Thanks to the Columbia/Boone County Health Department and Columbia’s City Channel for producing this great video about the Unite 4 Health Community Garden at the Health Department.
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City Asks for Limiting Water Use Tonight
The City of Columbia has asked residents to limit watering until 6 a.m. Saturday, July 7 because of an unexpected repair at the water treatment plant. Gardeners should try to hold off on watering if possible until then.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/jul/06/city-asks-residents-limit-watering-after-equipment/
Garden Tour Saturday
The Community Garden Cruise is on for tomorrow morning. Meet at 9 a.m. at Circus Lyon Garden, 603 Lyon Street.
Hop on your bikes and cruise around central Columbia checking out some of Columbia’s community gardens. Walkers and drivers are also welcome.
Straw Mulch for Community Gardeners
Straw mulch is now available for Community Garden Coalition gardeners at the Ash Street Garden. Stop by the garden at 201 West Ash Street and pick up a bale of straw mulch for your plot. Straw mulch has many benefits for your garden, including weed suppression, moisture retention, and shading the soil from the hot summer sun. It is also reusable! Spread it over your garden in the fall to keep the soil covered through the winter, then use it again next year.
Refugee Garden Tour
As part of World Refugee Day Celebration this Saturday, June 23, join refugee community gardeners for an international potluck and community garden tour at Broadway Christian Church garden, where gardeners from all over the world are finding common ground in growing vegetables. Continue reading
Take a Cruise Through Community Gardens
The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture and the Community Garden Coalition present the 2012 Garden Cruise! Hop on your bikes and cruise around central Columbia checking out some of Columbia’s community gardens. Walkers and drivers are also welcome.
The tour is on Saturday, June 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. It will start with a light breakfast at the Circus Lyon Garden, 603 Lyon Street, and end at the CCUA Urban Farm, at Smith and Fay streets.
Email outreach@columbiaurbanag.org if you’re interested! Registration is not required, but we’d like to get an idea of how many people to expect.
Preservation Workshop Canceled
Please note, the food preservation workshop, scheduled for Thursday, has been canceled. Not enough people registered. We’ll post anything we hear about future classes.
Transplants Available This Weekend
This weekend, May 5 & 6, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday and Noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, the CGC will have some warm season plants available for those gardening at our member gardens. Plants will be distributed at the Claudell Garden, 711 Claudell Lane.
We’ll have tomatoes, peppers, a few eggplants starts and sweet potato slips.
We are requesting a donation of 25-50¢ per plant to offset our costs of buying and transporting them. We ask that you give what you can, but you will not be refused for lack of funds. We hope many gardeners can take advantage of this opportunity.
Please note: we can only offer this service to those gardening in our member gardens, not the public at large.
Link
Read about the new MU Children’s Learning Garden in this Missourian article. CGC board member Chris Murakami has been working on starting community gardens on the MU campus and this will be the first one to break ground.
Cole Crops Available This Weekend
This weekend, March 24 & 25, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday and 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, the CGC will have some cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage plants available for those gardening at our member gardens. Plants will be distributed at the Claudell Garden, 711 Claudell Lane.
We are requesting a donation of at least 25-50¢ per plant to offset our costs of buying and transporting them. We ask that you give what you can, but you will not be refused for lack of funds. These are good quality plants and the weather is fantastic right now for growing brassicas, so we hope many gardeners can take advantage of this opportunity.
Please note: we can only offer this service to those gardening in our member gardens, not the public at large.
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