[Community_garden] The City Farms Community Workshops, August 07 (Please Forward to Gardeners and Friends!)

Tue Jul 31 18:42:46 EDT 2007

Hello!

August is a great month to be in the garden.  Come learn how to grow and
prepare more healthy food in community gardens and urban farms
throughout NYC.  The City Farms trainers are community gardeners who use
hands-on workshops to pass on their knowledge and skills in a fun and
effective way.  For example, you may be stuffing green beans and dill in
a jar for those cold winter months at a Canning workshop, or putting
hoops and row covers into the ground to grow food year-round at a Season
Extension workshop.  See below or open the attachment to choose from the
August workshops.  

We look forward to seeing you in the garden!

Owen Taylor, City Farms Training and Livestock Coordinator, Just Food

p.s. Please pass this along to community gardeners, urban farmers and
friends!

 The City Farms

August 2007

All Community Workshops are free and open to the public.  See our
website for more of this season's workshops: 
http://www.justfood.org/cityfarms/workshops/

Weeds You Can Eat and Medicinal Herbs

Thursday, August 2nd 10:30am-12pm

Brooklyn Rescue Mission - 255 Bainbridge Street (Malcolm X and Patchen),
Brooklyn

Weeds are in the eye of the beholder.  Depending on the weed, they can
be delicious additions to meals, fun to snack on in the garden, healing
as medicine, and they can tell you something about the health of your
soil and your garden.  Join Ceci Charles-King from the Brooklyn/Queens
Land Trust for this herb walk and discussion.

Directions: Take the A/C train to Utica Ave. Take the B46 bus to Malcolm
X Blvd and Decatur St., or walk the 3 blocks from the train.  Garden is
on Decatur St. between Malcolm X Blvd and Patchen Ave.

Canning 

Saturday, August 4th 1pm

Dunton Community Garden - Remington Street and Shore Avenue, Queens

Learn the secrets of preserving your harvest all year long with Ceci
Charles-King of the Brooklyn/Queens Land Trust.

Directions: Take the E train to Sutphin Blvd - Archer Ave. Or take the
Q9 to Remington St.

Canning 

Saturday, August 4th 10am-1pm

Red Hook Community Farm (Added Value) - 305 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn

Learn the secrets of preserving your harvest all year long with Classie
Parker of 5 Star Garden.

Container Gardening 

Sunday, August 5th 1-3pm

Wyckoff Farmers Market and Garden - 5816 Clarendon Road (@ Ralph),
Brooklyn

Not everyone has a garden or maybe your garden is not big enough, but
everyone can learn to grow more by using container planting techniques
with Johanna Willins of Herbal Garden of East New York

Directions: Take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph,
then walk one block south or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave.,
B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east.  Call Lizzie Ayers at
Wyckoff for more information: 718.629.5400

Composting

Thursday, August 9th 10:30am-12pm

Brooklyn Rescue Mission - 255 Bainbridge Street (Malcolm X and Patchen),
Brooklyn 

Get your browns and greens on!  Make the soil in your garden burst with
healthy fruits and vegetables!  Robert Florin of Olympus Garden Club
will share the basics of composting garden and food waste in this
hands-on workshop.  

Directions: Take the A/C train to Utica Ave. Take the B46 bus to Malcolm
X Blvd and Decatur St., or walk the 3 blocks from the train.  Garden is
on Decatur St. between Malcolm X Blvd and Patchen Ave.

Canning

Sunday, August 12th 1-3pm 

Wyckoff Farmers Market and Garden - 5816 Clarendon Road (@ Ralph),
Brooklyn

Learn the secrets of Canning/Pickling with Ena Nemley of Fordham-Bedford
LotBusters.

Directions: Take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph,
then walk one block south or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave.,
B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east.  Call Lizzie Ayers at
Wyckoff for more information: 718.629.5400

Make Your Own Baby Food

Wednesday, August 15th 12pm (call Owen to confirm date - may change
212.645.9880 x229))

Drew Gardens - E Tremont Avenue and Boston Road, Bronx

Learn canning techniques to prepare nutritious and safe (and delicious!)
baby food for your baby with Ena Nemley of Fordham-Bedford LotBusters.

Directions: Take the #2 train to East Tremont Ave. Or take Q 44, BX 36
or Bx 21

Season Extension

Thursday, August 16th 10:30am-12pm

Brooklyn Rescue Mission - 255 Bainbridge Street (Malcolm X and Patchen),
Brooklyn 

Come learn how to grow food early in the spring and late into the fall
by using simple hoops and row covers as well as cold frames.  Workshop
lead by Kathleen McTigue (yes that Kathleen!).    

Directions: Take the A/C train to Utica Ave. Take the B46 bus to Malcolm
X Blvd and Decatur St., or walk the 3 blocks from the train.  Garden is
on Decatur St. between Malcolm X Blvd and Patchen Ave.

Canning 

Saturday, August 18th 1pm

Margrichantie Garden - 155 W133rd (Lenox and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.),
Harlem

Learn techniques to preserve your harvest all year long with Classie
Parker of 5 Star Garden.

Directions: Take #1 train to City College. Or take M101L or M100 bus. 

Season Extension

Wednesday, August 22nd 5:30-7:30pm

Taqwa Community Farm - W 164th Street and Ogden Ave, Bronx

Come learn how to grow food early in the spring and late into the fall
by using simple hoops and row covers.  This workshop is lead by Bobby
Watson of Taqwa Community Farm and presented in partnership with
GreenThumb.

Directions: Take the #4 train to 161st Street. Or take the Bx 13 bus to
Ogden Av and W 164 St

Medicinal Herbs

Saturday, August 25th 10:30am

East New York Farmers Market - 613 New Lots Avenue (@ Schenck Ave),
Brooklyn

Discover the marvelous healing properties of herbs as Johanna Willins of
Herbal Garden of East New York shares this forgotten knowledge.

Directions: Take the #3 train to New Lots Ave.  Or take the B6, B15, or
B83 bus.

Organic Pest Management 

Sunday, August 26th 1-3pm

Wyckoff Farmers Market and Garden - 5816 Clarendon Road (@ Ralph),
Brooklyn

Learn techniques to increase production and decrease pests without the
use of harmful chemicals. Workshop lead by Robert Florin of Olympus
Garden Club.

Directions: Take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph,
then walk one block south or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave.,
B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east.  Call Lizzie Ayers at
Wyckoff for more information: 718.629.5400

These workshops are made possible by the generous support of The KeySpan
Foundation & Heifer International

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Owen Taylor

Training and Livestock Coordinator

Just Food

208 E.51st Street, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10022

tel (212) 645-9880 x229

fax (212)645-9881

owen at justfood.org <mailto:owen at justfood.org>  

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