Saturday, March 27 2010

For all of you that enjoy the taste of homegrown food, Grow Your Own Groceries is a backyard gardening course that teaches urban residents how to design, plant, and care for a productive vegetable garden. By growing food at home, individuals and families save money on groceries, eat healthier, and avoid commercial food safety scares.

The 4-hour course provides a detailed overview of organic gardening practices and prepares participants for the challenges and rewards of starting a home garden. Topics include: planning and crop rotation, healthy soil and composting, insect and disease control, and much more. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with starting the first seeds for their 2010 garden! Together we are growing food for our tables and our health!

A limited number of spaces are available, so please register today! Please call (414)-431-1585 to sign up. The program cost is $20-40 (pay-what-you-can) per participant. All participants receive the Got Dirt? home gardening publication, handouts, seeds and many helpful resources. Lunch is included in the program.

GYOG On-Demand: Self-organized groups of 8 or more people are welcome to call us at (414) 431-1585 with a workshop request. We will be delighted to schedule and facilitate the 4 hour workshop for you and your group!

For more information on how to register visit the Milwaukee Urban Gardens at the address below:

The Mitchell Park Domes Education Center and Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful have partnered for the third annual Green Living Festival. Join Milwaukee Riverkeeper and learn hassle-free ways to make your lifestyle more environmentally-sustainable!

This is a fun celebration of sustainable living in Metro Milwaukee that goes from 10:00am to 3:00pm throughout the Domes complex. Kids can learn about recycling, energy, plant life and water from the Super Heroes for the Environment and listen to stories read by Mother Nature. There will be lots of fun activities for parents and kids including recycling relays, trash arts and crafts, animals, games, an electric-powered cycle, grease-fueled Mercedes and participation in “The Bee, The See, The Tree… and Thee” with Professor W.W. Oops! A re-fashioned fashion show directed by Sam Kendall [Scarlet Fierce] and sponsored by Montessori High School will conclude the event.

Transition Milwaukee members will be available to answer questions related to peak oil, local resiliency, renewable energy and more! A vegetarian menu will be available for purchase by Zilli Hospitality Group. Here’s what you can do to reduce the carbon footprint of this event: bring your own water bottle, bag and utensils, carpool, ride the bus or bike to Mitchell Park Domes and spread the word!

General admission rates apply: $6.50 for adults, Milwaukee County senior citizens are $5.00, children ages 6-17 years old are $5.00 and children 5 and under are free. For more information visit the links below: