Sunday, April 23, 2017, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

In celebration of Earth Day 2017, which is Saturday, April 23, please come to the In the Gardens Earth Day Volunteer Day on Sunday, April 23. You will learn about gardens and growing food while you help us plant this season’s fruits, veggies, herbs and flowers.

The In the Gardens garden is in Melrose Park, a near west suburb of Chicago.

Some of the day’s tasks will include:

• Composting and organic-fertilizing the beds

• Pruning the grapevines

• Planting seeds and plants outdoors

• Sowing seeds in indoor trays for more cold sensitive plants

• Setting up trellising

• Fertilizing trees and setting up water bags

• Spring cleanup

• Fine-tuning our drip system

• And there is always weeding to do!

Seeds from our Garden

Fun benefits: We have some In the Gardens-grown seeds for you to take with you to plant in your own yard or community garden!

Refreshments will be provided!

If you have any of these tools, we would be grateful if you bring them: shovels, trowels, weeding tools, spading forks, wheelbarrow, garden gloves. Thanks!

It will be helpful to have some idea how many people are coming.
Please let us know by email at rabbidamsky@inthegardens.org
or on Facebook at: bit.ly/SpringITG2017
See our Facebook page or email us if you need directions or have any questions.

Why is this Important?

In the Gardens works to enhance health and well-being in areas with limited access to fresh food. In the past year we have:

• Donated over 700 pounds of fresh produce to pantries and hunger programs,

• Employed three inner city interns, teaching them valuable career skills,

• Planted gardens with several schools and organizations, empowering children
  and adults in broader ownership of their fresh foods, and

• Taught mindfulness practice for enhanced well being and increased compassion.

We can work together to mitigate hunger
across barriers of race, ethnicity, faith and economics,
bringing people together in kindness and warmth.