Join fellow community gardeners, families and friends for a potluck Sunday, October 4, from 4 to 7 pm, at the Happy Hollow Shelter at Stephens Lake Park.  This is the shelter off of Broadway, across from Eastgate grocery store, at the top of the hill, end of the parking lot.

Please bring a dish to share, your own tableware and cup, a beverage of your choice, and entertainment or games.  Water and apple cider will be provided.

Everyone across our community of gardeners and other interested friends is welcome. Please come relax, share some tasty fall food, and meet some fellow gardeners.

Click here to read the full press release and learn more about the “People’s Garden” at USDA headquarters in Washington D.C.

Last weekend a few CGC gardeners headed west to tour the urban farms and gardens of Kansas City. The event was hosted by the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture and featured small farms, community gardens, youth gardens, and homesteads throughout the KC metro area.  Live music, cooking demonstrations, and childrens activities were sprinkled throughout the tour and farmers and gardeners were eager show off their efforts.  The tour was preceded by a week and half of events, films, and discussions about growing, selling, preparing, and eating locally grown food.

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We are putting the finishing touches on organizing a Community Garden Bike Tour with PedNet and GetAbout Columbia. The tour will take place on Saturday, June 20, from 9 to 11am and will begin at the Ash Street garden (201 W Ash, behind the brown apartment and wooden fence). The tour will then proceed to the Circus-Lyon garden, St. Joseph Street garden, Sustain MIzzou Research Farm, Benton-Stephens Neighborhood garden, and finish at the Westwinds Court garden. Plans are to spend about 10 to 15 minutes at each garden. Gardeners and garden leaders will be on hand to provide information and answer questions. For more information, check out the listing on the GetAbout Columbia events calendar, http://www.getaboutcolumbia.com/calendar.

Register by calling GetAbout Columbia at (573) 442-7189, ext. 29. Be sure to bring your helmet.

This Missourian article is all about a new affiliate garden being started at the Salvation Army Harbor House.

Sarah Linsenmeyer and daughter Pearl Zwingle, 4, work at Westwinds Court, a neighborhood garden in Columbia, Mo. Credit: University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group

The link below takes you to a MU Extension print and video media piece featuring Westwinds community gardeners and CGC president and gardener, Bill McKelvey.

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During last weekend’s warm and dry weather, I finally had the chance to turn over and work up part of my garden plot at the Ash Street garden. To my disappointment, I discovered that my plot is full of heavy, sticky clay. I suspect the soil had been disturbed when the three houses that used to reside on the garden were removed. If you’ve ever worked with heavy clay soil, you know that it can be quite challenging. On the other hand, it offers the chance to use some good gardening practices to turn poor soil into productive soil… if you’re up for it. Continue reading →