Events
SAVE THESE DATES!
Milwaukee Urban Gardens hosts
Easy Container Gardening
Design and plant your very own hanging basket
When: Saturday, April 12, 2008
11:00am - 12:30pm
Where: Kellner's Greenhouse
3258 N Humboldt Blvd
Milwaukee, WI
Cost: $35
Are you searching for the perfect spring planter, or Mother’s Day gift? Come to Kellner’s Greenhouse on Saturday, April 12th at 11:00 am and get all the materials you need to create a hanging basket with some of your favorite plants! Stroll through the greenhouse and hand select plants from an assortment of lush flowers and beautiful greenery to create that ‘perfect look’.
This workshop is ideal for beginning gardeners, or people looking for a fun social activity. For more information and toRSVP, please contact Milwaukee Urban Gardens at (414)-431-1585, or email us at: info@milwaukeeurbangardens.org.
When: Thursday, April 24, 2008
4:00pm
Where: Milwaukee Environmental Consortium
1845 N. Farwell Ave., Ste. 100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tuesday Mornings, 9:00-11:00am
Hocking Heritage Garden 4716 N 45th St
Milwaukee Network for Social Change
Tuesday Evenings at 7:00 pm
People's Book Coop 2122 E Locust St, Milwaukee, WI
Food Not Bombs
1st & 3rd Mondays of every month at 7:00 pm
Cream City Collectives 732 E. Clarke St , Milwaukee, WI
Wednesday, May 21, 5:30-7:30pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3617 N. 48th St. (one block north of Roosevelt Dr.)
All participants will receive free seeds to plant in your own garden
SEEDFOLKS is the fictional story of how an inner-city vacant lot is slowly transformed into a neighborhood garden. Thirteen voices tell the story of how they came to the garden: Kim, a young Korean girl gardening in memory of her father; Ana, who moved into the neighborhood in 1919, when she was four, and the neighborhood was "mainly Rumanians back then"; Curtis, who planted tomatoes for Lateesha; Amir, who grew eggplants, onions, carrots, and cauliflower the garden reminding him of a Persian rug from his childhood in India; Maricela, a 16-year-old, pregnant, Mexican girl, gardening to learn how to take care of something living before her baby arrives...
Adults and Teens are invited to join us for a special SeedFolks Reading Circle. We will read SeedFolks aloud to one another (the books will be provided). It is a short book and can be read in one gathering. What a great way to invite summer! A light meal will be provided! Please RSVP 414.687.0122 by Friday, May 9th, if you plan to attend.
5/10, 1-3pm
Atkinson Library: 1960 W Atkinson Ave
5/31,7/14 1-3pm
Tippecanoe Library
Creating & Managing Rain Gardens
6/16, Location TBA
6/23, Location TBA 6pm
Food Preparation and Preservation
6/30, 9/13, 9/15 Location TBA 6pm
Going Batty: Bat Box Extravaganza!
7/22, Location TBA, 6pm
FALL COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR: A Success!
On Saturday, September 8, 2007, Milwaukee Urban Gardens hosted our first annual “Fall Community Garden Tour”. The event was a great success with over forty people in attendance. Community members met at Garden Park in Riverwest and traveled to four community gardens located throughout Milwaukee. Gardeners from Greenfolks Garden, Spencer Community Garden, Hocking Heritage Garden, and Village Roots Garden graciously hosted a personal tour of their community gardens. The tour concluded at Garden Park where we enjoyed homemade appetizers and live music by Jason Behr, a classical guitarist.
A special thanks to Greenfolks Garden, Hocking Heritage Garden, Spencer Community Garden, Village Roots Garden, The Friends of Garden Park and Guardians of Greenspace for their work to help coordinate this event!