First, a few calendar events:"Stories of the Food Movement: where we are and where we want to go" -- 6:30pm, Mon., Feb 28th at the Main Library. Nathan Ballentine, Man in Overalls with Tallahassee Food Gardens will co-present with Mark Tancig from Damayan & Tallahassee Food Policy Council and TJ Shaffer from Tallahassee Sustainability Group. Click HERE for more info.Will Allen, MacArthur Genius,...
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"2011 Thriving, Beyond Sustainability Workshop"Featuring Growing Powers’ Will AllenDATE: March 06, 2011HOURS: Noon- 6:30pmLOCATION: FAMU Center of Viticulture and Small Fruit 6505 East Mayhan Drive (Hwy 90)Tallahassee. FAMU StateWide Small Farm Programs, local small farmers, and a coalition of sustainable food advocates including Tallahassee Sustainability Group, Man...
Amazing images courtesy Inga Finch Photography
"Wowww! Look at Our Garden!"So said teenage Christine when she came around the side of the house in view of our workshop garden this past Saturday. For four saturdays, once a month, for four months (skipping December), I'm leading an introductory food garden class with a friends' group of nine special needs teens at the home of Kelly Hetherington, one...
Here's a few images from the workshop:
Square Foot Gardening: vidalia onions
Man in Overalls answering food gardening questions
Notice the square foot grid for ease of plant spacing
Beautiful garden design created by Meghan Mick with Design from the Ground Up.
Exhibited and Presented at Senior Center, Thur 9/30Amidst installing raised food gardens, visiting school gardens (School for Arts and Sciences, Cornerstone, and Roberts Elementary), walking alongside Midtown and Walkerford neighborhoods as they work to create community gardens in their adjacent city parks, I've also been getting ready for a few workshops. While on the subject, I might as well...