Greenwood Lake Seed Collection and Native Plant Dig Workshop
Correction: Free event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 7, rescheduled for Oct. 8, offers tutelage and native plants.
Join Grow Local Greenwood Lake Common Ground Community Garden on Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, rescheduled from Oct. 7, to dig up some native pollinators to bring home. They have abundant Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) for gardens and also Sweet and Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum), Lemon Balm, Mint, Strawberries, and Fennel.
On an informative walking tour, visitors can collect seeds from native pollinators and vegetables as well. Bring seed collection bags, plastic pot, or other containers lurking in the back of your shed to bring home what you collect. This tour will be led by knowledgeable and enthusiastic host Sona Mason.
Says initiator Chad Pilieri, the intent is to create a “regenerative, resilient local food system to enhance the environmental and social health of Greenwood Lake and surrounding communities.”
He listed objectives:
- Provide access for all to local fresh, healthy food via home garden support, community gardens, farms, and restaurants, and by supporting local small businesses.
- Develop a self-reliant, community-based food economy where production, processing, distribution and consumption are integrated locally.
- Educate the community on the benefits of a resilient local food system based on regenerative growing techniques, preserving food, and healthy eating.
Grow Local Greenwood Lake Common Ground Community Garden; Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 13 Poplar Street, Greenwood Lake, NY.
The event is free.
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