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  • Wednesday, April 6, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Commercial Urban Farming and Design

    Ver-Tex invites you for an exploration of how New England’s design professionals are tackling commercial urban farming within city limits. Green City Grower’s Jessie Banhazl will introduce cutting edge trends and materials used in commercial urban design during an interactive workshop, followed by Q&A, on Wednesday, April 6 from 4:30 – 6.

    For seven years, Green City Growers has been educating designers, consumers and students to the ins and outs of successfully implementing urban agriculture. As a regional leader in urban farming, Green City Growers has provided the expertise and ongoing maintenance to make projects like Fenway Farms for the Boston Red Sox, and a 1/2 acre rooftop farm for Whole Foods Market Lynnfield a reality. Urban farming is taking off in some of the most densely populated places around Greater Boston in interesting and unexpected ways. This lecture will highlight the ever-changing landscape of growing technologies that is making this possible and how to apply these techniques in your community. Jessie is a past speaker with the Garden Club of the Back Bay.

    Following the presentation, light refreshments and beverages will be served at the Ver-Tex Experience Center, 263 Summer Street, Boston. This is a free event, however due to limited space, an RSVP is required to attend the presentation and reception. To RSVP visit www.ver-tex.eventbrite.com

  • Thursday, June 4, 5:30 pm – Urban Herb & Garden Fest

    Those of you not attending the Garden Club of the Back Bay’s Twilight Garden Party on Thursday (and why not, we ask?) should head over to Goddard House, 165 Chestnut Street in Brookline, on Thursday, June 4 at 5:30 pm for the Urban Herb & Garden Fest sponsored by Goddard House & Green City Growers.  Join them for light fare (fresh herb flatbreads, wine and beer), create your own potted herb garden to take home, watch and hear a slide show and talk on the current state of urban agriculture in greater Boston by GCG founder and CEO and past Garden Club of the Back Bay speaker Jessie Banhazl, and learn how you can get involved in creative growing systems and new technologies.  Free, but please RSVP to Brandon Fisher at 617-731-8500, x 130, or email bfisher@goddardhouse.org.

  • Wednesday, March 18, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Container Gardening 101

    Urban farming is taking off in some of the most densely populated places around Greater Boston in interesting, unexpected ways. From raised beds, to pots, to milk crates and everything in between, learn the ins and outs of successfully growing vegetables and fruits in small spaces and unconventional containers.

    Join Green City Gardens on Wednesday, March 18, from 6:30 – 8 at 600 Windsor Place in Somerville to learn everything you need to know about growing food in containers to get the most from whatever space you have available.

    Topics covered:

    Types of containers
    Growing indoors and outdoors
    Crop selection for success
    How to build your own
    Troubleshooting

    Course materials provided. Seating is limited to 20 people. Image below from www.nicehousedesign.com.

    Workshop Fee: $40 per person when purchased in advance. $45 day of. Register online at http://growmycitygreen.com/urban-farming-services/education/courses/workshops/

  • Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Building and Installing a Raised Bed

    Growing vegetables in raised beds is often a necessity in urban areas due to lead contamination in the soil. However, many common mistakes are made along the way, like utilizing reclaimed wood treated with toxic chemicals.

    Get hands-on time with Green City Growers master builder Erik Sol building a raised bed with all of the bells, whistles and trimmings included – like a durable tree root proofed bottom, irrigation, and a trellis and pest fence.

    Topics covered:

    Selecting a site
    Materials and tools needed
    Installing irrigation
    Pest fencing and trellising

    Course materials provided. Seating is limited to 20 people.The class takes place Wednesday, March 11, from 6:30 – 8 at 600 Windsor Place in Somerville.

    Workshop Fee: $40 per person when purchased in advance. $45 day of. Register online at http://growmycitygreen.com/urban-farming-services/education/courses/workshops/

    Image from www.organicgardening.com.

