Archive for ‘gardening’
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Social Venture Partners invites you to the Social Innovation Series, with monthly conversations about positive change in Cleveland and a showcase of innovative solutions to problems are community faces.
This month, Urban Farming: How growing fresh food can transform a neighborhood and a city in a changing landscape.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Speakers Keymah Durden, III, one of three co-founders of Rid-All Green Partnership, and Angela Park, founder/executive director of Diversity Matters in Vermont.
6:30 p.m. – networking, appetizers, wine and soft drinks
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Panel and discussion
This event is free. Click here to register.
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Ready to make a difference in your community? Join us Saturday May 18, from 10am to 2pm to install backyard gardens.
No green thumb?
No problem! We are transporting mobile gardens in a bag and planting seedlings and seeds. There will be knowledgeable staff on hand. Gardens will be in the Central and Kinsman neighborhoods.
Lunch is provided. Also, there is the opportunity to get Free Tribe tickets!
Posted in Central, Central neighborhood, Cleveland Central, Cleveland Inner-City Greening Initiative, food, free, fun, gardening, green, health, volunteer, volunteerism | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Volunteer with us Saturday, May 18 to deliver backyard gardens to 50 families in Cleveland’s Central & Kinsman neighborhoods.
- Deliver raised garden beds, vegetable seedlings, recipe and care books, and watering cans to participating families.
- Help the families set up the gardens and plant the vegetable seedlings.
- Train each household on how to maintain their new gardens.
Volunteering will take place Saturday, May 18 from 10am to 2pm, and we will meet at Bridgeport Place, 7201 Kinsman Rd.
Please bring work gloves.
Refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Zenobia Lane at 216-341-1455, or zlane@bbcdevelopment.org
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
The Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Green Corps urban agriculture youth program provides summer employment for high school students age 15-18. As an agricultural based work-study program, Green Corps youth learn to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs on three acres of urban land under the supervision of experienced staff. Produce is harvested and sold at local farmer’s markets and within the neighborhoods of the learning farms. Student employees will work at one of five urban farms located throughout the city.
You can earn a paycheck and save money!
You can make new friends!
You can learn about gardening, agriculture, and healthy living and cooking!
You can do anything you put your mind to!
You can have a fun summer job!
You can work and make a positive difference in your community!
The Facts:
- Green Corps is a seasonal work-study program for high school youth in Cleveland.
- Work in a learning farm- planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting plants.
- Harvest and package produce for sale at markets, restaurants, and neighborhood residents.
- June 13th orientation
- Minimum wage
- Application deadline March 18, 2013
For an application, come by our office, or give us a call to receive one electronically.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Neighborhood Progress would like to extend an offer to be a part of their co-op plant buy for the 2013 growing season. For the last 2 years, Neighborhood Progress has organized co-op plant purchases of over 15,000 starts saving gardeners thousands of dollars while supporting a local grower. Neighborhood Progress organizes the purchase, works with the grower and handles distribution at no charge – Neighborhood Progress passes the full savings on to the communities they serve.
NPI is giving you and your neighbors the opportunity to buy collectively to receive deeply discounted rates. Fruits and vegetable plants are available for $7.50 a flat, each flat contains 12 plants (that’s 62 cents per plant!). The grower plants the starts in late winter meaning you will receive healthy, good sized starts for your garden in the spring.
If you would like to participate, please fill out and turn in the order form and full payment by February 1st, 2013.
There are two pick up dates to help accommodate the best time to put the plants in the ground. You can choose when to receive your flats. Pick up dates will be Saturday, April 27th or Saturday, June 8th (or both if you order both).
For More information, Contact: Christa Ebert
216.453.1448 | cebert@npi-cle.org
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Monday, August 13th, 2012
Summer Sprout is Cleveland’s Community Gardening Program. There are currently 175 active gardens in the program. Gardeners are able to grow nutritious food in their neighborhoods, at their churches, or places of work. If you know of a potential new garden site, or belong to an existing garden that is not currently enrolled in Summer Sprout, feel free to contact Jim Thompson at OSU Extension for more information and an application.
