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Community Garden News!
UMD Extension Offers Food Preservation Class
Are you interested in producing more of your own food, either to save money or avoid things like "pink slime" in your food? If so, this class may be for you!
The idea of bagging apples with paper or plastic bags to protect them from fungus and pests, to help them to develop a bigger size and a sweeter taste sounds foolish but it's not. Read more at the "Grow it Eat It website!
In Celebration of Salad.....read more about it in the Germantown Patch!
"Officially known as a Salad Table, this innovation in gardening is the brainchild of Jon Traunfeld, director of the Home and Garden Information Center at the University of Maryland Extension. Traunfeld is a state Master Gardener coordinator and the University of Maryland extension specialist in vegetables and fruits. Elevated salad tables allow for people with limited mobility to enjoy gardening. The garden can literally come to you. Garden tables don't take up much space, so they are small enough to be used by apartment and condo dwellers. Since they are portable, they can be reused by a number of people, including elementary school classes."
Upcoming Dates for the Sheridan Street Community Garden
- Workday: Saturday, May 19 from 10 am – 1 pm
- Garden meeting: Tuesday, June 12 at 7 pm
- Workday: Saturday, June 16 from 9 am – noon
- Garden Meeting: Tuesday, July 10 at 7 pm
- Garden Workday: Saturday, July 21 from 9am-noon
- Garden Meeting: Tuesday, August 14 at 7 pm
- Garden Meeting: Tuesday, September 11 at 7 pm
- Garden Meeting: Tuesday, October 9 at 7 pm
- Garden Meeting: Tuesday, November 13 at 7 pm
There are no more available plots at the Sheridan Street Community Garden for the 2012 growing season. To get on the waiting list, please fill out an application and mail it to our office without payment. We will collect payment when a plot is assigned. Please be sure to direct it to the attention of Christie Balch or email her the application at cbalch@umd.edu.
Grand Opening of the Sheridan Street Community Garden October 22, 2011
The Sheridan Street Community Garden, operated by University of Maryland Extension, is located at the Center for Educational Partnership. With 39 plots, the garden serves individuals, families, and community groups such as the Maryland Multicultural Youth Center, GapBuster Learning Center, and William Wirt Middle School.
Gardeners use their plots to grow food; crops include tomatoes, okra, corn, peppers, watermelon, and more. People sign up for their plots each spring and pay a nominal fee (currently $20.00) to cover the cost of shared expenses.Trainings are offered several times per year and gardeners are provided with water, compost, and tools. Monthly workdays offer chances for gardeners to come together and maintain common areas. Community members are invited to workdays and other garden events.
Community gardens provide recreational outdoor activity as well as a fun and friendly environment for people of all ages, incomes, and cultures to work the land together and share their gardening knowledge and ideas.
For more information on the Sheridan Street Community Garden, contact:
Christie Balch
University of Maryland Extension Program Coordinator
Center for Educational Partnership
6200 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD 20737
Email: cbalch@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 779-2806 x706
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For general gardening information in the State of Maryland, contact: The University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center; Grow It, Eat It; and Maryland Master Gardener Training.
For more information on community gardening, including how to start a community garden, contact: The American Community Gardening Association.
Get Involved!
Internships & volunteer opportunities with University of Maryland Extension at the Center for Educational Partnership. We welcome interns and volunteers to our programs. Currently, we are seeking interns and volunteers in the following programs:
• Sheridan Street Community Garden – to establish a composting program
• Outreach and publicity – to work on social media, press releases, and advertising events
Donate:
The Sheridan Street Garden’s Wish List:
• Shovels
• Leather gardening gloves
• Pruners
ShareThisFor more information, contact Christie Balch, Prince Georges County Extension Coordinator; 301-779-2806 ext. 706
Last updated: 05/16/2012
Maryland State Fair 2012 Youth Employees - Due July 15th
It is that time again! The Maryland State Fair will be coming up and we are looking for 4-H youth who would like to work at the State Fair. This opportunity is open to senior 4-Hers. Visit our website at http://www.maryland4h.org/What%20New.cfm for the application materials due back to Linda Walsh by July 15th.
See you at the Fair! - posted May 15, 2012
Maryland 4-H Scholarships
Don't forget! Maryland 4-H Scholarship Applications are due June 1, 2012! - posted May 15, 2012
Diamond Clover Revisions
Our Revised Diamond Clover Guidelines are posted on our website in the “Youth and Families” section under “Awards & Recognition”. These revisions will apply to all 2013 Diamond Clover Proposals – note the due date for 2013 Proposals at the State 4-H Office is September 15th – and for future years – remember the September 15th due date at the State Office level. Youth should check for local turnaround times with their 4-H Educators. NOTE: since the Diamond Clover Guideline have just been revised – we do not want to deter any current plans or projects – so, we will accept any proposals approved at the county/city level for this year, so send any that you have gotten approved on the county/city level to the State 4-H Office – THEN for 2013 we will start with the September 15th Deadline. - posted May 15, 2012
