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May There Be Gardens: a GRuB garden-building event!
Slow Food Greater Olympia is fundraising and sponsoring a team to help GRuB build 10 backyard gardens in one day!
On Saturday, May 5, GRuB will mobilize community members to install gardens and raise money to fund these food-producing, hunger-reducing backyard gardens.
As a team, we will raise enough funds to cover the bed we'll build together AND a second bed for another family. That means TWO FAMILIES will receive a garden bed because of your help.
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Slow Food will match all donations up to $500. We're asking our members and friends to join our team and help empower our neighbors.
When: Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to about 1:30 p.m. Where: GRuB Farm, 2016 Elliott Avenue NW Teams will meet at GRuB, spend half the day at their building sites, and come back to GRuB for a celebration lunch!
>>NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE AND SIGN UP!<<
Contact our team leader, Lorrain Cornell: lorraingarr@hotmail.com. Send checks, made out to GRuB to: Lorrain Cornell, 2103 Harrison Ave NW, Ste 9-216, Olympia, 98502
Our favorite kind of party! Pot up heritage plants including some we're testing for potential inclusion in the Ark of Taste. Take home heritage starts including tomatoes, tomatillos, ground cherries, squash, herbs, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, peppers, and more in exchange for your help.
If you have them, bring pots, potting soil, and/or starts. We especially need pots and potting soil. You may want gloves and a towel to clean you hands when we finish the work. Non-gardeners are welcome!
Want a hands-on connection to the production of ethical meat? If it's important to you to know not only where your meat comes from but to experience the journey from living animal to cuts of meat to beautifully prepared meals that feed you and your family and friends, this is the class for you!
FOOD DEMOS OLYMPIA FARMERS MARKET Join the crew on select market days to help out with chef-led demonstrations. Hand out freshly prepared samples, recipes, and event information. Join us at 11:00 and stay until 2:00, or as long as you can. We'd love to see you there!
