Bountiful Cities Project

The Hop's Blueberry Purple Basil Ice Cream Supports Bountiful Cities!

9/10/2021

Come to the West Asheville Garden Stroll this Saturday for a taste and purchase online between 9/13-9/19

Bountiful Cities is partnering with The Hop Handcrafted Ice Cream and the West Asheville Garden Stroll to raise funds for our important outdoor learning environment at the Hall Fletcher Elementary School FEAST Garden. The FEAST program of Bountiful Cities teaches hands-on gardening and cooking education to kids, providing practical skills that can support life-long food security.

On Saturday September 11th, The Hop will launch a new ice cream flavor Blueberry Purple Basil using produce from Bountiful Cities gardens. This new flavor will be rolled out at the West Asheville Garden Stroll. The Hop will donate a portion of proceeds from on-line sales to Bountiful Cities the following week, September 13-19th. To order online and support Bountiful Cities Sept. 13-19th go to: https://hopicecreamnc.com/online-store/

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East Fork Pottery Raffle Fundraiser

8/18/2021

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Bountiful Cities is partnering with East Fork Pottery for a Raffle Fundraiser!Today, Sunday August 15th we are launching a raffle for three collectible pieces of East Fork pottery. The raffle will last for three weeks with sales closing on Friday September 3rd. Winners will be chosen on Sunday September 5th 2021. Pottery can be viewed and tickets can be purchased on-line at BountifulCities.Org. Raffle tickets can also be purchased by emailing Cathy@BountifulCities.Org.

Buy Your Raffle Tickets HERE
Since 2000 Bountiful Cities has promoted social justice and food sovereignty through hands-on educational programming, policy work, coalition building, urban agriculture installation, and community gardens. Working primarily in Asheville and Buncombe County, Bountiful Cities envisions abundant urban environments and food sovereign communities.
Raffle proceeds will support Bountiful Cities programs...
FEAST - School-based cooking and gardening education.
Asheville Buncombe Community Garden Network - Over 30 community gardens with access to our tool library, seed library, and free hands-on educational workshops.
Grass to Greens - Edible Landscaping and School Garden Maintenance.
Windfall Collective Plant Nursery - Growing out seedlings to support community gardens and local urban agriculture.
Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council (ABFPC) - Coordinating across multiple organizations to support local sustainable agriculture policies. Bountiful Cities serves as the fiscal agent for the ABFPC.

East Fork Pottery has been a values-centered business since day one. Paying our employees a living wage so that they build a foundation of financial stability, partnering with nonprofit and grassroots organizations to help raise awareness and funds for their liberation and equity work, along with measuring, reducing and offsetting our operations’ carbon footprint are some of the commitments we’ve made to be more than just a business that makes pottery and money.
For more information about this fundraising effort or getting involved with Bountiful Cities please email Cathy@BountifulCities.Org.

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How to Attract Birds and Wildlife to your Yard

8/18/2021

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By Lydia George

So many people love to see and hear birds around their homes and will put out bird feeders filled with seeds to attract more of this wildlife to their yards. While this is a good strategy, there are also many beautiful perennial plants and flowers that you can add to your landscape which will feed the birds every year, they will replenish as a natural resource rather than having to continually buy seeds from the store, and this method of feeding native birds is also less disruptive to their natural feeding habits. You can also put out nesting boxes, shrubs and tall grasses that will act as a natural habitat for bird species to make homes in!

There are many beautiful flowering plants that birds love to eat! Black eyed susans, echinacea, daisies, cornflower, sunflowers, asters, joe pye, zinnias, yarrow, goldenrod and daisies are all great natural food that will make your yard beautiful while attracting native pollinators and song birds to your yard!

There are also many shrubs and trees that can feed birds as well. Evergreens like Holly, Rhododendron, redcedar and hemlock all have berries that birds love to eat. Also trees like sumac, elderberries, dogwood and redbuds are beneficial to birds, insects and humans (for food or medicine), just make sure you are prepared to share the bounty of your harvest.
Vining plants like native honeysuckle varieties and virginia creeper can create great habitat as well as food for many different bird species, including hummingbirds.

For nesting sites, many birds like dense clustering bushes that create protection from predators. Aronia, viburnum, and winter berries are all great shrubs that create this kind of environment while also providing food with their fruiting bodies! Also if you have room in your yard, taller trees like willows, oaks and sycamores have lots of nooks and crannies that are perfect homes for all sorts of different wildlife.

Having native grass varieties can also be great for providing seeds and nesting materials for many birds, Indian rice grass, northern sea oats, switchgrass, prairie dropseed, bluestem grasses and so many more varieties are beautiful ornamental grasses that have these benefits for wildlife.

Not only will these plants beautify your yard, lots of them will provide you with edible food and medicine. Most importantly you will be providing much needed habitat to native song birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals which are exciting to see, and so important to the health of our native ecosystems! This is just a few of the many hundreds of plants that will serve important roles for all sorts of wildlife.

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Solar Energy, Spices, and Squash Pie

8/4/2021

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Would you like to learn more about Solar?

Join us Saturday August 28th and Sunday August 29th
Bountiful Cities is installing solar panels in the Pearson Garden! If you are interested in joining us for an educational community workday or donating funds/materials towards this project,

F ILL OUT THIS FORM or reach out to us directly: Cathy@BountifulCities.org

The Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy has donated solar panels and is working with us to get the garden on solar power, which will provide electricity for all of the shared community spaces, walk-in cooler, pavilion, and greenhouses.

If you are interested in how we will cook squash pie once we have solar please keep scrolling for more info!

SPICES AND POTS!

What do beautiful pottery and delicious spices have in common? Both support Bountiful Ciites work! We are so pleased to welcome our newest sponsors and co-creators. Spicewalla is donating their amazing spices for our FEAST cooking and gardening education classes, and East Fork Pottery is donating pottery for an upcoming raffle! Stay tuned!

Volunteer in a Community Garden...

Lucy Herring Elementary School Peace Garden (formerly Vance Elementary School) in West Asheville. Tuesdays 11-12:30 Thursdays 9:30am-11am Please contact jordan.diamond@acsgmail.net for questions and to RSVP

Pearson Garden and Nursery Garden workdays on August 5th, and August 19th 2-5pm(1st and 3rd Thursdays). Located at 408 Pearson Dr. in Montford. Please click this link to sign up. Contact Alex@BountifulCities.org for more information.

Pearson Garden Solar Installation! Volunteers needed Saturday Aug. 28th, and Sunday August 29th. Please sign up to receive more information HERE.

Hall Fletcher Elementary School FEAST Garden Sundays 10am-2pm. 60 Ridgelawn Rd. Please click this link to sign up. Contact Jacob@BountifulCities.org for more information.

Shiloh Community Garden - Saturdays 10am - 2pm Please contact Lydia George lydia@bountifulcities.org for more info

Peace Gardens and Market 10-noon on Saturdays

Fairview Road Resilience Garden - 5-7:30pm Wednesday evenings, 10am-noon Saturday mornings. If you would like to attend please RSVP using this link

Root Cause Farm hosts volunteer opportunities on Wednesdays 6-8pm, Thursdays 8:00am-12:00pm, Sundays 3:00-5:00pm. Sign up here!

Verner Center for Early Learning Wednesdays from 3:30-5:30pm 2586 Riceville Rd. Asheville, NC behind Outward Bound. Sign up or just show up! Contact Whitney Rea Smith (828)450-7503 or Wrea@verneremail.org

Soul and Soil Project Tuesdays and Thursdays 9-12. Fairview. Please contact info@soulandsoilproject.org for more info and to join

Dr. John Wilson Community Garden Mondays and Thursday mornings from 8-12. Please contact diana.mccall@townofblackmountain.org for more information.

