Downtown Community Garden - Des Moines Iowa

Growing Together @ the corner of E 6th and Scott Street...

To integrate community gardens with community development strategies ( & put good old home grown food on our plates! )

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Your invited to participate in workshops & join a passionate group of citizens this weekend!

It's been a long and quite winter for The Downtown Community Garden, but here'sContinue

Created by Drew Matthew Maifeld Jan 28, 2010 at 2:30am. Last updated by Drew Matthew Maifeld Jan 28.

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17 hours ago
Peter Michael Sherinian added a discussion
For the weed and feed Sunday the 1st. please RSVP me at sherinian@msn.com I will be purchasing the food sunday morning. gourmet burgers, dogs, brats, and fresh squeezed lemonade.
20 hours ago
Amy Dona added a discussion
This may be of interest (I believe that this is the upcoming Thursday, July 29):"Food Inc." Film Screening and Panel Discussion Thursday at 6pm Sideshow Lounge “Food Inc.” film screening 6 PM – 7:30 PM, followed by a panel discussion from 7:30 – 8:…
on Tuesday
Cat added a discussion
Howdy all! I meant to do this at the beginning of the summer, but here I am now. I wanted to let everyone know about the event I run here in Des Moines - I hope it's not too spammy! There are just a lot of folks at the garden who are into buying loc…
July 16
The web address changed to www.gardendowntowndsm.com instead of www.gardendowntowndsm.ning.com. You try to please all people? :P I am not familiar with that approach. "Although it took several months of thinking - your last message is prompting me…
July 14
Peter Michael Sherinian added a discussion
Hello my fellow gardners. I wanted to let everyone know a few things that are going on at the garden at this time of the summer, July 12th. Within the next two weeks most of you that have tomatoe plants will have a huge crop of ripe tomatoes. Last y…
July 12
Hi Donna, (and all others) Actually - as of this moment I haven't done anything yet. Mostly because it has been a touchy subject and in my efforts to please all people, I believe we have lost some of the utility that the site was providing. ( Also…
July 11
Drew ... you went ahead a paid the fee, didn't you? I've been coming back here thinking the place would go away but it hasn't. And today I noticed the web address change.
July 9
July 3
Michelle Fortune updated their profile photo
July 3
YOUR VERY WELCOME, THANKS FOR SHOWING UP, YOUR WELCOME TO STOP BY ANYTIME.
June 27
Thank you so much for doing this! and to those that attended! It was really nice to meet everyone! I enjoyed having conversations that involved gardening but also getting to know people outside of gardening.
June 27
Peter Michael Sherinian added a discussion
TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY. I WILL HAVE THE GRILL GOING BY 6PM IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME AND PICNIC, BRING A DISH TO SHARE.
June 27
we are working to reasign from the waiting list.
June 24
Does that mean the untouched plots have been planted or reassigned?
June 21
Emily Zach and Michelle Fortune are now friends
June 21
 

COMMUNITY WORK DAYS :: SUNDAY AUGUST 1 and SATURDAY AUGUST 7

Our co-gardener Pete Sherinian has graciously offered to host one, of two Community Work Days at the downtown garden. The offer and incentive? Show up, help clean up, and Pete will feed us! Hot dogs, brats, burgers and grilled veggies from our plots. RSVP IS REQUIRED so Pete can plan the number of food items he needs to bring though please bring anything else you would like to contribute to the shared meal.

Work Day One :: Sunday, August 1 (Pete’s “Weed and Feed”)
START: 2:30 to focus on the following priorities. The grill gets fired up at 5:00.
HIGH PRIORITIES
Weeding personal plots and community areas
Cleaning up and organizing our tool shed
Cleaning/sanitizing the tools
Mulching pathways

Work Day Two :: Saturday, August 7

START: 9:00 a.m. - Noon
HIGH PRIORITIES (anything that did not get finished on work day one) plus the compost bins and heaps

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Peter Michael Sherinian

WEED AND FEED RSVP TO sherinian@msn.com

Started by Peter Michael Sherinian 20 hours ago.

Amy Dona

"Food. Inc." at Des Moines Social Club

Started by Amy Dona Jul 27.

Peter Michael Sherinian

weeds and tomatoes 1 Reply

Started by Peter Michael Sherinian. Last reply by Christine L. Pardee Jul 15.

Drew Matthew Maifeld

WWW.GARDENDOWNTOWNDSM.NING.COM or WWW.GARDENDOWNTOWNDSM.COM? 14 Replies

Started by Drew Matthew Maifeld. Last reply by Donna Jul 15.

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