Come to the Harvest Festival on October 14 and hear the Windy Hill Blue Grass Band featuring Lafayette’s own Thomas Wille.
Order a copy of this beautiful poster by Dave Dondero and help your Community Garden at the same time! Order here.
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Don’t miss this one!
September 29 3 – 5pm Winter Gardens
There is as much happening in your garden over winter as there is in summer…even if you don’t plant anything. Did you know tomato horn worm grubs could be hibernating in your soil? Or that you may be promoting the growth of various wilts by composting your tomato plants? Join Nanette Heffernan in a lively discussion on how to prepare your garden for winter to ensure you have a healthy spring. We will also be discussing winter edibles that do well in Contra Costa County: Swiss Chard, Broccoli, Collard Greens…the list goes on and on. You will even take home some seedlings to plant!
Sign up here
Kale!
We now have new garden hours for members.
Tuesday 2-7
Thursday 9-11
Saturday 8-2
Lafayette Community Garden – August 23, 2012
Cbeck out our friends at The Urban Farmers.
Have you seen their Facebook page? There are three ways to help: volunteer, tell them about fruit trees that can be gleaned, and like their Facebook page.
Yep, still a little too early. But it is not too early to register for the last class this year. Sign up now for our September 29 class on Winter Gardens.
There is as much happening in your garden over winter as there is in summer…even if you don’t plant anything. Did you know tomato horn worm grubs could be hibernating in your soil? Or that you may be promoting the growth of various wilts by composting your tomato plants? Join Nanette Heffernan in a lively discussion on how to prepare your garden for winter to ensure you have a healthy spring. We will also be discussing winter edibles that do well in Contra Costa County: Swiss Chard, Broccoli, Collard Greens…the list goes on and on. You will even take home some seedlings to plant!September 29 3 – 5pm Winter Gardens
You can register online here.
Hope you didn’t miss the August Issue of Lafayette Today. Fran Miller has a great article about why the garden is every bit as much about community as it is about gardening and education. Check it out!
The new gate at Lafayette Community Garden
Don’t miss Kim Curiel’s class this Saturday at the Garden.
August 4 3 – 5pm California Edibles and What Native Americans Ate
Join Kim Curiel, Burton Valley’s incredibly creative and entertaining teacher, as she takes us back in time. We’ll not only learn which native plants are edible, she’ll also teach us how to prepare and enjoy these plants that Native Americans and early settlers depended on. Bring your curiosity and appetite!
Wild Artichoke on Lafayette Reservoir Rim Trail
Diane and Fred Wilt have volunteered to collect and organize some recipes using produce from our garden. If you wish, in the days to come please think about a recipe (simple is good) that you like which features veggies we’re hoping to harvest from our garden. We’ll be in touch soon to solicit your suggestions, and we’ll organize and compile them for our collective use.
