A weekend of workshops for beginning gardeners to advanced commercial growers, plus a trade show and seed exchange, silent auction, will be held March 9 to 10, at The Organic Growers School, at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. There will also be a children’s program, and an on-farm session Friday, March 8.

The event, which is open to the public, provides practical, region-appropriate organic growing and permaculture workshops, homesteading and rural living classes such cooking and food preservation, as well as a seed exchange, silent auction, and trade show.

This year’s school offers 70 sessions each day with topics ranging from beginning gardening to commercial farming to urban homesteading. The schedule of workshops is designed with all levels of growers in mind: the ...