Downtown Farmers Garden Open House and Spring Fling
4/19/2012 12:00 AM
The Downtown Farmers Garden hosted over 15 attendees last Tuesday April 10th, 2012 during an Open House Spring Fling as a part of Sustainable UF Food for Thought Campaign. Wendy Wilber of IFAS Extensions spoke on raised bed gardening, Travis Mitchell of Florida Organic Growers (FOG) led a tour and discussion of the garden, and volunteers helped harvest, plant, spread mulch, and pull up grass.
Weekly volunteer days at the Downtown Farmers Garden are Thursdays at 10 am. For more information visit the Downtown Farmers Garden website or contact Sean McLendon, Alachua County Sustainability Program Manager: smclendon@alachuacounty.us or 352 548 3765 or Travis Mitchell, FOG: travis@foginfo.org or 352 377 6345
