Silver Lake Farms launches free urban gardening workshops

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Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles has launched a series of free workshops on urban farming. “It is my favorite thing,” Kolla says. “I get to meet the nicest people. We talk. We work. People get digging, get sweaty and they love it.”

This weekend Kolla and a group of 25 people will head to the Farmlab under the Spring Street bridge in downtown L.A., where they will harvest crops, plant seeds and -- get this -- build a climbing structure for goats. “How often do you get to say that in the city?” Kolla says with a laugh.

To learn more about upcoming urban farming workshops, get on Kolla’s mailing list by sending an e-mail to info@silverlakefarms.com.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times