I know you all are waiting anxiously for the 5th Annual Rooting DC, which is still on its way in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, come and celebrate the excitement with us this Thursday, February 2nd, 5 – 8 pm at The Looking Glass Lounge!

Check out the Facebook event for complete details: https://www.facebook.com/events/312966532075646/

Celebration!

Join us for some treats and good company to celebrate 5 years of Rooting DC! We will be asking for a $10 donation at the door, but this is a suggested donation, and no one will be turned away! There are also some excellent drink specials from Looking Glass Lounge: $2 off draft beers, $1 off rail drinks and special just for US a $4 Rooter Shooter!!!

Silent Auction Fundraiser!

We have some awesome prizes so please bring cash or a checkbook & come ready for bidding! Prizes include gift baskets, certificates to yummy local restaurants, and many more! All money raised from the silent auction will go directly towards offsetting the cost of the Rooting DC forum (to keep it free for all who attend!)

Hope you can make it on Thursday! If not, save the date for Rooting DC – February 18th, 2012 from 9:30-4. Registration details coming very soon!

Stay up to date with Rooting DC details on Facebook and on Twitter (Follow us @RootingDC and help spread the word with #RootingDC !!)

Please come! Rooting DC is an annual, FREE, community and urban gardening focused forum, with over 500 attendees! Come, attend sessions to learn and get information about what is going on in your communities and how you can get involved. Want to know how you start your own garden or how to compost? Come to Rooting DC 2012!

Please feel free to pass this information and flier along to others – Hope to see you all there!

Follow us on Twitter @RootingDC as well as on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rootingdc

When: January 12th, 2012 from 5-8 pm

Where: Madam’s Organ, 2461 18th St NW in Adams Morgan

What: Neighborhood Farm Initiative fundraiser to support Rooting DC 2012. Suggested donation of $15 includes entrance see and a Rooting DC t-shirt. Come to Madam’s Organ to eat, drink and enjoy the company of fellow RDC supporters. Madam’s Organ will graciously donate $1 per drink (including soda and juice) that is sold during happy hour, as well as 20% of all food sales! As always, seeds will be available from NFI!

Please come to support the Chipotle fundraiser to benefit the DC Field to Fork Network at the 19th and M location in Washington DC from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Please bring a copy of the following flier to support the fundraiser.

Fifty percent of purchases made will go directly to DC Field to Fork Network to help support the Rooting DC conference.

DC State Fair will be hosting a seedling swap of vegetables and herbs for area gardeners. Please start extra seed to share with your neighbors and bring them on down to Columbia Heights on May 14! Get new varieties, share tips with new and experienced growers, and learn a little more about DC State Fair. If you don’t have seedlings to share, come by anyway, we’ll have extras to get you started on your DC State Fair entries for this fall!

Date & Time: Saturday May 14, 10 AM to noon (please arrive promptly!)

Location: 14th Street NW and Park Road NW (one block north of Columbia Heights metro at the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace)

Cost/Registration Details: Free! Please come promptly at 10 AM with your seedlings to ensure everyone is able to share information about the plants and see what’s available during the swap.

Web Link and E-mail for More Information: Please visit dcstatefair.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/swapping-seedlings for more information or e-mail kenneth@thedcstatefair.org.

ROOTING DC IS BACK

DC’s Field to Fork Network where all good things about urban gardening occur is hosting its 4th annual Rooting DC event.

Whether you have a GREEN thumb or not you are encouraged to come out and discover everything about urban gardening in DC. DC’s Field to Fork Network is an amazing organization that came together not all that long ago to help DC’s residents understand more about the opportunity that exists in their own backyards as well as area community gardens that exist around the District for public use.

If you have ever wandered around the District you sometimes come across these amazing garden spaces that have neighbors busy tending little Summer garden plots. Some community gardens are larger than others and there are more in some areas than others. Field to Fork has a great map of all the garden plots.

EVENT DETAILS - Pre Registration is required

Contact 202-638-1649

Saturday Feb 19th

Time – 9:30am 4pm

Location – Coolidge High School, 6315 5th St NW

Cross-posted from Green DC Daily: http://greendcdaily.com/dcs-best-urban-gardening-event

Rooting DC, our annual urban gardening forum is just around the corner!  We are just 2 weeks away from the big event!!

Rooting DC is a free, day long program with workshops, round-table discussions, lunch and an information fair that focuses on gardening, food, and healthy eating. We aim to educate the public, especially those in food insecure communities, on the production (growing), distribution (getting fresh food to people who need it), preparation (cooking and serving) and preservation (freezing, canning) of fresh produce that is grown locally, sustainably and without harmful chemicals.

The goals of Rooting DC are to:

·   Build community among groups and individuals who want to improve the health of our city through gardening and small scale agriculture

·   Share information and resources about gardening and access to affordable fresh food

·   Provide opportunity for DC gardeners to coalesce around specific areas of interest

·   Identify volunteer opportunities by creating a database of community-based garden projects

·   Keep gardeners connected via periodical e-newsletters that highlight volunteer opportunities, events and news from participants

The event will be held Saturday, February 19, 2011 from 9:30am-4:30pm at Coolidge High School 6315 5th Street NW.

Call us at 202-638-1649 now to pre-register!

We are pleased to announce that Michael Twitty will be joining us this year, speaking on Working Our Roots: Heritage Gardening to Heal Communities.  Mr Twitty is a recognized food historian, community scholar and living history professional of African American food and folk culture.  He is webmaster of www.afrofoodways.com, the first website devoted to the preservation of historic African American foods and foodways.  He is currently writing a new blog, Afroculinaria, further demonstrating his passion for food and its relationship to cultures of African descent around the world.  Check it out now!  afroculinaria.wordpress.com

Donate now to help support the forum!  Click here, and please note RDC in the comments section to earmark your donation.
Does your business want to sell its wares to 500 gardeners and healthy food advocates?  There are still vending tables available for $100/table!  Are you able to serve as a sponsor or a partner, by providing Rooting DC a tax-deductible contribution of $300+ (or with donated items or services for the event with a retail value of $300+)?  Email RootingDCForum@gmail.com for the details, or read our sponsorship letter online now.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR OR SPONSOR IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH!