Windfall Collective Nursery - A program of Bountiful Cities!

4/23/2021

Bountiful Cities Nursery is budding with new growth and exciting developments this spring! We're changing the name of this program to Windfall Collective Nursery, one that encompasses the larger vision of the project and efforts towards supporting the growth of a thriving community.

Along with our selection of edible, medicinal, indigenous and pollinator plants, we will be offering a variety of useful plants and handcrafted creations from the Bountiful Cities community. Our new offerings will include natural dyes, block prints, herbal preparations, arts, crafts, and more. Supporting resource sovereignty and local mutual aid efforts will also be a large focus for us, stay tuned to find out how to get involved!

Our web store is up and running, we have lots of spring veggies, herbs, and flowers sizing up. Click this link to find out more. Sales start this week, feel free to reach out if you have any questions or specific requests. We look forward to growing with you this season!"

In Person FEAST Classes are BACK!

The last week in March was an awesome time to welcome Bountiful Cities FEAST students back into our school gardens. FEAST teacher Jordan Diamond expressed it perfectly:
"This week, I had my first classes in the garden in over a year. We planted peas and lettuce; ate pea shoots, chickweed, and wild onions; and went on a scavenger hunt to see which trees had buds, blooms, and leaves. My heart is so full to be sharing this magical place with my students again during the most magical time of year!"

Attend one of our FREE Community Garden Network Workshops

Bountiful Cities offers many opportunities to learn about sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty, and these two upcoming workshops are open to anyone who would like to attend.

Register for Herbal Tea Gardening with Tamarya Sims with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErf-GvrjojGtPwVznMEc-9j7f99asU9teV

Register for Planting Seeds of Sustainability with Cleaster Cotton with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtceivqDgjG91iLZR1pWPo3hN9YQKVRVFl

Find out more at our Facebook Events Page

Volunteer in a Community Garden for a Hands-On Learning Experience

Many of the gardens in our Community Garden Network host regular workdays and each one is a learning opportunity! Sign up for one of the workdays below and help grow local food security while learning new tips, techniques and skills from garden managers and other participants.

If you would like to sign up and get regular updates about opportunities to volunteer please fill out this FORM.

Here are some upcoming opportunities:
Lucy Herring Elementary School Peace Garden 1pm-2:30 every Friday (formerly Vance Elementary School) in West Asheville. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] to for questions. Please sign up at this LINK to attend.

Joyner Street Community Garden 10am -1pm on 4th Saturdays. Next workday will be on April 24th Sign up to attend HERE

Pearson Garden Sunday April 25th, Monday April 26th. Sign up for more information and to attend HERE

Burton St. Community Garden 10-noon on Saturdays

George Washington Carver Edible Park - 2:30pm to 5:30pm Friday, April 23rd. Please check the Facebook page for updates.

Growing Community Campaign Raises Money for Food Sovereignty!

So far, we have raised $4000 for our Growing Community Campaign! Thank you to our generous donors!

As we welcome Spring we want to broaden our support for community gardens.

Bountiful Cities Community Garden Network provides:
Tools
Seeds
Education
Support for Food Sovereignty
Our goal is to raise $7,000 to broaden the support for community members and fully fund the Community Garden Network Assistant position for 2021.

Find out about this community effort HERE

Donate To Growing Community HERE

April is Food Waste Month

Here are some Food Waste Reduction Month suggestions:

Follow @wncfoodwaste on facebook, instagram, twitter
Check out & share the flashy new www.wncfoodwaste.org website, it's so awesome!
While you're there, be sure to dig in to the #AVLFoodWasteChallenge! So many great ways to share your food waste hacks, track your home food waste (here's the home food waste audit form!), and be entered to win AMAZING prizes! Challenge is ongoing throughout April, you'll hear all about it because you already followed @wncfoodwaste in all the places!
Put your Food Waste Reduction (or related) events up on the website events calendar by submitting event details on this form!

Thank you to the City of Asheville Office of Sustainability for supporting these efforts!

Community Garden Day at Stephens-Lee

Come out to dig in the garden and learn about organizations in our area supporting sustainable agriculture! Bountiful Cities will be giving away FREE seedlings at this event.

Thank you to Gaia Herbs and New Sprout Farm for providing some of the seedlings we will be distributing!!