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  • Saturday, March 21, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Gardeners Gathering

    Celebrate the start of the gardening season! The 50th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering brings Boston-area growers of all kinds together for a free day full of informative workshops, engaging exhibitors, networking, and inspiration.

    ¡Celebre el inicio de la temporada de jardinería! La 50º Reunión Anual de Jardineros reúne a productores de todo tipo del área de Boston para un día gratuito lleno de talleres informativos, expositores atractivos, networking e inspiración.

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    If you are interested in presenting a workshop, fill out this form.

    The program is sponsored by The Trustees and is free and open to all. The event takes place in Shillman Hall at Northeastern University.

  • Saturday, March 21, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Gardeners’ Gathering – CANCELED

    Celebrate the start of Boston’s gardening season on March 21 from 10 – 5 at Shillman Hall, Northeastern University, 115 Forsyth Street in Boston. The Gathering is a free day full of informative workshops, engaging exhibitors, networking, and inspiration. Two dozen workshops cover topics like starting a community garden, building healthy soil, gardens and climate change, fermenting veggies, and so much more. An exhibitors’ gallery full of local environmental and agricultural exhibitors provide opportunities to get engaged.

    Our special guest speaker Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, pastor at Dorchester’s New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church, is an eloquent and passionate advocate and organizer for ecological and social justice, youth engagement, and Spirit-filled organizing. Rev. Mariama has received numerous awards including the Barr Fellowship, the Celtics Heroes Among Us, The Roxbury Founders Day Award and the Boston NAACP Image award. She serves on both local and national boards and committees like the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, Union Capital Boston and Clean Water Action.

    For complete information on workshops and speakers, visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/metro-boston/event-50287.html

  • Saturday, March 23, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – 44th Annual Gardener’s Gathering

    Celebrate the start of the gardening season on March 23 from 10 – 5 at Shillman Hall, Northeastern University, 115 Forsyth Street in Boston. The 44th Annual Gardeners’ Gathering brings Boston-area gardeners together for a free day full of informative workshops, engaging exhibitors, networking, and inspiration. Held at Northeastern University, the Gathering features more than two dozen workshops on everything from Healthy Soil to Urban Foraging. Urban homesteaders can learn about keeping bees or chickens, making fermented pickles, and growing gourmet mushrooms. Gardeners can hone their skills with workshops on garden planning, managing pests and diseases, and more.

    This year’s Gathering will feature special guest speaker Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director of the New York City Community Garden Coalition. Aziz is an activist, community organizer, former organic farmer, and a tireless member of #Resist. He has worked for many social and environmental organizations including Mother Jones, The Coalition for the Homeless, The Fortune Society, and Peace Action Network of NY. Aziz will address the history, current state, and future of community gardens in NYC, looking at them through the lens of social justice and climate change protection. He’ll speak to gentrification and racial inequality and delve into how community gardens can be in the vanguard of climate change monitoring, adaption, and mitigation.

    Mayor Walsh will deliver a keynote address and present the annual Community Garden Awards to an outstanding Rookie Garden of the Year, Most Valuable Gardener, and Hall of Fame garden.

    A diverse array of local environmental and urban agriculture organizations will share their work in the exhibitors’ gallery. Register in advance at http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/metro-boston/event-43119.html

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  • Saturday, March 29, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – 39th Annual Gardeners Gathering

    Saturday, March 29, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm – 39th Annual Gardeners Gathering

    Do you love to garden? Join over 400 community and backyard gardening enthusiasts for a full day of lectures, demos and hands-on workshops on Saturday, March 29, from 11 – 5 at The Egan Center, 120 Forsyth Street and Shillman Hall, 115 Forsyth Street at Northeastern University in Boston. Learn how to keep bees, grow mushrooms, plan your garden and more. Plus, the perennially popular community garden awards will honor Bostonians who’ve made extraordinary contributions to our gardening community. Join Boston Natural Areas Network for this special event!  For more information visit www.bostonnatural.org. 

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