Grow Nutritous Food in your Neighborhood
Be Active in your Community
Put a Vacant Lot to Good Use
Get Excercise and Fresh Air
The Summer Sprout Program is supported by the City of Cleveland Department of Community Development and managed by Ohio State University Extension, Cuyahoga County. City of Cleveland residents and stakeholders are eligible to apply for the Sum-mer Sprout Program. Only garden sites in the City of Cleveland who fill out complete applications will be considered.
If you are interested in applying, download the application here:
Or contact Jim Thompson at OSU Extension:
Phone: 216.429.8200 x 246 Email: Thompson.1608@osu.edu
Applications for the 2013 season are due September 28, 2012.
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Marshall Avenue needs your green thumbs!
This Saturday, May 26th
10am – 2pm
At True Gospel Church Garden - 3303 E. 93rd St.
and Marshall Ave. Garden – across from 9107 Marshall Ave.
Volunteer your time to help beautify the neighborhood.
Families and Groups are welcomed, Gardening experience encouraged, but not required.
If you are interested in helping, contact Myra Simmons @ (216) 641 – 8704
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
FreshLink Neighborhood Working Group members and community partners have joined together to present:
FreshLink Community Garden Network
This garden network is perfect for you if you want to learn:
•How to get volunteer support for your garden
• How to improve your gardening skills
(Examples: Lasagna gardening, vertical growing, season extension)
• How to apply for funding opportunities
All sessions will be held at:
FriendlyInn Settlement
2386 Unwin Road Cleveland, OH 44104
At 5:00 pm
Session 1: Starting the Growing Season Early: Season Extension – Thursday, March 22, 2012
Session 2: Intensive Gardening Methods & Techniques – Thursday, April 5, 2012
Session 3: Companion Planting – Thursday, April 19, 2012
Session 4: Bee Keeping 101 – Thursday, May 3, 2012
Session 5: Funding and skilled volunteers support for your garden – Thursday, May 17, 2012
FreshLink is a neighborhood-led effort to increase access to healthy foods in Hough, Central, East Cleveland and Buckeye-Shaker-Woodland.
To learn more about the Garden Network & other opportunities visit
www.prchn.org/freshlink or call 216-368-8513.
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
Join the Rid-All Green Partnership and Will Allen
to dedicate Cleveland’s Growing Power
Environmental Science Commercial Urban
Ag riculture Training Center
July 14, 2011
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
East 81st Street and Otter Ave., Cleveland
This event, hosted by noted urban farmer Will Allen, will feature an interactive tour
of the center’s greenhouse, hoop houses and more, with stations on:
— Composting and soil delivery
— Crop selection, management and maintenance
— Aquaponics and the center’s connection to Growing Power
— Environmental justice and community outreach
— Plans for the Forgotten Triangle and urban agriculture
— Green in the Ghetto youth and community engagement
— Food distribution and partnerships
RSVP by July 12 at http://ridalldedication.eventbrite.com.
Supporting partners include: Burten, Bell, Carr Development Corporation; JPMorgan Chase Foundation;
Sirna and Sons Produce; Sisters of Charity Health System; and Sodexo.
Rid-All Green Partnership members:
Rid-All Exterminating Corp., Growing Power,
Environmental Health Watch, PolicyBridge,
Neighborhood Leadership Institute, Green in the
Ghetto, Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
The Summer Sprout Program is currently accepting applications for new community gardens. The program takes place within the City of Cleveland and is focused on nurturing community gardens to grow vegetables. There are several Summer Sprout gardens in the Central and Kinsman neighborhoods, including E. 35th Street, E. 61st Street at Quincy Avenue, Colfax Road and Marshall Avenue.
Summer Sprout may provide seeds, starter plants, soil, fertilizer, rototilling and educational resources to gardeners. In order to apply one must:
- Be a resident of Cleveland
- Have legal permission to use property to garden in the City of Cleveland
- Have at least 5 garden members who are not all related
- Be willing to attend educational workshops and donate time back to the Summer Sprout Program
The deadline to submit all materials to the OSU Extension is March 19, 2010. For more information please contact Jim Thompson, Summer Sprout Program Assistant OSU Cuyahoga County Extension at 216.429.8200 ext. 246.
Tags: community gardens, free
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