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Growing in community: Gardening to nourish self and neighbor

Presented by UNCG at UNCG

February 28, 2009

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 A free, public workshop on community gardening will take place at UNCG from 1-5:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 in the Bryan School of Business. The schedule:

1:00-2:15  Opening Address: "Why Garden/ Why Now?"
Bryan Building, Room 128
Key Note: Mr. Michael Schut, Environmental Program Manager, Seattle Tilth, Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer, Episcopal Church, USA, and author of Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread

2:15-2:30 Refreshments Break

2:30-3:45  "Making Your Garden Grow: A Step by Step Overview”
Bryan Building, Room 128
Presenter: Dr. Charlie Headington, Lecturer, UNCG Department of Religious Studies, Permaculture Designer and Head of Greensboro Montessori Gardening Program

3:50-4:50 Break Out Round Table Discussions and Brainstorming:
"Starting an Edible School Yard"
“Starting a Neighborhood Community Garden”
"Starting a Faith Community Garden"
"Growing Your Own Food at Home"
"Growing Food at Your University"
"Knowing Your Farmers and Understanding Their Needs"

5:00-5:30 Concluding discussion

Sponsored by the Warren Ashby Dialogue Program, College of Arts and Sciences, UNCG.

To register, contact John R. Sopper at 334-5898 or jrsopper@uncg.edu.

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    1000 Spring Garden St.
    Greensboro, NC 27403

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    February 28, 2009

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    1-5:30 p.m.

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