Join Outagamie County Master Gardeners at PETERSEN FARMS COMMUNITY GARDEN Each WEDNESDAY from 9 AM – 11 AM Everyone is welcome to participate in garden work days on Wednesday’s from 9-11am. This collaboration of MG’s, volunteers from St Joseph Food…
Wednesday, June 24th a group of community members met at Ellen Kort Peace Park for a hands-on Invasive Species educational practicum and invasives pull on the fast emerging native prairie restoration project. Andy Gilsdorf, owner of Prairie Revival and member…
Amanda and her husband Andrew created and maintain the Read Community Garden at Read Elementary, Algoma Blvd. in Oshkosh. I participated in the Unconference on May 30th at Algoma Bld Church. Amanda led a session on community gardens. When she…
There is a new community garden space going in on Oneida St. in Appleton at Zion Lutheran Church. The garden will be tended by NEW HMong and they will be growing food for the Multicultural Coalition and local food programs.…
May 8th I went to a native plant sale at the Hortonville Community Center that CERV Hortonville put on to grow awareness of native plants in the area. CERV, Community Environmental Restoration Volunteers, is an organization focused on doing small,…
Farmers Union organized an education and fun field day at In Nature’s Thyme on May 7th. During the urban farm field day we explored seeds, soil and sustainability on the micro scale! In Nature’s Thyme is an 1/8 acre urban…
On May 6th I was asked to lead a garden clean up and prep for planting with a work group from the Community Foundation of the Fox Valley region at the Multicultural Coalition’s community garden. Maria Mason is the Multicultural…
The City of Oshkosh Parks department partnered with local environmental groups for a special tree planting event at Oshkosh North Conservancy (Akan Acres), a 12-acre, City owned parcel adjacent to Oshkosh North High School. The city worked with Urban Ecology…
Winnebago Area Literacy Council is thrilled to announce our new program launching this summer – GROW: Gardening for Resilience, Opportunity, & Wisdom Designed to address food insecurity among immigrant and refugee populations in Oshkosh, GROW is a summer garden project,…
Planting native plants is just one step in the restoration of a native habitat that supports pollinators, wildlife, and the local food web. Some of these are truly challenging, especially in a small urban yard, but I assure you they…