Thursday, January 22, 2009

Community Garden Update

Good evening, NECKO -

In preparation for the NECKO Neighborhood Garden, April passed along an invitation for folks interested in attending some free classes and planning sessions . 

If you're interested, please respond to this email and we can set up a car pool.

Here's the information:

2009 Scotts Miracle Gro Urban Garden Academy

The Scotts Miracle Gro Urban Garden Academy is a comprehensive series of courses designed to provide community gardeners with the skills and resources needed to successfully implement and sustain a community garden.  The Academy is presented as a partnership between the Columbus Foundation, The Scotts Miracle Gro Company and the Franklin Park Conservatory.

All classes listed below will be held in the lower level classrooms on

Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 pm at Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E. Broad St.

Classes are free and open to the public. Call 614-645-5952 to reserve a space.

Organizing Your Community Garden 1 -  February 4th

Organizing Your Community Garden 2 -  February 11th


Garden Programming -  February 18th


The Sustainable Community Garden -  February 25th