GtC2012
Potager in the Tuilleries
Garden the City 2012: Painting with Edibles (GtC2012)
Garden the City 2012 will promote sustainability by demonstrating the ease by which individuals can create beautiful gardens to grow their own food, flowers and herbs. GtC 2012 will provide classroom and hands-on education through the installation of ecological gardens and wildlife habitat. Examples to be installed in the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District will include a Formal Garden, an Eastern Woodland Garden, and wildlife habitat in addition to other themed gardens. GtC2012 is a project of the Center for Sustainable Living.
Garden the City 2012 Class Schedule
More classes, dates, times and places will be added as the gardening season get into swing! All prices include the cost of outside supplies, provided by the teacher. Classes for GtC2012 will also be offered through People’s University in late spring-summer. Some seats in these classes are reserved for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard and Habitat for Humanity’s clients. If you are affiliated with one of these organizations, please contact me personally for sign-up information.
Gardening in a Time of Change
The weather and climate is changeable, unstable. How do we cope with the changes? This class will give you practical information on how to prepare your soil, what to look for when choosing plants for this type of situation, and the effects of fewer freeze days to control the insect populations spread of disease and plant migrations.
T * March 20th * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class
What’s UA?
Urban Agriculture is in the news. But you may wonder what is it and how can I do it? Is it legal here? Is it needed? Is it UGLY?!? All of these questions will be answered in this slideshow overview from history to the present and a view into the future!
W * March 21st * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class
GtC2012 Garden Design Series: Formal Design
Come join the team to create and implement a formal design at Crosstown Cleaners! Plants will have been chosen for color coordination focusing on red tones. What’s next? You join others to determine what to place where… then actually do the planting with other volunteers following your lead! If you want to learn how to create a beautiful edible garden plan from start to finish, then this is the class for you!
TR * March 22,29 and April 5th * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$30 for the series
GtC2012 Garden Design Series: The Integrated Front Garden
Thrive, a host location for many of the GtC2012 classes, is also the location for a garden to be integrated into the existing landscape. Edibles, herbals and flowers will be our “paint” in this location. A presentation of the design to the business and property owner will be a part of this class before trowels and shovels enter the ground. This is a one of a kind opportunity to learn presentation of a garden design to the client!
T * April 10, 17, 24, May 1 * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$40 for series
Chickens in Garden and City
Wondering how to follow the City’s new ordinance for the keeping and care of chickens in city limits? This is a class that will give you an overview of the ordinance as well as the basics of choosing breeds, care and housing, and even an overview of how to butcher a chicken safely and as humanely as possible.
W * April 18 * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$10 per class
Permaculture + Potager
Playfulness marries the historic French Potager food garden with the regeneration potential of Permaculture design. In this 4 part class, you will have serious fun creating your own design for elegant living. This is a beautiful solution to having an abundant food garden that both you and your neighbors will adore with it’s beauty and it’s delicious productivity!
The goal of this class is to teach introduction to the basics of permaculture design, integrating it into the formal potager style. There is a lot of change going on in the world today, and the best way to adapt to all of this change is to… play! No kidding. From neuroscience comes the recent discovery that play is a key to adaption and survival in difficult times. Therefore, integrated into the class are daily activities that are proven to help you find more happiness by the end of four weeks.
T * April 10, 17, 24 and May 1 * 6-7:30p
Thrive, 412 West 4th Street
$50 for the series
GtC2012 Walking Tours
Walking tours will be from The Venue Fine Arts and Gifts weaving along Bloomington’s Entertainment and Arts District, ending at Patricia’s Wellness Arts Cafe. Days will be on select Friday evenings and Saturdays.
dates yet to be determined.
Workdays
Saturdays March 10, 24
Saturdays April 7, 14, 28
More workdays are yet to be arranged, so please check back or find on Facebook!
Community Garden Partner locations include:
1) The Venue Fine Arts and Gifts
(www.thevenuebloomington.com) – Eastern Woodland Natives
2) WonderLab
(www.wonderlab.org) – Container Sculpture
3) Sublime Design
(www.mysublimedesign.com) – The Secret Garden
4) Crosstown Cleaners
(located at 116 East 3rd Street, Bloomington. 812 333 6900) – Formal Style
5) Thrive
(www.facebook.com/thrivebloomington) – The Integrated Front Garden
6) Bloomingfoods near west-side
(www.bloomingfoods.coop) – to be decided
7) The Green Nursery
(www.greenbaby.com) – Black Walnut Toxicity Demonstration Garden
8) Patricia’s Wellness Arts Cafe
(www.hartrock.net/cafe.htm) – Containers and Roadside Planting of Medicinal Herbs
Community Partners include:
1) Volunteers for Change
2) Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
If you would like to become involved in GtC2012 you may contact me: gardenBtown@gmail.com. This is a community project where your involvement is essential!
