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Garden Tour This Sunday

Dawn_W — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:10:58 +0000

Women Transcending Boundaries invites you to experience the beauty of this season at Sycamore Hill Gardens, Sunday, June 6, 2010 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

This magnificent private garden is located at 2130 Old Seneca Turnpike, Marcellus, New York 13108.

Enjoy breathtaking views, a myriad of blossoms, sculptures and plants from all areas of the world. Children will love the challenge of a 2200 tree evergreen maze!

Meander to the sounds of acoustic guitar performances by Loren Barrigar, James Horan & Dick Ward. Accommodations are available for those who have difficulty walking.

Tickets are $10 at the door/$8 in advance
Seniors & Students $8 at the door/$6 in advance
Children 12 and under are free!
The tour will be held rain or shine.
Driving directions can be found at www.sycamorehillgardens.com
Proceeds will benefit Women Transcending Boundaries outreach, service and Tapestry Garden

(This is not a Slow Food CNY sponsored event.)

Benefit Concert For the Isabella Street Tapestry Garden

Dawn_W — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:54:10 +0000

Syracuse Grows and Women Transcending Boundaries is hosting a benefit concert. Loren Barrigar will be performing a solo benefit concert April 10th at 7pm in Hendricks Chapel on the SU campus. Admission is only $8 or $5 for students and seniors. All proceeds will benefit the Isabella Street Tapestry Garden located on the Northside.

This is a wonderful opportunity to support one of our local gardens and Loren is sure to put on a great show. We encourage you to come out and see one of CNY’s local musical talents and show your support for the Tapestry Garden.

Growing local

Meredith_P — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:32:15 +0000

Two upcoming events make the thirteenth a lucky date for CNY growers in February and March.

This Saturday, February 13, 2010, Syracuse Grows and Canopy present Gardening in Syracuse, from 10am – 1pm at the Bob Cecile Center, 174 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse. Three workshops will focus on managing physical conditions of soil, successful vegetable gardening, and soil toxicity. Learn more about this free event here.

On Saturday, March 13, 2010, the 2010 Upstate NY Permaculture Gathering, hosted by Alchemical Nursery, will be at the Gear Factory, 200 South Geddes Street, from 10am-5pm. RSVP and flyer are now available here.

Both events help us build experience towards a sustainable, self-reliant CNY food supply and fit right in with Slow Food. To get inspired, take a look at Josh Viertel’s essay in the Atlantic, “Why Big Ag Won’t Feed the World.” Josh Viertel is president of Slow Food USA.

Women Transcending Boundaries Event

Dawn_W — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:34:16 +0000

Slow Food CNY and Syracuse Grows will be speaking this Sunday at Women Transcending Boundaries’ monthly meeting, this Sunday, February 7. All women in the community are welcome to attend.

“From Victory Gardens to Community Gardens.”

Speakers will share information about a collaborative organic garden on the North Side created by and for refugees and other North Side residents; the Slow Food movement, founded to counteract fast food and fast life and honor local food traditions; and Syracuse Grows, an organization dedicated to just food distribution and urban gardening in Syracuse. We are also going to have a fun time learning about Companion Planting.

The meeting is from 3-5 p.m. at Jowonio School, 3049 East Genesee Street, across from Nottingham High School, Syracuse. For more information and directions, visit www.wtb.org.

Seed ordering get together

Dawn_W — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:30:08 +0000

It’s time to start planning for our spring gardens, so join us at Recess Coffee House this Tuesday, January 19th at 6:00pm to place an order with Fedco Seeds. Fedco is a coop seed distributor in Maine with a commitment to small, local producers and sustainably produced/non-GMO seed. Best of all, if we order in bulk, we get a discount.

Check out their catalog at www.fedcoseeds.com and bring your order. We’ll also have a copy of the catalog there and a laptop, so if you don’t have a chance to look in advance, don’t worry, you can browse when you get there!

Recess is at 110 Harvard Place in Syracuse.

Help Grow Community Gardening!