Haw Creek Commons Garden - workdays are every Tuesday and Thursday morning 10:00am-11:30am

World Soil day in Buncombe County

On Sunday December 5th there will be a mix of local events around Buncombe County to honor soil by promoting awareness of healthy soil and celebrating its many benefits.
There will be events to help educate our communities on the importance of soil biodiversity and sustainable soil management.
In the evening there will be a potluck and film viewing to celebrate the wonders of soil. Learn more and register for events HERE.

Harvest Recipe...
Savory Summer Squash Pie

Summertime Savory Squash Pie – serves 4
The thing about squash is it comes at almost exactly the hottest point in the summer. Before you pre heat that oven check and see if you have a pan that will fit in a much smaller (and less heat producing) toaster oven. It bakes up just as good in a rectangle as it does a circle.

5 eggs
3 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or sour cream
½ cup cornmeal or flour or cooked rice or crumbled tortilla chips
1 teaspoon salt

3-4 cups thinly sliced summer squash – any variety
¼ cup sliced fresh basil or 1 Tablespoon dried basil
¾ cup sharp cheese – diced or grated
3-4 cloves garlic – crushed

Pre heat the oven or toaster oven to 350 degrees (check to see if you have a pan that fits in the toaster).
Whisk together the eggs, olive oil, flour, baking powder and salt.
Fold in the remaining ingredients.
Grease a 7X11 inch pan or 9 inch pie pan.
Pour batter into the pan and smooth the top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
The middle of the squash pie should be firm to the touch when it is done.
Serve with salads, chilled cucumber or corn soup, dilly beans, corn on the cob, or cut into small squares and serve as an appetizer.

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HOmemade alternatives to garden pest control

7/20/2021

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By Community Garden Network Co-Coordinator Lydia George
It is getting to be the time of year when many summer vegetables and fruits are beginning to flourish, and with them comes an abundance of insects and rodents who want to share in the bounty. Here are some common recipes for homemade pest control sprays that will keep these uninvited guests from eating your harvest, that don’t rely on harsh, dangerous chemicals. You can also combine these recipes together for even more potent concoctions!

1. Spicy Pepper Spray: the spicy flavor in hot peppers are produced by the plant as a
natural repellent, to keep animals and insects from eating their fruit. Humans are the
only animal that ignores the pain and finds these chemicals to be a palatable flavor! That means that Cayenne Pepper can be used as a great pest control for insects and rodents in your garden! Add either half a cup of fresh ground or dried pepper into 2 cups of boiling water. Chili Peppers, Cayenne Peppers, Habanero Peppers will all work, the
the spicier the better! Allow the peppers to infuse in the boiling water for 15-20 minutes,
remember to do this in a well ventilated area because the air in your kitchen will get
spicy. Strain the pieces of pepper out of the water and store in a container. This mixture
will be very potent, so you can mix a few spoonfuls into whatever spray bottle you have
with 1 part pepperwater : 10 part tap water ratio. Coat the leaves of your crops with this
spray to deter many kinds of insects, rabbits, deer, groundhogs, aphids and mites!

2. Vegetable Oil Spray: vegetable oil is a cheap and accessible remedy for many mites
and aphids etc. The oil will coat the insect and clog the pores they use to breath. You
can mix a cup of oil with a tablespoon of biodegradable dish soap for an even stronger
effect. Like with the pepper spray, you only need to mix a few drops of the oil mixture
into the water in your spray bottle, shake well and then coat the affected area of your
plant with the spray. Common areas of your plant that may be getting attacked are the
underside of the leaf, the area where the leaf meets the stem, and any newly emerging
growth!

