Hello Dundee Community Gardeners and Friends of the Garden,
This Saturday is our big kick-off: new member orientation, gardening workshop, and spring groundbreaking, all on Saturday!
After that, we'll have Saturday morning workdays throughout April, 10 a.m. to noon, to get the garden planted. Come when you can to help!
In May we'll be starting evening work-nights on Monday nights.
See below for details.
Saturday April 9
9:30 a.m. New Member Registration and Orientation at A.V. Sorenson Center, 48th & Cass. All new members, please plan on attending!
10 a.m. Workshop at A.V. Sorenson: How to Grow Your Soil; and What to Grow and When. Garden member Vince Huebert gives a great overview for new and experienced gardeners. This one-hour workshop is free and open to the public. Special bonus: our sponsors The Bread Oven and Blue Line Coffee are providing treats and coffee for all of our workshops! Thank you to our sponsors! Please bring your own re-usable mug!
11 a.m. Spring Clean-Up and Groundbreaking: bring work gloves and tools such as rakes and shovels. We'll have a big load of Oma-grow at the garden, ready for you to dig into your plots.
Saturday April 16, Workday, 10-12
Saturday April 23, Workday, 10-12
Saturday April 30 10 a.m. Workshop at A.V. Sorenson: Crop Rotation, Companion planting, and Natural Pest Control
11 a.m. Work-day at the garden
Saturday May 14 10 a.m. Workshop at A.V. Sorenson: New Varieties-- Cool Crops for Small Gardens (exploring some of the new smaller varieties for small gardens)
11 a.m. Work-day at the garden
Saturday May 21 Dundee Spring Fling We'll be sponsoring a plant and seedling swap, and we'll be selling home-made sturdy tomato cages as a fund-raiser.
Coming in early June: Shed-Raising Party. We'll get a crew together to build a covered tool rack/sign board. If you are handy with tools and would like to help build the shed, contact Curt Hickman at curt3@cox.net
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