Heide Madden started the Farmers’ and Gardeners’ Guild growing space on Bainbridge Island. Members of the guild determine what grows there and how to manage it.
Join a field trip on August 23 from 10 to 11 a.m. sponsored by Veg Club and the BP Food Resilience Team to see their chickens, high-tunnel, and unusual varieties of vegetables and projects. Learn about their collective structure and no-till methods. You can join the Guild too.
Registration is required. Sign up here.
Rainwater catchment is great for both watering your food garden and maintaining an emergency water supply. Join us on our upcoming tour of a catchment system.
Want to grow food successfully and beautifully? Cynthia Carpenter, whose eye-catching garden you may have seen from north Highway 305, is one of the experts at Bay Hay, so she has knowledge to share. Our June Tour will give us a close-up look.
Last year Fruit Club and Veg Club members sent thousands of pounds of home-grown produce to Helpline House. The food banks still need our help. Join us for a community gathering to revel in what we accomplished and find out how to make it even easier, more powerful, and satisfying this year.
This month, May 5 at 6:30 p.m., Veg Club teaches you how to protect your garden by supporting the many beautiful, friendly, and powerful insects that control pests. Learn to recognize and invite these underappreciated allies early so they're ready to work when pests arrive.
