If you live in an apartment, condo or townhouse and only have a small patio, balcony or veranda, take heart, you don’t need a lot of space to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit. You don’t even need a garden bed. If you have a few large containers, terra cotta pots, plastic pots, even large coffee cans along with soil, water, and sun, you can grow some tasty things.

Yeoman farmer, Anthony Bracco will show aspiring gardeners how to achieve a bountiful yield of vegetables and herbs in a small growing space. He  will also discuss growing flowers, particularly varieties of flowers that help deter garden pests.

The talk will cover how to site, plan and construct a simple small space garden, and will discuss and demonstrate some of the hand tools and components necessary to accomplish the project.  Everything from soil preparation to harvesting, to care and maintenance of your small space garden year round will be covered.

Anthony Bracco is the owner of a small family farm using sustainable farming techniques producing clean, pure produce. It continues to grow its wide variety of market basket produce types and now also grows a variety of herbs, micro-greens and specialty greens requested by chefs. Bracco farms also supplies many farm2table eateries and country clubs primarily in New Jersey where the Braccos’ live.

The program is open to all and no registration is required.

It is made possible with the support of The Friends of the Livingston Public Library.