Tollgate Community Gardens Our mission is to support and facilitate the development of a School-based community garden for residents of the Tollgate Community. We will work closely with the Vangaurd Classical School and Mrachek Middle school who has given us permission to develop a portion of the school grounds into a co-op garden we can all learn and benefit from. We will encourage youth and seniors from a variety of backgrounds to work together to acheive a healthy, sustainable community garden. The school will benefit from the on-site garden with hands on learning in any applicaple class discussions and assignments. For the community, members will be able to rent plots which they will help maintain and a portion of their produce must be donated back to the school or others in leu of plot rental fees. It will also provide a location for community weekend gatherings such as Yoga, mindfulness and of course gardening. The garden will promote self-reliance, physical activity, social interaction and contribute to the health and well being of the community. The center will create a space for community gatherings and ceremonies that will serve as a learning environment for traditional foods, herbs and medicines, and urban agriculture. In addition, the center plans to incorporate a youth garden club, provide sustainability teachings through a native plant demonstration rain garden, and initiate gardening and agricultural conversations through events and listening sessions. .. Where its at: Vangaurd Classical school/Mrachek Middle school Aurora, CO 80017. United States FacebookGarden type: multi-site gardens Garden size (in square feet): 1000 Garden beneficiaries: at-risk youth and food insecure people Number of people reached: 300 What this project needs: funds,tools,seeds,seedlings,fruit trees,soil,mulch,lumber,greenhouse,coldframe,watering hose,rototiller,compost bin,Project leaders: Mandi Nancy Kochis Contact the project leaders here by email to offer help .........About us: KGI is a nonprofit community of over 30,000 people who are growing some of our own food and helping others to do the same.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 03:56:01 +0000
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