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Tag: Gaining Ground

  • Friday – Sunday, July 24 – 26, 2:00 pm – I Go Forth Into My Garden

    Experience the vegetable garden first planted for the Hawthornes in 1842 by neighbor Henry David Thoreau. On this guided walk, you’ll hear about 19th century gardens, the special meaning gardening held for the Hawthornes, and how today the Gaining Ground organization maintains the historic garden. Offered Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at 2PM, or by advanced reservation. Call 978. 369. 3909. The garden is located at The Old Manse  on Monument Street in Concord, Massachusetts. For directions visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-2795.html?. Image from www.gardentoursnewengland.com.

  • Friday, November 15 – Monday, November 18 – Gaining Ground: American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting in Boston

    More than 6,000 landscape architecture professionals and students from across the U.S. and around the world will gather in at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, November 15-18, to earn up to 21 professional development hours, to enjoy the fellowship of our profession, and to reconnect with the fundamental elements of design, at the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting. Advance deadline pricing will be honored through October 18, and can be found at www.asla.org/2013meeting/RegFees.asp.  You may read more information and register online at www.asla.org.

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  • Saturday, June 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Organic Integrated Pest Management

    Gardening for Life presents Kayleigh Boyle, Gaining Ground Farm Manager, who will talk about Organic Integrated Pest Management followed by field work on the farm as a volunteer to put what you learn into practice! Find out what you can do now before pests/disease get the upper hand! Space is limited to 15. RSVP by June 6 to deb01742@comcast.net.

    Gaining Ground grows organic vegetables and fruit with the help of hundreds of community volunteers and donates all of this fresh food to area meal programs and food pantries. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach that uses information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This strategy is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment. IPM organic food production applies many of the same concepts as IPM but limits the use of pesticides to those that are produced from natural sources, as opposed to synthetic chemicals.

    Come on your own, or bring a friend! We will meet at the main farm at 315 Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. Please bring sunscreen, water is available on the farm and reusable water bottles are encouraged. Refer to http://gainingground.org for more information about Gaining Ground.

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  • Saturday, November 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Hands-On with Gaining Ground

    Tour Gaining Ground’s fields and greenhouse, and help plant the last crop of the season, garlic! Learn more about this group’s mission of growing food for hunger relief with the help of volunteers of all ages and abilities. Gaining Ground grows organic vegetables and fruit with the help of hundreds of community volunteers and donates all of this fresh food to area meal programs and food pantries. Based in historic Concord, Massachusetts, Gaining Ground raises and distributes approximately 20,000 pounds of produce each growing season. Meet at Gaining Ground, 315 Virginia Road in Concord; park in the lot next to the sugar house. 9:00-noon; free. Water is available at the farm, reusable water bottles are encouraged.