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The Eatway Dignity Sustenance Joy Residents will sign a pledge in the winter to plant in the spring.

The Eatway is inviting residents along the Allen Street Neighborhood Greenway (a.k.a., Bicycle Boulevard) to designate a a portion of their yard to be semi-public edible landscape. They will receive signage for clarifying what in their yard is up for grabs, and may indicate what other support they may need.

Are you growing food passers-by can pick from your yard? How do you imagine this could become more the norm?
05/02/2016

Are you growing food passers-by can pick from your yard? How do you imagine this could become more the norm?

From Austin to Iowa City, a new kind of sharable community garden is springing up.

Neighbors sharing their bounty on the Eatway. :)
06/21/2015

Neighbors sharing their bounty on the Eatway. :)

08/21/2014

If your backyard isn't ideal for the garden of your dreams, why not try planting in the front?

Exactly!
10/16/2012

Exactly!

Food is Free Project

I love that people are re-imagining socio-economic models. :)
09/01/2012

I love that people are re-imagining socio-economic models. :)

Rachel Botsman is the co-author of "What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption" (Harper Collins, September 2010). Here, with a dazzlingly gr...

I posted an article about this town several months ago. Here's their brilliant story told first hand. I feel like this t...
08/19/2012

I posted an article about this town several months ago. Here's their brilliant story told first hand. I feel like this town is Bloomington's soul-sister city!

TED Talks What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable gardens, and to change the narrative of...

More inspiration!
06/04/2012

More inspiration!

South Carolina man starts urban garden to feed those in need, teach people how to grow food Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin (NaturalNews) The relatively modest, two-and-a-half acre plot of formerly unused land behind the Wild Radish Health Store in Greenville, South Carolina, is q...

06/04/2012

Mmmm...edible yards!

Interest in food gardening increased during the economic downturn and has stayed pretty steady. Now some people are even turning to landscaping professionals to swap their lawns for something green and edible.

:)
04/21/2012

:)

GROW, ENJOY, SHARE...... the beauty and the bounty

Lots of great Eatway-like ideas here.
04/01/2012

Lots of great Eatway-like ideas here.

“I was amazed when my neighbor waved to me,” a suburban friend of ours confided. “She’s lived a few houses down for three or four years now, and she’s never waved before.”

03/11/2012

GtC2012: Painting with Edibles classes begin soon. Register now to ensure you have a seat!
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Gardening in a Time of Change

The weather and climate is changeable, unstable. How do we cope with the changes? This class will give you practical information on how to prepare your soil, what to look for when choosing plants for this type of situation, and the effects of fewer freeze days to control the insect populations spread of disease and plant migrations.

T * March 19th * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class

What’s UA?

Urban Agriculture is in the news. But you may wonder what is it and how can I do it? Is it legal here? Is it needed? Is it UGLY?!? All of these questions will be answered in this slideshow overview from history to the present and a view into the future!

W * March 21st * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class

GtC2012 Garden Design Series: Formal Design

Come join the team to create and implement a formal design at Crosstown Cleaners! Plants will have been chosen for color coordination focusing on red tones. What’s next? You join others to determine what to place where… then actually do the planting with other volunteers following your lead! If you want to learn how to create a beautiful edible garden plan from start to finish, then this is the class for you!

TR * March 22,29 and April 5th * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$30 for the series

GtC2012 Garden Design Series: The Integrated Front Garden

Thrive, a host location for many of the GtC2012 classes, is also the location for a garden to be integrated into the existing landscape. Edibles, herbals and flowers will be our “paint” in this location. A presentation of the design to the business and property owner will be a part of this class before trowels and shovels enter the ground. This is a one of a kind opportunity to learn presentation of a garden design to the client!

T * April 9, 16, 23, 30 * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$40 for series

Chickens in Garden and City

Wondering how to follow the City’s new ordinance for the keeping and care of chickens in city limits? This is a class that will give you an overview of the ordinance as well as the basics of choosing breeds, care and housing, and even an overview of how to butcher a chicken safely and as humanely as possible.

W * April 18 * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class

Food for all!
02/27/2012

Food for all!

Forget meadows. The city’s new park will be filled with edible plants, and everything from pears to herbs will be free for the taking.

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