Hello DCG Members and Friends,
WEDNESDAY WORK NIGHT/ HARVEST NIGHTS CONTINUE AT 6:30 We'll continue picking at 6:30 for the next two weeks-- then we'll start picking at 6 p.m. the last week of Sept. The neighbors at the Underwood Tower are very appreciative!
FALL CLEAN-UP AND MEMORIAL PARK FRUIT TREE PLANTING coming in October-- more information coming soon.
Check us out on Facebook at Facebook.com/DundeeGarden-- we've got some great photos!
********COMMUNITY EVENTS: Seed Saving; Urban Food Deserts; Slow Food Pizza and Beer Dinner with Local Foods
Green Neighborhood Council Green Lunch Workshop: Fall Seed Saving and Planting -- And a Seed Exchange
When: Wed. Sept. 21, 12 to 1 p.m.
Speaker: Kathy Jeffers, Master Gardener
Where: Neighborhood Center, 115 S 49th Avenue
Celebrate the beginning of fall by participating in a workshop on seed saving, planting, and exchanging. Kathy Jeffers, Master Gardener of UNL Omaha Extension will discuss how to save and plant native seeds in the fall to create beautiful low-maintenance gardens in the spring that will attract wildlife to your backyard. Whether you're planning a new project or additions to your existing gardens, Kathy will help you get started. A seed exchange will follow the discussion.
The Green Neighborhood Council invites you to bring a lunch and some native wildflower or grass seeds to exchange, but both are optional. The seeds can be ones you've saved from your garden or commercial seeds leftover from your spring planting.
Sierra Club September Program: "Local Foods: Bridging Urban Sustainability and Rural Renewal" with No More Empty Pots leaders Susan Whitfield and Nancy Williams
Thursday Sept. 22, 7 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St., Omaha
(Enter north door education wing)
'Food deserts,' or places in the industrialized world where healthy, affordable food is hard to obtain, exist in Nebraska, in both urban and rural areas. No More Empty Pots is an organization that began for the purpose of connecting individuals and groups to promote local businesses that improve self-sufficiency, and food security, of local urban and rural communities.
NMEP has organized several initiatives, including launching a Community Market Basket project in June, 2011, to distribute fresh local farm produce weekly in North Omaha at the Charles Drew Health Center.
Join the Sierra Club to find out more about local food sustainability issues, and what the group No More Empty Pots is doing to improve food security and self-sufficiency in our region. Sierra Club programs are free and open to the public. More information at sierranebraska.org
'The Food Localmotion' Green Pizza and Beer Local Foods Dinner
A dinner with Chef Nick Strawhecker (Dante Pizzeria) featuring pizza with veggies from Rhizosphere Farm (Waterloo, NE), cheese from Branched Oak Farm (Raymond, NE), and Lucky Bucket Beer.
Meet the growers, chef, and food artisans!
$20 per person. Space is limited and reservations are REQUIRED!
Event will be held at Lucky Bucket Brewery, 11941 Centennial Rd, La Vista, NE, 68128, and includes a tour of the brewery and a 12-oz glass of beer.
For tickets or more information: kdeffenbacher@cox.net, or slowfoodomaha@gmail.com
Sponsored by Slow Food Omaha, Green Omaha Coalition, and the Omaha Sierra Club.
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Fwd: Dundee Community Garden This Week
Hello DCG Members and Friends,
Thanks to our members who staffed the garden last weekend for the Omaha Agri-Fair Community Gardens Tour!
WEDNESDAY WORK NIGHT/ HARVEST NIGHTS NOW AT 6:30 We're starting a little earlier with our weekly harvest nights as it is getting dark so early! Just a few more weeks of harvest nights left for the season!
NEXT DCG BOARD MEETING: Tues. Sept. 13, 7 p.m. at Dundee Presbyterian Church, dining room. All members welcome!
FREE CANNING JARS Look for some used canning jars that need a new home-- they're being left at the garden by a neighbor... help yourself if you can use them! Also look for some new Ball canning brochures.
COMMUNITY EVENTS:
Green Neighborhood Council Green Lunch Workshop: Fall Seed Saving and Planting -- And a Seed Exchange
When: Wed. Sept. 21, 12 to 1 p.m.
Speaker: Kathy Jeffers, Master GardenerWhere: Neighborhood Center, 115 S 49th Avenue
Speaker: Kathy Jeffers, Master GardenerWhere: Neighborhood Center, 115 S 49th Avenue
Celebrate the beginning of fall by participating in a workshop on seed saving, planting, and exchanging. Kathy Jeffers, Master Gardener of UNL Omaha Extension will discuss how to save and plant native seeds in the fall to create beautiful low-maintenance gardens in the spring that will attract wildlife to your backyard. Whether you're planning a new project or additions to your existing gardens, Kathy will help you get started. A seed exchange will follow the discussion.
The Green Neighborhood Council invites you to bring a lunch and some native wildflower or grass seeds to exchange, but both are optional. The seeds can be ones you've saved from your garden or commercial seeds leftover from your spring planting.
The Green Neighborhood Council invites you to bring a lunch and some native wildflower or grass seeds to exchange, but both are optional. The seeds can be ones you've saved from your garden or commercial seeds leftover from your spring planting.
Sierra Club September Program: "Local Foods: Bridging Urban Sustainability and Rural Renewal" with No More Empty Pots leaders Susan Whitfield and Nancy Williams
Thursday Sept. 22, 7 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 7020 Cass St., Omaha
(Enter north door education wing)
'Food deserts,' or places in the industrialized world where healthy, affordable food is hard to obtain, exist in Nebraska, in both urban and rural areas. No More Empty Pots is an organization that began for the purpose of connecting individuals and groups to promote local businesses that improve self-sufficiency, and food security, of local urban and rural communities.
NMEP has organized several initiatives, including launching a Community Market Basket project in June, 2011, to distribute fresh local farm produce weekly in North Omaha at the Charles Drew Health Center.
Join the Sierra Club to find out more about local food sustainability issues, and what the group No More Empty Pots is doing to improve food security and self-sufficiency in our region. Sierra Club programs are free and open to the public. More information at sierranebraska.org
'The Food Localmotion' Green Pizza and Beer Local Foods Dinner
A dinner with Chef Nick Strawhecker (Dante Pizzeria) featuring pizza with veggies from Rhizosphere Farm (Waterloo, NE), cheese from Branched Oak Farm (Raymond, NE), and Lucky Bucket Beer.
Meet the growers, chef, and food artisans!
$20 per person
Event will be held at Lucky Bucket Brewery, 11941 Centennial Rd, La Vista, NE, 68128, and includes a tour of the brewery and a 12-oz glass of beer.
Sponsored by Slow Food Omaha, Green Omaha Coalition, and the Omaha Sierra Club.
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