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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!
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Kale!
We now have new garden hours for members.
Tuesday 2-7
Thursday 9-11
Saturday 8-2
Lafayette Community Garden – August 23, 2012
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
Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center’s second class of the season is this Saturday. You can sign up here.
Join Susanne Frey, landscape designer and gardener extraordinaire, as she teaches us how to recognize the insects in our gardens – those that promote health and those that wreak havoc. We’ll discuss the benefits of both and how to minimize the negative impact of the so-called “bad guys”. We’ll even learn a bit about insecticides.
If you have not been by the garden lately, check out the photos below. It seems that our very first crop is coming in!
[slideshow]This week we finally get to start planting. This would not be possible except for the wonderful work of our members, volunteers, community partners and garden manager. A world of thanks. For great photos of the workday on Saturday click here.
First of three planting tables
Saturday, June 2 3 – 5 pm The Creekside Ecosystem
Join environmental science teacher, Janet Thomas, as she guides us through the world of plants and animals that exist within our beautiful creekside habitat. We’ll learn about the natural history and ecology of the garden area, and how to identify common riparian plants. We’ll observe what we learn first hand as we take a short walk along the Costa Trail that borders Lafayette Creek and the Community Garden. Register here.
View of the Lafayette Community Garden on Tuesday, May 29, 2012