Remember Eat the View, the campaign asking the Obamas to create a White House vegetable garden to feed the staff? Well, the campaign worked and Michelle Obama is busily creating an amazing organic garden at the White House. Feel like a little dirt under your fingernails or eating amazing home grown veggies? If you live in New York City, the New York Restoration Project along with Amy Goldman will be hosting the Vegetable Starts Seed Giveaway in community gardens around the City. So what’s the dirt on the event?
On Saturday May 30th from 1 – 4:00 PM in three community gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, the Seed Savers Exchange will distribute over 2000 heirloom seeds to registered community gardeners and local residents, to make gardening more accessible to New York communities. Experts will be on site to answer any questions and provide gardening tips and tricks. The selection of vegetable seeds that will be available was determined through suggestions submitted by the community. From tomatoes and corn to parsley and oregano, all of the seeds being given away are organic, untreated and have not been genetically engineered, exceeding industry standards and bringing high quality produce into the homes of New York residents for free. Amy Goldman, writer, passionate gardener and advocate of heirloom fruits and vegetables, has generously provided a majority of the seeds for the event.”
Where?
Target Community Garden (pictured above)
931-933 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
103rd Street Community Garden
105 East 103rd Street
New York, New York
Bronx Community and Cultural Garden
143rd Street (Willis Avenue)
Bronx, New York
Want to get involved? Local gardeners can register on the NYRP website to become a member and enjoy the many membership benefits, including receiving free seeds.
Many of you know that I am a gardening addict and grow heirloom seeds. My Lemon cucumbers and funny heirloom tomatoes are amazing. With the high price of food along with its huge carbon footprint from grower to table, this is the time to consider joining a community garden if you don’t have a plot of land to grow your own veggies.
My advice? For free seeds and to bend someone ear asking gardening questions? I would be hopping on the next subway or bus to go to this event.
Let me know if your area of the country has a similar event. Also, if you attend this seed exchange, let me know which seeds you picked.
If I attended this event, I would be like a pig in mud. My hands would be outstretched in true “Oliver” character saying, “Please sir. Can I have some more?”
Preston says
May 29, 2009 at 9:07 amWhat a great idea. I live in SJ so I cannot participate but I will definitely check to see if there are any community gardens in my area.
Green Talk says
May 30, 2009 at 1:57 amPreston, I would love it if Rutgers did something like this. Wouldn’t that be great? Anna
Home Garden says
May 30, 2009 at 3:16 amI too like gardening, I m from India, here we do not have such community gardens but I really happy to know that in your country they undertake such activity like distributing 2000 heirloom seeds to registered community gardeners and local residents, thats really motivating and need of time
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July 15, 2009 at 2:46 pmI love gardening. I have a garden on the roof. Most of them are flower trees. Planting vegetable trees would be a great idea. Since the price of foods is increasing we should start growing vegetables on our own.
Viki Miller says
August 21, 2009 at 12:22 amI am an avid home gardener.I’ve been growing since before my first kid was born 20 years ago…for kid health reasons mostly. For the past few years I’ve been using an organic aerobic compost tea called “Soilsoup”(www.greenorganics.biz) on my garden. It’s helped so much! I’m totally organic (pain in the tush sometimes, but worth it)
Anyway, I’ve saved my apple tree with this stuff. my vegi’s taste fantastic(!) and I am contributing to the life of the soil – no synthetic garbage fertilizers!! Get on their website and check it out.
India- How can there not be any community gardens?? You would benefit so greatly from that! I’ve never been there so am ignorant of your country, please educate.
Viki
Etude House says
October 8, 2009 at 5:57 pmI love gardening. I have a garden on the roof. Most of them are flower trees. Planting vegetable trees would be a great idea. Since the price of foods is increasing we should start growing vegetables on our own.
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March 1, 2012 at 9:19 amNice article! Wished I had such a garden at home.