Thank you to you all who participated in the photo booth at Rooting DC this year! Here is a look at the faces and reflections of those who participated! Please feel free to share the video with family and friends!

Rooting DC 2012 Photo Booth Video

Rooting DC 2012 was a success!

Thank you for sharing your energizing feelings of friendship, creativity, inspiration, connection, love, and support to make this event possible! Here is to a great kickoff for the 2012 season!! 

The Beet Street Gardens clan at Rooting DC 2012

Just a reminder for everyone who is planning on coming to Rooting DC on February 18th to sign up via our registration portal on www.rootingdc.org!

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Rooting DC 2012 Flyer

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!

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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.