10/09/2024
LAST DAY to register! Join us 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, October 12 at the Beltsville Community Center for the Prince George’s County Community Garden Summit.
Details below, register here https://bit.ly/47DMutz
See you Saturday!
GROWING AND GARDENING FOR COMMUNITY
Stacey Evers is the co-founder and chair of Hands on Harvests (HOH), a nonprofit boosting access to fresh produce and reducing food waste. In 2023, their gardeners delivered 12,000 pounds of backyard produce to local food pantries. HOH also establishes community gardens in food-insecure neighborhoods and runs a demonstration learning garden in in Northern Virginia.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM
Shurrell Hester, AmeriCorps VISTA, at UMD Dining Services, discusses the University of Maryland’s award-winning commitment to sustainability. UMD's sustainable food efforts span across the food system from farm to fork to compost: they operate the farmers market, campus pantry, Terp Farm, and partner with sustainable producers.
WHAT AND WHEN TO GROW: FALL AND WINTER GARDENING
George Vandenberghe is a winter-garden expert with years of experience successfully growing, harvesting, and overwintering, including citrus. He will discuss the many vegetables suitable for fall, winter, and spring gardening. Learn more about this strategy to extend our vegetable growing season and adapt to climate change.
