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Celebrate ROOTS
Village Roots Garden
Bay View, WI 1115 East Otjen Street
Thursday, July 17th 6:00PM-8:00PM
The Bay View Garden And Yard Society warmly welcomes residents from all over Milwaukee to learn about how Village Roots Community Garden came to be the flourishing, beautiful and productive garden existing today. Come share your vision for improving milwaukee! We will discuss ways to overcome obstacles and build strong, successful gardens and projects to benefit our neighborhoods and the entire city.
Native Plant Sale
Saturday, June 28 from 9 - 12 at Humboldt Alterra
Part of proceeds go to Riverwest Neighborhood Association for native plants for Linear Park,
part of an old railroad corridor, now a bicycle path extending Northwest from Bremen & Burleigh
Growing Power in NY Times Online
By TRACIE McMILLAN Published: May 7, 2008
..In Milwaukee, the nonprofit Growing Power operates a one-acre farm crammed with plastic greenhouses, compost piles, do-it-yourself contraptions, tilapia tanks and pens full of hens, ducks and goats — and grossed over $220,000 last year from the sale of lettuces, winter greens, sprouts and fish to local restaurants and consumers.read the entire article
Community Garden Program Intern : SeedFolks Youth Ministry
SeedFolks Youth Ministry is seeking to hire an individual to assist in implementing garden programming at Alice’s Garden (2029 N. 20th Street) and Hockings Heritage Garden (4716 N. 45th Street).
Job Description:
The Program Intern will be responsible for helping to implement the Children’s Garden Program at Alice’s Garden and Family Garden Programs at Hockings Heritage Garden and Alice’s Garden. The Program Intern reports directly to the Executive Director. Please read the attached Intern Job Description and Contact info (download .pdf document, 77Kb)
Implementing Plan Bee Program aims to teach beekeeping on County Grounds
By Annysa Johnson
anjohnson@journalsentinel.com
Posted: April 28, 2008, Milwaukee Journal Online
Wauwatosa - There is a saying among urban beekeepers:
Keep your fences high, your head down and your neighbor’s honey pot full.
It’s a nod, of course, to the undeserved bad rap of honeybees, those mostly docile pollinators of flowers and fruit trees and vegetables, which are lumped more often than not with their ornery cousins, the hornet and wasp.
The University of Wisconsin Extension is aiming to change that negative perception and bring urban beekeeping out in the open with a new program plan. JSOnline.com article — Other links
SeedFolks, by Paul Fleischman
Wednesday, May 21
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
3617 N. 48th Street
Thirteen voices come together to tell the story of how they came together to transform a vacant inner-city lot into a neighborhood garden. It is a short, easy read, that tells a wonderful story of what it means for people to come together across age, cultural and other lines that sometimes separate us, to understand and see each other. We will read aloud to one another and discuss the story at the end. Books will be provided for the reading.
Drinks will be provided. Please bring a potluck dish to share! Childcare will be provided for younger children!
If you plan to attend, contact Venice Williams at 414.444.5950 or 414.687.0122 or
email to venice
Hiring for Seasonal Farm Educator Positions
We’ve had an overwhelming response to our spring and summer programs, and are hiring for additional seasonal farm educator positions. If you or someone you know loves working with children, nurturing the soil and plants, and being active outdoors, we’d love to hear from you. To learn about available positions, please contact Learning Farm Manager, Nicole Jain Capizzi, at
or 847–548–4062 x 14.
Urban Agriculture Conference
MUAN and members sponsored the Pollinating Our Future:Urban Agriculture Conference, in Milwaukee Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2008. See the flyer, press release, and link to the conference’s website on the Urban Agriculture Conference Project page. It was attended by over 400 people from around North America. There were also folks from Canada, the UK, Netherlands, Kenya and Ghana. In response to this conference, the City of Milwaukee has recently hired an Urban Agricultural Coordinator in the Office of Sustainability, and is conducting community meetings to push urban agriculture forward in the city.
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