Community Garden April 2010

Community Garden, late summer 2009

Unused Lawn, circa 2007

Initial site was over 1,400 square feet

Abundant Harvests

Summer 2008 season yielded over 300 pounds of food

Lettuces, Jan 2010

Interplay of colors, and showcase of heirloom varieties

Heirloom Vegetables in the Community Garden, 2008demonstrating that growing food can be beautiful.

Garden tour, May 2009

Aesthetic layoutPatterns inspired by French chateaux gardens

Winter crops, 2010year-round growing season

Fava beans and chayote, Jan 2010

Continuous crop rotation

Herb Garden installation, Mar 2009

Building a garden can be a community-building project

Herb Garden, Jan 2010

Culinary and medicinal herb plants

Community installation, October 2008

Rainwater harvesting garden installed by hands-on workshop

Rainwater Harvesting Garden, Jan 2010

Rain from the roof waters these fruit trees

Rainwater Harvesting Tanks, Spring 2009

Site demonstrates four types of rainwater harvesting techniques

“Container Edibles” class, 2008We offer an ongoing Organic Vegetable Gardening class series

“Seed Saving” class, 2008Part of the Organic Vegetable Gardening class series

Composting workshop, April 2009Local gardeners learn the true value of “zero waste”

Fruit tree pruning class, Feb 2010

“Self-Watering Container” building workshop, May 2009Part of the Organic Vegetable Gardening class series

Bread Baking Workshop, March 2009

We teach food preparation as well.

Solar Cooker building workshops, 2007 & 2009Participants (including entire families) built solar cookers and learned how to use them.

Harvest Westchester Project, founded Spring 2009Community Fruit Harvesting program collects excess homegrown fruit and vegetables.

Grow Food, Not Lawns