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Join us for a glorious day of HEALing in the garden 7-28-12

Hey All,

Join us for a full day of fun and informative workshops and trainings Saturday after next, 7-28-2012 from 9am-3:30pm.  There will be vegetarian and raw foods cooking demos, nutrition info, tai-chi workshops, etc.  Come for a portion of the day, or stay for all.  There is a small fee involved that will benefit the garden network, but if you contact me today, I have five(5) full and a few partial scholarships available.  Check out the flyer, and call the toll-free phone number or sign up online.  This is open to the public, so spread the word on this great opportunity.  Its just around the corner. If you have any questions, please contact me any time.

Thank you,

K Diop

East Lake Community Learning Garden- an ELF/SHS collaborative project
eastlakegarden.org
eastlakecommunitylearninggarden.wordpress.com/

Khari Diop
Community Environmental Educator
Southeastern Horticultural Society
1705 Commerce Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
kdiop@sehort.org
(404)351-1074 office
(404)828-0480 mobile
www.sehort.org

Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. –Wu Li

Youth Culinary Tour: Every 3rd Saturday

Every 3rd Saturday through November some of Atlanta’s young chefs will be showing off their culinary talent at the East Lake Community Garden. Join us from 4:00-7:00 to participate in a live cooking demo and of course taste their delicious creations!

Olla Making Workshop

Join us this Saturday for a make-your-own Olla workshop! An Olla is an ancient method of irrigation that allows a clay pot filled with water to slowly seep water out to supply moisture to plants. You’ll get to make a small Olla using the coil method of construction under the direction of Chris Tholl of “Red Wall Studio”. Our pots will dry and then be fired and will be ready for garden use.

When: Saturday, June 9th, 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: East Lake Community Garden, 56 2nd Ave SE
Cost: $10-$20 sliding scale, free to observe and learn
RSVP to eastlakecommunitygarden@gmail.com or call Carling at (301) 518-7103

Looking forward to seeing you!

Come see the sheep being sheared this morning

Our sheep have needed their hair cut for a while. It gets hots under all that wool. Our shearer will be out this morning around 10:30 to take care of them. If you’re interested in seeing the process, come on out to the garden this morning to observe.

SNAP, Sizzle, Splash!

Join us Saturday, June 2nd, at the East Lake Farmer’s Market for a day of family fun!

East Lake Farmer’s Market’s mission includes expanding local food access for low-income and senior residents.  By accepting SNAP cards and offering the Double Your Value Coupons (through Wholesome Wave of Georgia), we help increase their buying power at our market.  Bring the family to SNAP, SIZZLE & SPLASH from 10am-1pm on Saturday, June 2nd.  You’ll help us raise awareness and funds to support this important community program.

Here’s what you can expect at the event:

• Free Admission
• Water balloons!!
• Fresh lemonade
• Cook-out
• Dunk tank
• Bubble station

A Productive Weekend!

Thank you to all of you who volunteered at the Saturday and Sunday workdays this past weekend! On Saturday we worked on the structure for our future herb wall and planted a ton of flowers and perennial herbs. On Sunday we cleaned up the compost area and constructed a new compost bin out of pallets. The garden is looking great! Hope you can join us for our next volunteer workday on Wednesday, May 30th from 5:00-7:00.

May Volunteer Days

Come get your hands dirty, soak up some sunshine and enjoy good company at a community work day this month!

Saturday, May 19th, 9am-12pm Planting and Pruning

Help us plant a variety of summer flowers as well as clear out much of the overgrown plants that have taken over the sheep pen.

Sunday, May 20th, 10am-2pm Compost Construction

We’ll be building a sturdy 3-bin compost system out of pallets as well as tending to our vermicompost (worm) bins. Bring your food scraps to add to the pile!

Wednesday, May 30th, 5pm-7pm Pallet Gardening

Learn how to make a pallet garden and help us build a living herb wall.

Greenhouse! and a workday, join us ;)

Hey everyone! Our garden is getting greener this Saturday (March 24th)… we are putting together our new greenhouse! We will have a workday in the garden from 10am – 12pm, and one of the projects will be working on the greenhouse. We’ll have other stuff to do too, so come for the full two hours or just a little while, get to know your neighbors, enjoy this lovely spring, and maybe learn a thing or two about gardening!

wonderful water barrel workshop!

We had a GREAT day in the garden this weekend!  Thank you to all who participated.  We had a wonderful group who came out to learn about water conservation and to take home a water barrel – thank you Bonny and Upper Chattahoochee River Keepers!  Then we worked on puppets to act out the Water Cycle (thank you Damon!)… while some strong guys planted the Paw Paw trees from Trees Atlanta! 

thanks again 🙂  be on the lookout for details of our next event..  it’s always a good day in the garden 🙂