3. Garlic and Mint Spray: garlic is another natural pest deterrent, mostly for insects.
Interplanting garlic with your other vegetables can act as a natural barrier against many
pests during the spring! But after you harvest all your garlic in June you can save some
cloves for making this spray! Mint is also a plant whose smell is a natural pest deterrent.
Mix 3 cups of mint leaves with 7-10 garlic cloves and a small amount of water in a
blender to make a fine paste. Add this into a pot of boiling water and let it boil for 15-20
minutes. Then you can cover the pot and let it sit overnight, so it gets extra potent. The
next day you can strain out all the plant material and put your concoction into a container for storage. This is another recipe that you can dilute with water in your spray bottle to make it last longer.
There are other natural product options like neem oil and diatomaceous earth which make for great pest control, although they are a bit more expensive than the options listed above!

Wishing you all a bountiful harvest this season!

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Bountiful Cities JUne Newsletter

6/30/2021

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BOUNTIFUL CITIES COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK IS ABUNDANT WITH RESOURCES!

Did you know our Community Garden Network (CGN) hosts free classes? Max Mandler and Tamarya Sims have been our most recent guest teachers. Max led a workshop on tool repair, and Tamarya taught about growing herbs and making homegrown herbal tea. Check out more of our recorded classes in the VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS on our website. Follow us on FB to find out about upcoming classes.

Knowledge is a resource, and that's not all the Bountiful Cities CGN shares. We were able to secure approximately $3,700 from Buncombe County Parks and Recreation to purchase 10 rodent-proof composters for area community gardens, and will be purchasing and distributing those in July.

Also, we have been awarded $10,000 from the Pisgah Health Foundation to restock our free Tool Library and Seed Library, and to provide direct resourcing to five area community gardens. Finally, the CGN has added a Technical Assistance section to the monthly CGN newsletter, which Co-coordinator, Lydia George writes in response to common seasonal garden challenges, and every newsletter is now translated into Spanish by our partners at Cenzontle and distributed in both English and Spanish each month.

If you would like be part of our CGN listserv please contact Isa@BountifulCities.Org

The workshops highlighted were presented in partnership with the City of Asheville

Free Plants !!

Bountiful Cities is continuing to get plant donations to distribute in our community. If your garden has some open space stop by the Lucy S. Herring Elementary Peace Garden or check out the FB page to see what is being offered this week! These organic veggies were donated by Southern States Cooperative. Thanks!

Asheville bread festival partnership

Bountiful Cities is excited to be supported by, and partnering with the Asheville Bread Festival! Thanks to a generous contribution from the festival, Bountiful Cities has been able to fully fund our outreach to community gardens, and have an impact on the amount of food those gardens have capacity to grow this year. We are also fully funding our efforts to install solar power in the Pearson garden! We look forward to all the bread baking and gardening in our future together!

Windfall Collective Nursery

Bountiful Cities Windfall Collective Nursery is continuing to grow a wide selection of edible, medicinal, pollinator, and native plants. New varieties of summer crops are coming up, be sure to check our webstore for updates to our inventory! If you're part of the community gardens and haven't gotten a chance to use your gift card yet, be sure to visit our webstore here or contact Alex at alex@bountifulcities.org to put in an order with us. We'll continue to have new varieties throughout the season, and are happy to take specific requests of plants not yet in our inventory. We'll also be having regular appearances at various plant sales this year, stay tuned to find out more. Look forward to growing with you!

What Grows Faster Than a Weed?

Hardly anything grows faster than a weed! Did you know a morning glory vine can grow more than an inch a day? That means 7 inches in a week! SO come one come all to dig in the dirt and help out at these volunteer workdays! Sign up to hear about weekly volunteering opportunities HERE.
Lucy Herring Elementary School Peace Garden (formerly Vance Elementary School) in West Asheville. Tuesdays 11-12:30 Thursdays 9:30am-11am Please contact jordan.diamond@acsgmail.net to for questions and to RSVP
Shiloh Community Garden - Saturdays 10am - 2pm Contact Lydia George lydia@bountifulcities.org for more info
Peace Gardens and Market 10-noon on Saturdays
Fairview Road Resilience Garden - 5-7:30pm Wednesday evenings, 10am-noon Saturday mornings If you would like to attend please RSVP using this link
Root Cause Farm is hosting volunteer opportunities on Wednesdays and Thursdays 10-12. Folks can sign up here!

