Good Food, Good Jobs: Turning Food Deserts into Jobs Oases: Wednesday, May 5, 5pm Foggy Bottom FreshFarm Market. Join the Progressive Policy Institute as we present Good Food, Good Jobs: Turning Food Deserts into Jobs Oases, a policy report by Joel Berg with very special guest Tom Colicchio, Chef, Head Judge of Bravo’s Top Chef and Owner of Craft Restaurants. RSVP here.
National Public Gardens Day: Friday, May 7, 10 am–5 pm, 100 Maryland Avenue SW. The US Botanic Garden will be commemorating the national day of celebration to raise awareness of America’s public gardens and their important role in promoting environmental stewardship, education, plant conservation and water conservation nationwide. The US Botanic Garden will feature an exhibit on public gardens, distribute free sunflower seed packets for visitors and provide a sneak peak look at the Garden’s new summer exhibit on potatoes – “Spuds Unearthed! The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.PublicGardens.org.
Neighborhood Farm Initiative Plant Sales: Every Saturday from 10-2 in May, Community Forklift, 4671 Tanglewood Dr, Edmonston, MD. NFI is selling organic basil, tomato and pepper seedlings to raise funds for our programs.
Compost Happens! Workshop at Common Good City Farm: Saturday, May 8th from 11am -1pm. Learn to use your garden, yard and kitchen waste to create rich soil. We will focus on methods easy and suitable for small yards and apartments. Teacher: Kaitlin Rienzo-Stack, Master Composter since ’05. Register Now!
GardenMart Plant Sale Saturday, May 8, 9:00am-1:00pm, Brookside Gardens Wheaton MD. The Silver Spring Garden Club’s 60th annual GardenMart Plant Sale features heirloom tomato seedlings, native plants, herbs, houseplants, and much, much more. Come early in the sale for best selection. Free event, open to the general public. Directions at http://www.brooksidegardens.org/
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