(Growing Gardens) Upcoming Events January 2007
Submitted by Jeremy on Tue, 01/02/2007 - 20:46.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upcoming Events January 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in this issue -- 2007 workshop presenters needed -- We need seeds -- Winter Youth Grow Volunteers Needed -- Volunteer Garden Mentors needed -- Office volunteer night Happy New Year! Thank you for all of your support to Growing Gardens over the past year. In 2006 Growing Gardens: - Built 35 in-ground gardens and 21 container gardens serving 139 people
- Continued support of 83 households in their 2nd & 3rd year of the program
- Held Youth Grow at Wattles Boys & Girls Club, Kelly Elementary & Alder Elementary reaching over 275 children
- Put on 22 gardening, cooking & food preservation workshops
We wouldn't have been able to do it without the the many volunteers who have helped us along the way. THANK YOU! |
2007 workshop presenters needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Growing Gardens puts on volunteer taught garden related workshops for our enrolled gardeners and the community. It's time to start planning our 2007 Work Shop series. We're looking for volunteer presenters for the following workshops: - Gardening Basics
- Healthy Soil for Healthy Plants
- Composting & Worm Bins
- Container Gardening
- Winter Gardening
- Cooking with Summer Vegetables
- Natural Pest Management
All workshops are 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Growing Gardens has outlines and agendas for each workshop or you can create your own with our help. If interested or for more information contact Katy Kolker at 503-284-8420 or katy@growing-gardens.org |
We need seeds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's time to replenish our seed closet for 2007. If you have extra seed packets leftover from 2006 Growing Gardens can use them. Buying seeds at a nursery? Consider purchasing an extra packet for Growing Gardens. We have the greatest need for the following seeds: - Beets
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Chard
- Cucumber
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Mustard Greens
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Winter Youth Grow Volunteers Needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  1-2 adult volunteers are needed to assist with our after school Youth Grow Garden Club on Thursday afternoons from 3-5:30 in SE Portland. We will be starting & caring for plants under a grow light, doing simple experiments, planning spring gardens, playing games, making garden art and encouraging healthy eating through eating & preparing simple vegetable snacks. We have two groups of 15 elementary aged students for 45 minutes sessions that are back to back. These students are lively, fun, love to do hands on projects and are interested in growing gardens. Volunteers need no gardening experience, but do require a zest for working with children and good communication skills. A background check is required and we ask for a 7 week commitment (3 hours, once a week- January 11th-Feb 22nd). For more information contact Caitlin at Caitlin@growing-gardens.org or 503-284-8420 |
Volunteer Garden Mentors needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you love to garden? Would you like to share your gardening knowledge with a low-income gardener? You could be a Garden Mentor! Growing Gardens partners experienced gardeners with new gardeners enrolled in our Home Gardens Program. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to share what you know, and to help someone in your community to grow fresh, healthy food for themselves and their families. For more information, or to apply, please contact Katy Kolker, 503-284-8420, katy@growing-gardens.org |
Office volunteer night ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, January 3 - 5-8pm (NE Portland) Join Growing Gardens staff and volunteers on the first Wednesday of each month for a fun evening of misc. office activities. Snacks provided! If interested contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 or rodney@growing-gardens.org |
Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ phone: 503.284.8420 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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