Waltham Fields Community Farm

Teens ages 13-18 looking to get a hands-on farming experience can participate on six Saturday mornings in the community farm’s Spring Garden Corps program. Students will learn to cultivate, harvest, and cook crops and will also take care of chickens. The program may also count toward school community service requirements. It runs from 9 a.m. to noon starting April 9. To sign up, visit www.communityfarms.org.

Square Foot Gardening, Maynard

Learn how to efficiently grow several plants in a small four-foot-by-four-foot space (above) during a Square Foot Gardening workshop Saturday, March 19 that will raise funds for the Assabet Village Food Co-op. Instructor Amber Pacheco will teach how to build a garden that efficiently uses space to reduce water and land use. The program costs $49 for non-members and $42 for members and will run from 10 a.m. to noon. Its precise location will be delivered via e-mail after participants sign up online at www.farmhousegardentable.com.

Gore Place, Waltham

The museum will host two workshops April 23 on creating “living salad bowls’’ (below). Gardener and floral designer Scott Clarke will teach participants how to make single-pot arrangements of regenerating edible greens that will provide fresh salad ingredients grown in the same bowl. There will be two sessions for 20 people each, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $35 for the public and $30 for members and can be purchased upon arrival at Gore Place, 52 Gore St., or in advance at www.livingsaladbowl.bpt.me.

The Newton Community Farm

The farm is offering a chance for parents to stand alongside their young children as they learn what it takes for plants to grow. On April 26, its Grow and Bloom program for kids ages 2½ to 5 and their caregivers will focus on plants and pollination. Participants will plant and then grow their own vegetable plants. The program costs $10 per child, with preregistration required, and begins at 10 a.m. at the farm, 303 Nahanton St. For more information, visit www.z2systems.com.

The Morse Institute Library, Natick

Botanist Dan Jaffe (above) will discuss designless gardening at the library Thursday, March 17. Hosted by the Natick Garden Club, his talk will focus on doing away with rigid grid-style gardening and instead using nature as a guide while designing and landscaping gardens. The free program starts at 7 p.m. at the library, 14 East Central St. Refreshments will be served.

Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland

Peter Van Berkum of Van Berkum Nursery will appear at the garden center April 6 to explore native perennial plants. The program will teach about plants that are easy to grow and thrive even in the most difficult parts of gardens. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the garden center, 397 Boston Post Road. For more information, visit www.russellsgardencenter.com.

Bailey Putnam

Bailey Putnam can be reached at bailey.putnam@globe.com.