Santa Fe Community Gardens promotes local gardening and food growing by offering Santa Fe County residents garden space, resources, and education and by facilitating community partnerships.
Please explore our site and get involved!
Love Your Mother (Earth) Youth Permaculture Workshop, a two-part permaculture workshop for youth, ages 8-18, will introduce participants to basic skills in urban gardening, water conservation and sustainable construction. SF Farmer’s Market snacks will be provided.
Facilitated by Michael Meade of Santa Fe, NM. Michael studied sustainability in Australia for several months through a School for International Training program focused on permaculture, organic farming, renewable energy and sustainable community development. He graduated from Connecticut College in 2010 with a self-designed degree in Sustainability, integrating studies of ecological restoration, environmental politics, environmental anthropology, water conservation, and more.
When: Saturday, August 21 & Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am - 2:00pm.
Where: Santa Fe Railyard Park, performance area.
Requested Donation: $20
Reservations: Michael Meade (505) 470-9245, rootshealer@gmail.com <mailto:rootshealer@gmail.com>
The Santa Fe Art Institute, Tewa Women United, and New Energy Economy present:
Activist, Economist, and Environmentalist
Winona LaDuke
Wednesday August 18
7pm
Tipton Hall
CLIMATE CHANGE:
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
Ojibwe prophecies speak of a time when we will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well-worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities and as individuals how we will proceed. We’ve already raised the average temperature of the globe one degree. The question is whether we can stop it from rising much more: this is at the core of our survival. It is essential for us to look at the world’s economic and environmental realities in order to make critical decisions about our future.
That means we must address issues such as climate change, peak oil and food insecurity.
Join Seeds of Change for their 2010 Field Days on July 26 and September 7 at the Seeds of Change farm in San Juan Pueblo.
Learn how cover crops and using simple techniques and equipment can improve soil fertility and help control weeds from Eero Ruuttila, our farm manager. Eero will give a tour of the fields and answer questions in two “Cover Crops & Soil Fertility” sessions on Monday, July 26. The morning session is 9:30am to 12:00pm and the afternoon session is 4:30 to 7:00pm.
Come celebrate flavors and colors on a field tour of our variety trials of tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupes, squash, beans and other crops on Tuesday, September 7. The “Variety Trials & Tasting Panels” is designed for chefs and fresh produce retailers as well as for growers. Tour our fields from 9:0am to 3:00pm and participate in taste panels of our fresh produce from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Space for both events is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please call 505-438-6529 for details.
On Sunday July 18th, there is a ceremony and Potluck scheduled from 5-8pm at Frenchy’s Field.
Santa Fe Chapter of Native Plant Society of New Mexico
A presentation by Bob Pennington
Owner of Agua Fria Nursery
“Planting Native Plants in the Spring”
Thursday, March 18, 2010- 6:30 PM
REI Store Community Rm: 100 Market St. off Guadalupe St. Railyard
Free parking in the area after 6 PM
For information call Tom Antonio 690-5105 or tom@thomasantonio.org
Seeds of Change is having a free seed giveaway on April 16th, 3pm, at their seed farm in El Guique.
For more information, please contact
Gardening Helpline - Seeds of Change
505-699-1462
866-532-1707 toll free
The meeting to become a participant (member) of the City of Santa Fe Community Gardens will be held at the Seniors Center on 1121 Alto St. On Tuesday March 16, 2010 at 5:30 pm. We will be voting to elect the Mayor Domo (Garden Master) and the Garden Council for the Sunnyslope Meadows Community Garden. The Garden Council and Garden Master will then take the applications and decide on who will be given a plot.
For more information, please contact
Jessie Esparza, Project Specialist
City of Santa Fe
505-955-2106
505-955-2111
Volunteers have been putting in many hours to prepare the gardens for operation. Planting time has come, and many are eager to plant in their individual plots. Some of the projects undertaken at the last two work days include laying out plots, mulching pathways, digging post holes for a new fence around the garden, and installing guards to guide hoses. A few people have tilled and planted their beds, and more will follow in the coming days.
photo credit: Seth Roffman
photo credit: Seth Roffman