  • Wednesday, February 11, 10:00 am – New Technologies and Unique Set-Ups

    Urban farming is taking off in some of the most densely populated places around Greater Boston in interesting, unexpected ways. Learn about the ever-changing landscape of growing technologies that is making this possible and how to apply these techniques at home or in your community. Jessie Banhazl, CEO and founder of Green City Growers, will join The Garden Club of the Back Bay at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, on Wednesday, February 11 at 10 am for this informative talk. Green City Growers are experienced and passionate organic urban farmers who specialize in year-round raised bed urban farms for yards, rooftops, decks, and unused lots. They maintain production-level urban farms for hotels, grocers, and restaurants, and pioneer farming education programs for businesses, municipalities, homeowners and schools. Garden Club of the Back Bay members will receive written notice of this meeting.  If you are not a member but are interested in attending, please email info@bostonflora.com.

  • Monday, September 15, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Radical Mycology

    Green City Growers presents Radical Mycology, an educational workshop for Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts members, on Monday, September 15, from 3 – 5 at 600 Windsor Place in Somerville. International organization Radical Mycology is making a one-day stop in Boston on their 2014 3-month educational tour across North America. Radical Mycology is a volunteer-based organization and grassroots movement dedicated to sharing information and resources on the positive benefits of the fungal kingdom for personal, societal, and ecological health. RSVP to http://growmycitygreen.hs-sites.com/mushroom-cultivation-workshop, as seating is limited. Fee is $10 – $30, sliding scale.

  • Saturday, March 10, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Optimizing the Growing Season in Your Vegetable Garden

    Work with Jessie Banhazl, owner of Green City Growers, a raised bed vegetable gardening company, to learn how to make the most of the New England growing season.  The Tower Hill Botanic Garden class will be held Saturday, March 10, from 10 – 12, and you may register online at www.towerhillbg.org.  THBG member fee is $10, nonmembers $12.  Come prepared to chat about your garden and make a four season plan for producing food all year long.

  • Thursday, November 10, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm – ELA Season’s End Summit

    Join the Ecological Landscaping Association on Thursday, November 10 from 8:30 – 4:30 at the Doyle Center in Leominster for two end of season panels, a locally sourced lunch, and networking.  The morning panel of Ecological success stories is “Hits and Near Misses” with landscape designers Julie Meyer, Rebecca Lindenmeyr, and Laura Kuhn, who will share their expertise and projects that demonstrate ecological landscapes with maximum aesthetic appeal, balancing ecological ideals and meeting client expectations, and lessons learned when obstacles occur.  The afternoon panel, “Hot New Services to Grow Your Business”, will be moderated by Risa Edelstein, and will feature Trevor Smith of Land Escapes on “Expanding Landscape Options with Living Walls,” Jessie Banhazl of Green City Growers (below) on “Taking Edible Landscapes to New Heights,” and Chris Rawlings of Waterhouse Pools and Ponds on “Natural Swimming Ponds.”  $55 for ELA members, $75 for non-members.  For more information, and to register, call 617-436-5838, or email ela.info@comcast.net.

  • Wednesday, September 30, 2:00 – 3:30 pm – Food, Inc.

    Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has teamed up with the Museum of Science to present a free screening of the critically acclaimed film FOOD, INC., by noted documentarian Robert Kenner.  Narrated by experts Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto), and featuring interviews with forward-thinking entrepreneurs such as Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm and Joel Salatin of Pollyface, Inc,, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising, shocking truths about what we eat, how it is produced, who we become as a nation, and where we go from here.  The screening will be at the Museum of Science’s Cahners Theater, and the doors will open at 1:15 pm.  A panel discussion will follow with Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm, Jody Adams, James Beard award-winning Chef/Owner of Rialto, and Jessie Banhazl, Owner and Co-Founder of Green City Growers. This discussion will be moderated by Louisa Kasdon, writer and food editor of Stuff Magazine.  Registration is available through the Museum of Science , or you may email David Sittenfeld at forumrsvp@mos.org, or call 617-589-4258.

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