Wasatch Community Gardens

10/09/2026

Join us for the final classes of our Milpa Kitchen Series with Prime Corn! We’re celebrating the corn harvest with hands-on demonstrations and traditional foods that connect us to the land, our community, and generations of cultural traditions.

Learn about nixtamalization, try grinding corn on a metate, and make tamales by hand using ingredients harvested from the garden. Each workshop offers a different way to celebrate the harvest, so choose the language and date that work best for you:

October 31 | 10 AM–1 PM
Taught in Spanish 🇲🇽 Featuring tamales and gluten-free Pan de Mu**to.

November 7 | 10 AM–1 PM
Taught in English. Featuring tamales and champurrado, a warm, spiced chocolate drink.

Both classes take place at the WCG Campus Education Cottage (Blue Building), 629 E 800 S.

Come celebrate the harvest and the food traditions that bring us together. Register through the link in our bio.

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¡Acompáñanos en la última clase de nuestra serie «Milpa Kitchen»! Celebramos la cosecha de maíz con demostraciones prácticas y alimentos tradicionales que nos conectan con la tierra, nuestra comunidad y generaciones de tradiciones culturales.

Aprende sobre la nixtamalización, prueba a moler maíz en un metate y elabora tamales a mano utilizando ingredientes cosechados en el huerto. Cada taller ofrece una forma distinta de celebrar la cosecha; elige el idioma y la fecha que mejor te convengan:

31 de octubre | 10:00 a. m. – 1:00 p. m.
Impartido en español 🇲🇽. Incluye tamales y Pan de Mu**to sin gluten.

7 de noviembre | 10:00 a. m. – 1:00 p. m.
Impartido en inglés. Incluye tamales y champurrado, una bebida caliente de chocolate especiado.

Ambas clases se llevarán a cabo en el *Education Cottage* (edificio azul) del campus de WCG, ubicado en 629 E 800 S.

Ven a celebrar la cosecha y las tradiciones culinarias que nos unen. Inscríbete a través del enlace en nuestra biografía.

10/07/2026

Wasatch Community Gardens’ Love Local Winter Market is back on Saturday, December 5, 2026, from 12–6 PM! Held at the Wasatch Community Gardens Campus (629 E 800 S, SLC), this outdoor market is a celebration of local food, local makers, and community.

Sip on hot tea and mulled w**e while you shop from 30+ small, local businesses with a focus on food, gardening, nature, and locally sourced materials.

Admission is $5 at the gate, and children 5 and under are free. Your ticket helps us cover the cost of heat lamps to keep the outdoor market cozy, keeps vendor fees low and accessible for smaller and up-and-coming businesses, and supports our community programming and mission.

Whether you’re doing your holiday shopping, looking for something special, or just want to spend an afternoon under the twinkly lights, we hope you’ll join us to support small, local businesses and celebrate community.

Additional details: https://wasatchgardens.org/events-news/love-local-winter-market

10/06/2026

Putting your garden to bed for winter!

After you clean up your garden beds by removing diseased plants and aggressive weeds (while leaving disease-free stems, hollow stalks, and native seed heads standing for winter habitat), you can start enriching and protecting your soil for the season ahead.

Add compost: Spread a 1-inch layer of finished compost across your garden beds to feed beneficial soil microbes over the winter months. If you haven’t tested your soil’s phosphorus levels, apply only ¼”.

Cover bare soil: Add a 2–3-inch layer of organic material like shredded fallen leaves or clean straw to help prevent erosion.

Plant a cover crop: Sow cover crops in empty vegetable patches to fix nitrogen, build organic matter, and prevent topsoil compaction from winter storms.

10/02/2026

Why save seeds? Saving seeds from plants that thrive in your garden helps you grow well-adapted varieties year after year. It also helps preserve rare crops, maintain genetic diversity, protect food traditions, and support food sovereignty.

Thanks to everyone who joined us and to Snake River Seed Cooperative for sharing their seed-saving knowledge with us.

10/01/2026

Trial garden update...

We still have lots growing including zucchini, winter squash, melons, sweet & hot peppers, and 2 tomato plants that did not get killed by Curly Top virus. And we've replaced the tomato plants that did not make it with cover crop.

09/30/2026

🌱 School garden folks, join us for our October Leadership Network Meeting!

We’ll connect, share ideas, dig into end-of-season gardening, and enjoy a garden-themed snack. Plus, check out our free seed library and enter to win garden tools and resources.

Monday, October 12 | 4:30–6:30 PM
WCG Main Campus, 629 E 800 S

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeja_J1Fp-VWdJp_5HUd7dVivNrKGcXq_JR0LNzMTWCdN2zvg/viewform

09/30/2026

Last chance to register to be a vendor at our Love Local Winter Market!

Please share with local vendors you know - learn more & apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZReH1AA3jnPUm6qfuH1b468o3tkRbqJSp-cZnJDbUXrfcHw/viewform

09/29/2026

This summer, our interns were busy across WCG. Ejay created maps of four community gardens to help gardeners find their plots and document garden amenities and infrastructure. Kha helped collect and analyze data for our triennial plant census, giving us a better picture of how much food our community gardens produce.

Jack created an interactive map of school gardens in the Salt Lake City School District, while our five AMES High School interns supported Summer Camps with activities, preparation, and cleanup. Our Family Garden Gatherings interns, all former program participants, helped facilitate programs and build connections between students, families, and schools.

Diana researched best practices for recruiting women into our Job Training Program, and Riley spent the summer helping with garden work, harvesting produce, and preparing snacks for WCG events.

We’re proud of everything our 2026 interns accomplished and grateful for the energy and care they brought to WCG this summer.

09/28/2026