The Victory Garden Initiative, Transition Milwaukee, Community Growers, and other partners will attempt to answer that question on Memorial Day weekend, when teams of volunteers will install gardens at a number of sites around Milwaukee. Planned sites include private homes, a rooftop garden at a local business, a food pantry, a church, and schools. The goal is to bring attention to the importance of cultivating community resilience through gardening – anywhere and everywhere, and now!There has never been a better time for gardening!
• Provides food security in an unstable economy.
• Reduces our dependence on fossil fuels.
• Know where you food comes from and how it’s grown.
How you can help:
• Come play in the dirt with us! Email gretchenmead@hotmail.com or call 414-943-0109 to volunteer.
• Gather a team and start your own garden project! Get help and learn more at thevictorygardeninitiative.com.
• Donate. We need soil, lumber, plants, rainbarrels, and more. Cash & material donations are much appreciated… and tax-deductible!
• Spread the word! Call or email your friends, share this flier, write a letter to your local paper, post or make an announcement at your church, school, workplace, or organization. Let’s get growing!
This is a grassroots movement.
Move grass. Grow food.
thevictorygardeninitiative.com
Posted: May 14th, 2009 under Events, Neighborhoods, Our Community.
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