🌱 Garden Year #11 🌳

Garden year number 11 is upon us! “Welcome,” to those of you who will be gardening with us for the first time, and “welcome back,” to those who have helped us get to this point! 

Now that it’s March, spring is only a few weeks away, and we’ve already started planning our first gardening activities. We hope you’ll be able to join us:

• Wednesday, April 3rd: we will be working with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation to rebuild some of our garden beds. Thanks to a grant from Friends of SW, we were able to purchase 12 cedar timbers to restore some of the wood that’s been damaged over the last decade. This will be taking place in the afternoon, but a specific time has not been set. Once it is, we’ll let you know and hope you’ll be able to help!  
• Saturday, April 14: we will be doing a pre-kick-off work day to turn over our cover crops and prepare the garden beds for . . .
• The Spring Kickoff! Which will be on Saturday, April 27 from 10am-1pm. At the kickoff, we’ll plant our first crops for the year, weed out the plants that think they found a good spot to grow (but little did they know), and have a paint & planting project for all ages. Sign up here to help lead an activity that day!
  • While we’re on the topic of the kick-off . . . we also need your support to help raise funds for the event! Click here to donate toward the costs to provide this event for free to our community.

Finally, help us decide what to plant this year. Some vegetables are staples that are grown every year, like peanuts, collards, sweet potatoes, and carrots. But beyond that, we’ll need your suggestions. Let us know by sharing your top 3 choices via our Veggie Vote!✌🏾

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