Upcoming Syracuse Grows Workshops and Events

Join Syracuse Grows for two workshops and our 4th Annual Harvest Dinner!

Building Raised Garden Beds Workshop: Wednesday, September 14th Les Ulm and Greg Michel will lead a free gardening workshop on building raised garden beds at the Southwest Community Farm (100 Bellevue Avenue). The workshop will include a demonstration by Les on how to build your own raised garden beds with lumber and other materials. Greg will lead a discussion about Garden Soxx, an innovative raised garden bed solution.

When and where: 5:30-7:30pm at the Southwest Community Farm (100 Bellevue Avenue) View Flyer

Canning Workshop: Kathy Dischner will teach a water-bath canning workshop at Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park (2300 Grant Boulevard), Monday, September 19th. She will show how to properly store food contents and workshop participants will can a salsa and dilly bean recipe! Space is limited for this workshop, please RSVP to reserve your spot.

When and where: September 19th, 5:30-7:30pm at the Magnarelli Community Center at McChesney Park (2300 Grant Boulevard) View Flyer

Harvest Dinner: The 4th Annual Harvest Dinner and Celebration will take place Sunday, September 25 in the early evening at the Southwest Community Farm. The farm-to-table celebration will be potluck style and will also include farm-grown fare. Everyone is welcome; please bring a dish to pass.

When and where: September 25th, 3:30-5:30pm at the Southwest Community Farm

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Sustainable Strategies for Urban Gardens and Landscapes

Free Community Gardening Workshop!

Wednesday, August 31st from 5:30-7:30pm at the Westcott Community Garden (127 Harvard Place, Syracuse NY 13210)

The University neighborhood brims with a wide range of sustainable landscape and garden practices. Using neighborhood examples, Terry will discuss appropriate plant material choices for four season interest, pesticide-free management of pests, soil management, autumn leaf management, and lawn management in small spaces, with opportunity to ask questions.

We’ll start at the Westcott Community Garden with a discussion and refreshments, and then take a two or three block walk through the neighborhood to discuss examples of various lawn, landscape and garden strategies.

Please bring a lawn chair for sitting in the garden. Rain Location: Recess Coffee House (110 Harvard Place).

Long-time neighborhood resident, Terry Ettinger, will lead the program. He manages the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry teaching and research greenhouse complex (www.esf.edu/greenhouses), owns Terry L. Ettinger Horticulture Consulting Services (www.tlehcs.com), and hosts the weekly “Weeder’s Digest” radio program on FM News Radio 106.9 and 570 WSYR and the award-winning Your News Now television programs “Garden Journeys” and “Going Green.” Terry is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and a New York State Nursery & Landscape Association Certified Nursery Professional.

Join Terry Ettinger and fellow community gardeners for a free workshop on Sustainable Strategies for Urban Gardens and Landscapes! View the workshop flyer.

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Upcoming Workshops:

Building Raised Garden Beds

with a Raised Bed Building Demonstration by Les Ulm

5:30-7:30pm Wednesday September 14, 2011

at the Southwest Community Farm (100 Bellevue Avenue, Syracuse NY)

Urban Garden Composting Workshop

Wednesday, August 24th

5:30-7:30pm at the Assisi Center

(800 N. Salina St. Syracuse NY 13208)

Join us for a free gardening workshop led by Greg Gelewski, Recycling Operations Manager at OCRRA and Syracuse Grows Board Member, Sarah Brown. Learn the basics of composting including aeration, proper moisture levels, carbon to nitrogen ratios and composting in Syracuse weather! The workshop will begin with a short presentation at the Assisi Center; then we will walk to the Isabella Street Tapestry Garden for a composting demonstration. Refreshments provided.

This workshop, for Syracuse community and home gardeners, is co-hosted Syracuse Grows, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County.

Click to see the workshop flyer. For additional information or to RSVP, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (315) 424-9485 ext 229.

The event will be rain or shine. The Assisi Center is a wonderful inside meeting space located in the same building as the Credit Union on the corner of Catawba and N. Salina.

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Look forward to more Syracuse Grows workshops!

Holistic Pest Workshop with Karen Kerney

In the shade of the Stone Soup Community Garden, Syracuse Grows, NOFA-NY, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension sponsored the first Gardening Workshop of the summer for local gardeners in the area. Karen Kerney led the workshop, presenting her garden knowledge to combat weeds and pests holistically. Community members and gardeners snacked on local and organic refreshments, shared gardening stories, identified weeds in the community garden, and learned many valuable gardening tricks for growing a healthy garden. The workshop also discussed natural solutions to ward off pests, conversed about companion planting, and then dug their hands in the raised beds of the Stone Soup Community Garden to help weed!

Look forward to more summer and fall workshops. All workshops will be posted to the Syracuse Grows website and Syracuse Grows calendar.