park Members: You are entitled to a 20% discount for this event. To secure your discount, please enter the Member Discount Code in the “Promo Code” field when checking out. For the Member Discount Code for this offering, please contact membership@gggp.org. Discount codes do not apply to the “Pay What You Will” price level.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable
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