Growing Together Community Gardening/Urban Farming Conference – Rochester, NY
Growing Together
Community Garden Conference
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Location
Rochester City Hall, Atrium
30 Church St. Rochester, NY 14614
Free parking available at City Hall
Morning Tour
9am – Noon
$15 per person (includes lunch / limited to 50)
Take a ride on the U of R bio-bus for a tour of Freshlink’s hydroponic facility and drive-by tours of
area school and community gardens. Meet in the City Hall parking lot on Fitzhugh St.
How-to Community Garden
12:45 pm – 5:30 pm
$10 per person
Area experts will guide you step-by-step during three break-out sessions: 1) Soil Health
2) A-Z Organic Garden Planning, and 3) Community Garden and Urban Agriculture Development and Policy.
Business, organization and vendor tables available
Cost: $10 each
Reserve a table to advertise your community supported agriculture project, farm, business, organization or product.
· Purchase Soil Test Kits
· Community Garden Permits
· Free Seeds
· Ask the Expert
· Vendor Fair
To download a registration form, go to www.rochesterroots.org
Questions?
Please call Jan McDonald at 585-232-1463
Organizers: The Gandhi Institute and Rochester Roots
Sponsored by: The City of Rochester, The Rochester Area Community Foundation, Lori’s Natural Foods, Abundance Co-op and Phoenix Graphics
All proceeds benefit Rochester Roots
Your Privacy Choices
Hi, I’m interested in the tour but does the tour include the machine guide? I love the garden machines and want to know more about them
I am just passing this info. on in my blog. I am not organizing the tour. You will need to direct your question to the organizers to get an answer.