Time for Another Garden Meeting! It’s been a long time 😥 …. so starting NOW these important, epic, and colorful meetings are going to be a regular part of growing forward! So: If you are involved in anyway with the garden and want to interact and plan for the coming growing season (October through May) …
We are ready for many hands working on the 6 acres of the Fruitful Field again! Join us Saturday the 21st from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm for a great time: Prepping new garden areas Planting food pantry crops Finishing out an Irrigation project Weeding Weeds/ Chopping Invasives Click on “PROJECTS” for more information
Summer heat and occasional downpours are working at growing watermelons and greens in the Fruitful Field. The watermelons are growing fast and beautiful and are from the planting activity of the Tedder 1st graders on a spring field trip. The sliced watermelon was served at the weekly Sunday community breakfast– every Sunday at 9:00 at …
When last we talked about Workdays we shared some of the pictures of our fierce efforts at getting out the trees we call invasives. Once again we are inviting you to be part of sending more of these trees to the chipper and the dumpster. Why the fixation on invasives you ask? The trees …
Here at The Fruitful Field — Parkway Tedder Community Garden– the rains are slowly starting to get more regular and the plants love the warm weather, growing as fast as water and food allow them to. That means that invasives like the Brazilian Pepper (also called Florida holly) and the Australian pines (nothing against these …
Thanks to everyone who came to the Work Day! The hot sunny weather was tolerable as the battle of invasives really went forward. The day saw new faces (awesome!), chainsaws of all sorts and in all sorts of repair, Japanese machetes, saws, crimpers, oversized wagons and heavy duty work gloves–combined with lots of water/food/and conversation. …
Varroom, Vrroom– Start your engines! (Chain saw engines, that is!) Come see if your chain saw is ready for this year’s active hurricane season and take care of invasive trees while you’re at it! Prefer taking out trees instead of planting them? Then this Work Day is for you! Join us at the Garden and …
Work Day Saturday May 29th, Parkway Tedder Community Garden & Food Forest Read More »
This last week has been hopping with activity as kids from Tedder Elementary are making it a regular part of their learning circuit. We’ve had a great new addition to our volunteer team– Chloe Lyon and friends– for the last two weeks Chloe and 3 of her friends have been helping out with the eager, …
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On a beautiful warm South Florida day about one hundred 3rd graders from Tedder elementary came bouncing through the gates to enjoy over an hour’s worth of learning and fun at the Garden and Fruit Forest. As you can see from the pictures below, today’s big project was “worm towers”. It’s a way of building …
3rd Grade Visit- Worm Towers! More Adult Volunteers Needed Read More »
