ProHealth Care hosts online gardening classes

ProHealth Care is bringing back its popular gardening classes. The free classes will be held online this year, allowing even more people to participate.

The classes are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, through September. Each interactive class will be led by a trained, certified master gardener from the UW-Madison Extension Gardener Program.

“The classes are part of an ongoing initiative to help provide fresh, healthy food sources to people in our community,” said Sarah Butz, ProHealth’s director of community benefit. “The gardeners have a wealth of knowledge to share.”

Every year, the master gardeners plant and maintain a garden on the campus of ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital. ProHealth provides the supplies for the garden and donates the harvest to the Waukesha Food Pantry.

This year, a new garden is planned at ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, and the produce will be donated to the Oconomowoc Food Pantry.

“The classes are an important resource for people who want to grow their own food,” Butz said. “Homegrown produce can provide direct access to low-cost, nutritional food sources while also offering a healthy activity.”

Anyone can register for the gardening classes at ProHealthCare.org/Classes. They include:

• “Native Trees and Shrubs for Wisconsin Landscapes.” Determine the best plants for local conditions.
• “Bee Aware.” Understand the importance of bees in our ecosystem and discover how to create an environment that attracts them.
• “Intelligent Pest Management.” Find ways to control unwanted insects, weeds, plant diseases and rabbits.

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For more than a century, ProHealth Care has been the health care leader in Waukesha County and surrounding areas, providing outstanding care across a full spectrum of services. The people of ProHealth Care strive to continuously improve the health and well-being of the community by combining skill, compassion and innovation. The ProHealth family includes ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital, ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, ProHealth Rehabilitation Hospital of Wisconsin, ProHealth Medical Group, the UW Health Cancer Center at ProHealth Care, Moreland Surgery Center, ProHealth AngelsGrace Hospice, ProHealth Home Care, ProHealth West Wood Health & Fitness Center and ProHealth Regency Senior Communities. Learn more at ProHealthCare.org.