For all of you gardeners, block beautifiers and green thumbers and everyone else here is something to put on your calendars. Matthew Dufresne Central Neighborhood > Please pass this information on to any and all community gardening > friends: > > TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY GARDEN FAIR, sponsored by the Sustainable > Resources Center - Urban > Lands Program, Perdita Butler (for more information, call Perdita at > 612.872.3297) > > Pick up tips from Master Gardeners, learn about native plants, find a > summer youth gardening program for > your children, sign up for a plot at a community garden, see a play > about your lunch and then satisfy your > appetite with tasty snacks at the Twin Cities Community Garden Fair, > held Saturday, April 7 from 1 to 3 > p.m. at Brackett Community Center, 38th Avenue South at East 28th Street > in Minneapolis. > > The Twin Cities Community Garden Fair is presented free of charge by > Sustainable Resources Center's > Urban Lands program. Fair activities include: > > * A slide talk on "Small Space Vegetable Gardening" presented by > Hennepin County Master Gardeners. > * In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater performing its > youth-centered puppet show, "What's > for Lunch?" which follows the adventures of a chicken sandwich traveling > from farm to school lunchroom. > * Garden questions answered by Master Gardeners, representatives from > the Minnesota Horticultural > Society, the Minnesota Native Plant Society, Sustainable Resources > Center's Lead-Safe Landscaping and > Home Gardening projects, community garden coordinators from St. Paul and > Minneapolis, youth garden > directors and many others. > * A booth where visitors can locate community gardens near their homes, > or learn how to start a new > community garden. > * Seeds and tips on how to grow them. > > -- > Vicky Vogels > Community Outreach Coordinator > Minnesota State Horticultural Society > Tel. 651.643.3601, Ext 209 > Fax. 651.643.3638 > 800.676.MSHS > www.northerngardener.org
Please pass this information on to any and all community gardening friends: TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY GARDEN FAIR, sponsored by the Sustainable Resources Center - Urban Lands Program, Perdita Butler (for more information, call Perdita at 612.872.3297) Pick up tips from Master Gardeners, learn about native plants, find a summer youth gardening program for your children, sign up for a plot at a community garden, see a play about your lunch and then satisfy your appetite with tasty snacks at the Twin Cities Community Garden Fair, held Saturday, April 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Brackett Community Center, 38th Avenue South at East 28th Street in Minneapolis. The Twin Cities Community Garden Fair is presented free of charge by Sustainable Resources Center's Urban Lands program. Fair activities include: * A slide talk on "Small Space Vegetable Gardening" presented by Hennepin County Master Gardeners. * In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater performing its youth-centered puppet show, "What's for Lunch?" which follows the adventures of a chicken sandwich traveling from farm to school lunchroom. * Garden questions answered by Master Gardeners, representatives from the Minnesota Horticultural Society, the Minnesota Native Plant Society, Sustainable Resources Center's Lead-Safe Landscaping and Home Gardening projects, community garden coordinators from St. Paul and Minneapolis, youth garden directors and many others. * A booth where visitors can locate community gardens near their homes, or learn how to start a new community garden. * Seeds and tips on how to grow them. -- Vicky Vogels Community Outreach Coordinator Minnesota State Horticultural Society Tel. 651.643.3601, Ext 209 Fax. 651.643.3638 800.676.MSHS www.northerngardener.org
