New Leaf SATURDAY april 14th early earth day happenings

[Sara Brown]

*Forest Garden BBQ Orientation - Saturday April 14th*
11am-2pm @ Greenwich Forest Garden by Donut 1

You are nature. Learn about your habitat and how to care for it. Feast by
fire.

Want to learn about this 10 year old perennial garden DIV III and foraging
ground?
Want to know how you can care for the garden during the upcoming gorgeous
warm spring weather? Curious about foraging wild edibles this spring?

Come to get acquainted with the space and meet the stewards who care for /
use it.

*11am*
Overview & Caretaking Strategies- planting, mulching, propagation, pruning,
vegetation management

*Noon*
Begin to feast upon BBQ pork, field roast sausage, vegetables, home made
soup, garden tea, berry drink,...and limited quantities of ice cream
samples from forest garden fruits (pawpaw, persimmon and kiwi)

*12:30pm* Tour of the garden through the eyes of two steward alums, looking
at food/medicine plants emerging this spring and their uses. We will also
touch on potential academic projects in the garden or the associated
Ecological Design and Inquiry Initiative (EDI).

*1pm-2pm*
Fire and feast continues

*BYO Bowl, Spoon, Mug and Musical Instruments*

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*Amherst Sustainability Festival* is coming up this Saturday April 14th on
the town common 10am-4pm!!!

It's fun to stop by! Even better, can anyone volunteer to help out at the
Recycling and Refuse Management Committee table??? Shifts are 2 hours and
you can help with educating people about sorting waste. If you have a car,
at the end of the day you can also help drop off collected materials for
reuse/recycling.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4cacaa2ca57-amherst3
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