Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Broccoli, radish, wheatgrass, and other microgreens seedlings grow in a sunny window in Crystal Robinson’s home in Hope. (Photo courtesy The Good Tern Co-op)
The Good Tern Co-op will offer an online class on growing microgreens at home on Wednesday, April 14, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Good Tern’s Education & Community Outreach Committee, the microgreens class will be presented by Crystal Robinson, who is certified in Agriscaping and in Permaculture and is an experienced home microgreens grower. Robinson consults on garden design and maintenance. Robinson will demonstrate how easy it is to grow microgreens at home and will email to all participants instructions and a list of sources for materials.
The Good Tern Co-op Education & Community Outreach Committee is sponsoring a series of online classes.
Starting off the series will be “Simplified Qigong,” an introductory Tai Chi/QiGong class taught by Mike Shunney, of Innerworks Center. Tai Chi and QiGong (pronounced CHEE-gung) are ancient Chinese practices that combine slow, mindful movements, meditation, and natural breathing that can help relieve stress, improve circulations, balance, and alignment.
Shunney has studied and played Taijiquan (also known as Tai Chi) and Qigong in the United States and in China since 1987. His school, Inner Works Center for Taijiquan & Qigong Studies, is officially recognized by the International Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan Association as an Affiliated School, the first in New England. Shunney has been teaching Taijiquan since his return from China in 1994, focusing on community education programs as well as teaching in hospital and university settings. He is known by his students for gently gui