Get Your Hands Dirty While Learning the Ins & Outs of Urban Gardening
This summer, get outdoors and connect with nature in your community at City Parks Foundation’s new Learning Gardens public workshops. From Herbal Tea Making to Companion Planting and even Aerobic and Anaerobic Composting, these 45 minute workshops will provide invaluable lessons in a community garden setting, and are ideal for gardening newbies and beginners. There is a $10 fee for each workshop, to cover the cost of materials.
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Through Learning Gardens, City Parks Foundation uses community gardens as outdoor classrooms, providing hands-on lessons and engaging the community in positive, active relationships with their public outdoor spaces.
Learning Gardens Workshops:
Herbal Tea Making
Learn how to prepare basic herbal teas to sip your way to better health or simply a more soothed state-of-mind. Participants will learn about the healing properties of herbs then make several tea recipes to take home. Materials fee: $10/pp, Max: 25 ppl
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Liberty Learning Garden located across from the Detective Keith L. Williams Park on 173rd St between 106th and 107th Aves, Jamaica, Queens
Making Recycled Planters for the Home and Garden
The United States produces 70% of the world's solid waste. During this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to reuse food grade plastics to create a variety of self-watering planters for your home and garden. Materials fee: $10/pp, Max: 15 ppl per garden
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm
Location:
Liberty Learning Garden located across from the Detective Keith L. Williams Park on 173rd St between 106th and 107th Aves, Jamaica, Queens
Companion Planting and Gardening with Native Species
Companion planting is one of the oldest gardening traditions. Learn how different varieties of plants can prevent pest problems, attract beneficial insects, increase crop productivity, and improve crop taste. This workshop will also cover the importance of gardening with native species. Native plants are adapted to New York City's climate and soil conditions. These important plant species provide nectar, pollen, and seeds that serve as food for native butterflies, insects, birds and other animals. Materials fee includes seeds, organic soil, and window box. Materials fee: $10/pp, Max: 15 ppl per garden
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm
Location:
Liberty Learning Garden located across from the Detective Keith L. Williams Park on 173rd St between 106th and 107th Aves, Jamaica, Queens
Aerobic and Anaerobic Composting
Tired of taking out the smelly trash? Got food scraps? Let's compost! Two kinds of microorganisms consume and decompose organic matter: those that need air (aerobic) and those that do not (anaerobic). Come learn about the benefits of each at this hands-on workshop where each participant will build a worm bin to take home! Materials fee: $10/pp, Max: 15 ppl per garden
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm
Location:
Liberty Learning Garden located across from the Detective Keith L. Williams Park on 173rd St between 106th and 107th Aves, Jamaica, Queens
Container Gardening in an Urban Environment
Urban gardeners are faced with lots of problems such as lack of space, soils contaminated with heavy metals like lead and arsenic, shade from trees and buildings, and soil-borne diseases. Consider growing vegetables in containers! Vegetables, flowers, and herbs grown in containers can be placed or moved to any spot such as windows, balconies, fire escapes, and doorsteps where there is full sun. Materials fee includes seeds, organic soil, and window box. Materials fee: $10/pp, Max: 15 ppl per garden
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm
Location:
Liberty Learning Garden located across from the Detective Keith L. Williams Park on 173rd St between 106th and 107th Aves, Jamaica, Queens
Public Transportation Directions to Gardens
Liberty Garden- E/J trains- get off at Jamaica Center/Parsons/Archer. Walk to corner of Parsons Blvd and Archer Avenue and get on the Q83 bus toward Springfield Blvd. Get off the bus at Liberty Avenue and 173rd Street. Walk south on 173rd Street for 4 blocks. Garden is at the corner of 106th Avenue and 173rd Street.
Founded in 1989, City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer park programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City. CPF works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs, and empowering citizens to support their parks on a local level. CPF’s programs and community building initiatives reach more than 600,000 people each year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York City. For more details, please visit www.CityParksFoundation.org.