Get Growing Fest, April 2013
in 2014, Get Growing will take place on Saturday March 29th alongside the farm market. Stay tuned for details.
See the 2013 photos and exhibitor list below and on our Facebook page!
Here's what we did in 2013...
Explore a Dozen Topics including: bee keeping, container gardens, mushroom cultivation, volunteer opportunities....
Backyard Chickens
Meet a chicken and talk with Her Chickeness, Khrysti Smyth, about yard birds
www.yardbirdsbackyardchickens.com |
Composting
Learn about composting and food scrap collection options in town from the Cambridge Department of Public Works. http://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/ourservices/recyclingandtrash/aboutrecycling/Composting.aspx
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Urban Foraging
Meet David Craft.
Taste something wild. |
Fertility & Permaculture
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Plant Ecology
Cultivate your curiosity with Boston University's Advocates for Literacy in Environmental Sciences: dissect bat guano; observe photosynthesis and respiration in action! https://www.facebook.com/BUALES/photos_stream
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Yard Sharing
Find your place to garden with My City Gardens; they match landless gardeners with land owners. http://www.mycitygardens.com
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Community Fruit Harvesting
Join the League of Urban Canners in harvesting, preserving and enjoying urban fruit. https://www.facebook.com/LeagueOfUrbanCanners
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Gleaning for Hunger Relief
Harvest excess produce from farm fields, then deliver it to those in need.
http://www.bostonareagleaners.org |
Spruce-up the Neighborhood
Cambridgeport green thumbs adopt neglected green spaces and maintain them. You can "Pick a Pocket Garden" too!
http://c-portneighborhood.blogspot.com/2010/05/gardening-in-city.html |
Controlling Invasive Plants...and more
Join the "Pod Patrol" at Fresh Pond and keep Black Swallow-wort in check. http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cwd/pod_patrol.cfm
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Here's a list of all the exhibitors who participated in Get Growing on April 6, 2013
| get_growing_resource_list.doc |
...and a few more ways to cultivate happiness in the dirt
| hands_dirty_resources.doc |
