Events
Gardening Matters sponsors two major community garden events each year.
Community
Garden Spring Resource Fair (March 28th, 2009)
Parade of Community Gardens
(August 22, 2009)
2009 Community Garden Spring Resource Fair
Saturday, March 28th Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul Thank you to everyone who made this day possible: our presenters, exhibitors, sponsors, and volunteers! This was a group effort to connect gardeners to resources and to each other (for there is no better resource!). A special thanks to Unity Church for making it so easy and lovely to have the Resource Fair in their "home". A resounding Thank You to Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter for getting us off on a good foot and opening the event. And Thank You to Paula Westmoreland from Permaculture Research Institute-Cold Climate for sharing principles for both the garden and gardeners. And THANK YOU to our Town Hall Presenters! From Karen Nikolai --> model language for community gardens from Public Health Law & Policy website. Workshop Handouts Aquaponics 101 The Urban Barnyard Doing More with Less: Superabundant Small Gardens Breaching Barriers to
Just Food Creative Consensus Building for Community Gardens
Organic Soil Building Farm Dreams: Assessing
Risks and Resources Preserving Food Safely Food preservers can call and talk directly to an extension educator and get their food preservation and other cooking and household related questions answered by calling AnswerLine. 1-800-854-1678 (M-F 9 – 4) |
Grassroots Sponsors International Agriculture & Trade Policy MN Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Minnesota State Horticultural Society Otogawa-Anschel Design-Build, LLC Thank you to our Sponsors!
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4th Annual Parade of Community Gardens
August 22, 2009
10:00-2:00pm
2009 Parade Brochure now available!
Download to see map and list of all participating community gardens!
Free Event! Learn about community gardening
directly from the gardeners who make it happen!
Minneapolis & St Paul City Councils will be passing resolutions proclaiming August 22nd as "Community Garden Day", honoring EACH AND EVERY COMMUNITY GARDEN and the hard work that EVERYONE contributes to making these green spaces community assets. For that reason, if you have the ability to be at your city council meeting, please be there and bring someone with you. It does not matter whether you belong to a garden or if your garden is on the Parade or not, this event and these resolutions are for the benefit of the entire community gardening community. The entire process takes only 15-30minutes. Let the city council know just how important these green spaces are to our neighborhoods. You won't need to say anything -- your presence will say it all. Council meeting tidbits can be found at the "Nuts and Bolts of Attending a City Council Meeting" section on page two of Engaging City Hall. See you there! |
Minneapolis City Council Meeting
St Paul City Council Meeting |
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Past Parades
Look at press releases, resolutions, and garden descriptions, video, and the brochure -- our best "walk-around" directory of community gardens in the Twin Cities. Plan on attending the next Parade and take yourself on a tour of community gardens and meet the people that create and maintain these spaces!
You can see online video of some community gardens in Minneapolis that were on the Parade of Community Gardens online at: http://mtn.org/Video/community/mnn.html. Both 2006 and 2007 Parades can be viewed, just scroll to the bottom of this link and look for Segments #96 (2007) and #91 (2006).
| 2008 Parade of Community Gardens |
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| 2007 Parade of Community Gardens |
| 2006 Parade of Community Gardens |
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Resolutions and Proclamations -- Over the years, Minneapolis and St. Paul City Councils, Hennepin County of Board of Commissioners, and the Mayor of Minneapolis have recognized the value of community gardens to our neighborhoods, honoring community gardens and the gardeners that create and maintain these community spaces.
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