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Community Garden, late summer 2009
Unused Lawn, circa 2007
Initial site was over 1,400 square feet
Abundant Harvests
Summer 2008 season yielded over 300 pounds of food
Lettuces, Jan 2010
Interplay of colors, and showcase of heirloom varieties
Heirloom Vegetables in the Community Garden, 2008demonstrating that growing food can be beautiful.
Garden tour, May 2009
Aesthetic layoutPatterns inspired by French chateaux gardens
Winter crops, 2010year-round growing season
Fava beans and chayote, Jan 2010
Continuous crop rotation
Herb Garden installation, Mar 2009
Building a garden can be a community-building project
Herb Garden, Jan 2010
Culinary and medicinal herb plants
Community installation, October 2008
Rainwater harvesting garden installed by hands-on workshop
Rainwater Harvesting Garden, Jan 2010
Rain from the roof waters these fruit trees
Rainwater Harvesting Tanks, Spring 2009
Site demonstrates four types of rainwater harvesting techniques
“Container Edibles” class, 2008We offer an ongoing Organic Vegetable Gardening class series
“Seed Saving” class, 2008Part of the Organic Vegetable Gardening class series
Composting workshop, April 2009Local gardeners learn the true value of “zero waste”
Fruit tree pruning class, Feb 2010
“Self-Watering Container” building workshop, May 2009Part of the Organic Vegetable Gardening class series
Bread Baking Workshop, March 2009
We teach food preparation as well.
Solar Cooker building workshops, 2007 & 2009Participants (including entire families) built solar cookers and learned how to use them.
Harvest Westchester Project, founded Spring 2009Community Fruit Harvesting program collects excess homegrown fruit and vegetables.
Grow Food, Not Lawns