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Our Mission

To inspire individuals to develop and sustain organic food-producing gardens in backyards and on private and public land... and to build competence, community and joy while doing it!

Gardening, local food & HGF events:

Below are the next three upcoming events. View our Calendar to learn more about events in Fort Collins and surrounding areas over the next couple of months.

Sat - May 19 - 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Garden Potluck

Do you have space for some plants that you would like to fill? Do you have perennials or starts that you don't have room for but can't stand to kill? I hope you'll join us at my 11th Annual Garden Potluck. It's informal - Bring plants to share, or not. Bring food or drinks, or not. Just come :) We have a lot of fun and we've never had a lack of plants to send home with people that have space for them. RSVP to lstroyan@gmail.com
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What we do:

  • Give public talks on growing your own food.
  • Sponsor public workshops to educate the community members.
  • Maintain a Google Group for ongoing discussion and resource lists.
  • Hold monthly discussion groups on gardening and local food topics.
  • Coordinate publicity and car pools to out-of-town events.
  • Work with and through local media to provide perspectives promoting local food issues.
  • Mentor new gardeners.

Current Google Group Discussions

FYI this weekend

Events of interest this weekend.

- Robert Howard

FYI: King Soopers has composted sheep manure by the bag

At it's North College store, at least, for $2.29. They also have Sheep
Peat at $3.49, which is 50 cents cheaper than Home Depot. The manure
comes in a 1.25 c/f bag, slightly smaller than the 1.5 c/f bag of
sheep peat, but unless my math skills have atrophied more than I
realize it's still a better price per unit.

- Sue Sullivan

An intriguing workshop on planting into sheet mulch or hugelkultur Sun May 20

[link]

May 20, 2012

9:00 am to 12:00 pm

at

The Applewood Permaculture Institute
14020 W. 32nd Ave.
Golden, CO 80401

This is a hands-on event setting out plants and planting seeds in the
deep mulch and installing drip systems.

- Sue Sullivan