Lonnie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:29:02 +0000

Syracuse Grows

Community Gardening Resource Drive and Clean Up
April 25

Resource Drive: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Bring donations to Lipe Art Park, W Fayette St., near S Geddes St.
Rain Location: The Gear Factory, corner of W Fayette and S Geddes

All new and gently used gardening tools are greatly appreciated.
Donations should be clean and in good working order.
Monetary donations are also welcome!
Make checks payable to Syracuse Grows.

Needed:

Tools and equipment…
Shovels, pitch forks, hoes, trowels, metal and plasic rakes, pruners, scissors, loppers, hedge clippers, wheelbarrows, rototillers, push mowers, hammers, nails, screws, nuts, bolts, handsaws, and children’s gardening tools.

Planting and Gardening Materials…
Vegetable and flower seed, starter plants and cover crop seed, tomato cages and dowels, compost, soil, pre-bagged commercial fertilizer (manure), pesticide-free mulch, plant pots, tubs, containers, garden bed liner, garden gloves, watering cans, compost bins, food grade barrels for rain barrels, soaker hoses and spray nozzles, twine, wire, and string.

Building Materials…
Plywood and lumber: untreated lumber of various widths and at least 4 ft. in length

Structural Materials…
Tool sheds, greenhouses, shade houses, arbors, trellises, bricks and cinder blocks, chipping, pebbles and stones, wood chips and wooden pallets, picnic tables, chairs, benches, char-coal barbeque grills, and fencing material: wood posts, medium gauge wiring, hardware cloth, mesh fencing.

Garden Clean Up: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at any of 11 gardens. See map below.

Volunteer:

Garden…
Pull weeds, till soil, apply compost and fertilizers, trim hedges and trees, plant trees, hedges and starter plants

Build…
Build raised beds and fencing, paint signs and picnic tables

Neighborhood cleanup…
Work with OCRRA to clean litter on streets surrounding the gardens

Meet your neighborhood community gardeners…

For more information, or to arrange early donation drop-off or pick-up, please contact:
(315) 443-4890 or syracusegrows@gmail.com
Lipe Art Park is on W Fayette St, near S Geddes St. See map HERE.

Participating Community Gardens

1. Northside Community Garden I
207 Isabella Street * Beth Killian * 415-9594
2. Northside Community Garden II
1004 Townsend Street * Beth Killian * 415-9594
3. Eastside PEACE, Inc. Community Garden
202 S. Beech Street * Lori Covington * 470-3325
4. Westcott Neighborhood Community Garden
127 Harvard Place * Sasha Salayda * 447-8593
5. Lipe Art Park Community Garden
W. Fayette and S Geddes Streets * Jeanie Gleisner * 677-9147
6. Avery House Residential Garden
420 S Avery Avenue * Ron Reid * 487-3314
7. Midland Ave Community Garden
341 Midland Avenue * Aggie Lane * 478-4571
8. McLennan Ave Community Garden
258 McLennan Avenue * Tony Williams * 472-3221
9. Cannon Street Community Center Community Garden
515 Cannon Street * Denise Moore * 491-1382
10. Cannon Street Community Garden
620 Cannon Street * Carolyn Stanley * 478-8525
11. West Newell Street Community Garden
612 W Newell Street * Mable Wilson * 471-7063

Come learn about your neighborhood’s community gardens and help them prepare for spring planting. Community gardens will host spring clean up and open house events from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.

RSVP

Please call or email to let us know which garden you’d like to volunteer at:
443-4890 or syracusegrows@gmail.com

White House Vegetable Garden

psm — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:22:13 +0000

Here is the article. I’m so glad they did this. I love how they’re incorporating marigolds as an organic gardening technique!

Edible Gardening CNY

psm — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:43:00 +0000

I just recently found out about another group dedicated to slow food practices: Edible Gardening CNY. Started by John Allen, the focus of this group is on productive gardening at home. The next meeting is January 24th at 2PM in the Liverpool Library and will answering the question: “What do you need to start growing vegetables?” Shoot John an email if you want to get on his mailing list: eg.cny /at/ verizon.net (substituting the @ sign).

And if you haven’t yet, send me an email to get on the Slow Food CNY list: earthscape / at / gmail.com (thanks to John for the email format inspiration!)