Opening Season Garden CleanUps and Resource Drive

• Clean-Up Cuse and Resource Drive on Saturday April 21
  Rahma Food Forest Garden from 10am to 3pm
  3100 South Salina St
  In addition to trash pick-up at the food forest and surrounding streets, we will be propagating hardwood cuttings of currants and gooseberry by plugging them directly into the ground in areas that we have targeted for restoration work.  We will also be digging and separating root/bulb perennials to have on stock for our upcoming plant swap and sale (see below).  Finally, we’ll be receiving compost and mulch deliveries from Syracuse Grows that we’ll need volunteers to unload and haul around the site.

  Clean-Up Cuse and Resource Drive on Saturday April 21
  610 Gifford St Community Garden from 11am to 1pm
  Trash pick up at the garden and on surrounding blocks as part of a neighborhood wide effort coordinated by Take Back The Streets.  We’ll feast on rice and beans too provided by our volunteers.  We’ll also start seeding cold weather crops as the ground is supposed to be thawed, and propagating cuttings and other perennials as possible.  Finally, we’ll also be receiving compost and mulch deliveries from Syracuse Grows that we’ll need volunteers to unload and haul around the site.

Special Events

• EarthFest at Thornden on Sunday April 22
  Thornden Park from 12noon to 4pm
  Come paint garden art signs with us!  Participate in a  community painting event by sharing your style in painting a garden art sign that depicts one of the species in our gardens.  We then use the signs for education in the gardens, and fundraising.  There is no cost for folks to paint!

• Revolution’s Regard Art Show on Sat April 28 from 4pm to 12midnight
  The Gear Factory (Corner of South Geddes and West Fayette)
  Come paint garden art signs with us again!  Participate in a  community painting event by sharing your style in painting a garden art sign that depicts one of the species in our gardens.  We then use the signs for education in the gardens, and fundraising.  There is no cost for folks to paint!

• Plant Swap & Sale on Sat May 5 from 11:30am to 2 pm
  405 Westcott St at Bread and Roses Collective
  Plant lineup will be on Facebook event pages of both organization soon (or contact us if you don’t use FB). This year, Worker’s Center of CNY will be serving Zapatista coffee & selling Handmade crafts, and Brad from Salt City Syrup will be selling his Syrup and Maple Cotton Candy!