Berwick Alternative Gardens

The Mid-Ohio Farm is looking for volunteers Monday, September 9 from 9am-noon. Click the link to sign up and help out:

mofb.volunteerhub.com

Franklin Park Conservatory's Growing to Green Harvest Award Applications and Nominations are closing in less than a month! Spread the word and save this date, because it will be a fantastic display of the hard work and love that goes into community gardening.

Are you a community gardener looking to network with other like-minded people? Although, I won't be working, I will DEFINITELY be there! Come out to the Franklin Park Conservatory Farmers Market beforehand to stock up on some veggies.
Register for FREE here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP2fvY5XrFJ7VFn-U8nNi-kDOLlnLBf6AOF6cjrCF8e7WMAA/viewform

Our Students enjoying the Urban Agricultural Pathway brought to you by Franklin Park Conservatory’s Growing to Green Team! We harvested carrots and helped maintain the gardens.

Register here: https://www.fpconservatory.org/events/coffee-in-the-garden/

Check out this great event at Franklin Park Conservatory! Jim Embry, a nationally-recognized expert in Black agriculture
and food justice will be the keynote speaker. Jim is an eco-activist
farmer, Sustainable Communities Network founder, and civil rights
activist involved in social justice movements for 65 years.

Yesterday was a whirlwind. Garden District donated over 15lbs of produce from Berwick Alternative Gardens. We also delivered over 500 veggie and herb plants for the opening of a new Healthy Community Center in Columbus. Same day we delivered almost 500 perennial edible plants for the Chadwick Plant Sale fundraiser. Then ended the day with a breaking ground event for Salem Garden Collaborative, a new community garden space at Salem Elementary School.

We are getting all the plants/seeds/supplies ready for this Sunday's Community Day Plant/Seed Swap hosted by The Growing to Green program at Franklin Park Conservatory in the Scotts Miracle Gro Company Community Garden Campus. All are invited to join us for this fun event and maybe take home or swap a new plant for your home/garden.

Sick of eating the same old potatoes at the grocery store? Try new varieties that you can grow yourself. Come check out my free class on growing potatoes in your community or backyard garden this Wednesday!

https://www.fpconservatory.org/events/the-communal-garden-grow-spud-tacular-potatoes/

SAVE THE DATE: Growing to Green's Plant and Seed Swap at Franklin Park Conservatory. May 5 in collaboration with our May Community Day, free admission for Franklin County residents with proof of ID.

This was such a wonderful event that filled our hearts with joy. A group of friends celebrated a birthday by volunteering in the garden. ❤️🫶🏻🌱

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