UPR Agricultural Extension to offer home garden course in Arecibo

The theoretical and practical workshop is designed to be easy to understand and apply, even for those unfamiliar with home gardening. It can be easily implemented in small spaces such as multi-family dwellings.

By THE STAR STAFF

The Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) will offer a home garden course in Arecibo on four dates in February and March aimed at people interested in learning how to establish and maintain a garden at home, even with just little land available.

“For this offering, we have already allocated space at the Institute for Women’s Development in the Los Caños sector of Arecibo,” Arecibo Mayor Carlos Ramírez Irizarry said on Thursday. “The instructor for the workshop is Professor Mirelis Soto Vélez, an agricultural agent.”

The theoretical and practical workshop is designed to be easy to understand and apply, even for those unfamiliar with home gardening. It can be easily implemented in small spaces such as multi-family dwellings.

With ongoing inflation and the reality of food insecurity, creating a home garden, whether in pots or on small plots of land, is becoming increasingly common. Some of the benefits of maintaining a home garden include improved health through physical activity, access to more nutritious and flavorful food, enhanced food security, and cost savings, as detailed by Prof. Myrna Comas Pagán in the curriculum guide “Home Gardens: A Guide to Family Food Security.”

The available dates are Fridays, Feb. 13, 20 and 27, as well as Friday, March 6, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Those interested can register through the link: https://forms.office.com/r/ct9UJEYM2S. For more information or to confirm availability: 787-652-0065 ext. 3307 / 3304 or email mirelis.soto@upr.edu.