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planting with moon phases & upcoming events

6/22/2021

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By Community Garden Network Co-Coordinator Lydia George
The moon goes through a cycle of phases every 29-30 days, and these phases have a strong effect on the growth of plants, so knowing what conditions the different moon phases create can be helpful for growing vegetable gardens. For instance, the moon has a strong pull on the water table, so at certain phases of the moon cycle there will be more moisture in the soil, and also the different amount of light at night created by the new and full moon can affect leaf production.
The Moon Cycle can be split into four 7 day phases.
The first phase occurs between the new moon and the waxing half moon. During the new moon phase the water inside of the plants can be found down in the root system below the soil and that's where most of the new growth is made. This makes the new moon phases of the moon a good time to plant vegetables that grow BELOW ground, like carrots, beets, potatoes, peanuts and so on, since it is a time of strong root growth. As the first phase progresses towards the waxing half moon the water in the plant begins to rise out of the roots and towards the leaves.
The second phase occurs in the days between the waxing half moon and the full moon. By the full moon, the water in the plants are in the parts above ground, in the leaves collecting the moon's reflective light and in the flowering and fruiting bodies of the plant. That means that this is a good time for planting seeds or plant starts that grow and fruit ABOVE ground, like tomatoes, peas, peppers, fruit trees and so on. The third phase occurs between the full moon and the waning half moon, and the last phase happens in the 7 days between the waning half moon and the new moon. During these phases the water in the plants sinks back down into the roots below the ground!

https://www.almanac.com/content/planting-by-the-moon
https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/gardening-moon-calendar-guide-january-2021

Enjoy!

Tool Repair Workshop Wednesday, June 23rd 5-7pm
Do you have any broken tools?
Join Max Mandler on Wednesday, June 23rd for a Tool Repair Workshop. Bring any hand tools that you need to have repaired and come ready to learn!  Limit of 10 participants in person
Please email isa@bountifulcities.org to register
https://www.facebook.com/events/490140532216321/

Plant Starts Available at Peace Gardens & Market (formerly Burton Street Peace Gardens)
“Hi, folks! As you may be aware, we host plant sales every year at the Peace Gardens. This year we have quite a few starts left available. I will be making leftover starts available to the community at $1/each, but wanted to make sure that our fellow community gardens and food warriors have what you need for your gardens and communities first.
If you are interested in picking up a few FREE flats to plant, reply to this message or call (or text) me directly (number below) and we can make arrangements for pick-up. Depending on demand, I will likely limit it to 2 flats for each garden/group. Contact Info: Safi Martin (828) 301-0166
Please do NOT just drop by the gardens and pick out plants - it is important for us to keep good records of both our sales and donations.

Tomatoes: Paul Robeson, Black Krim, Tiny Tim, Marglobe Improved, Rutgers, Old Virginia, Cherokee Green, Persimmon, Pineapple, Chocolate Stripes, Pork Chop, Dr. Wyche’s, Ace 55, Red Pear, Yellow Pear, Pink Bumble Bee, Sunrise Bumble Bee, Honeydrop Cherry, Black From Tula, San Marzano Paste, Speckled Roman Paste, Yellow Plum, Orange Banana Paste, Ruby Gold Bicolor, Hillbilly, and many more…
Peppers: Anaheim, Poblano, Carolina Reaper, Aji Lemondrop, Thai Red, Sweet Banana, and several more…
Herbs & Flowers: various culinary and medicinal herbs and some remaining flowers (including passiflora incarnata/Passion flower)” Fore more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/peace.gardens.and.market

Lucy S. Herring Peace Garden Updates:
Produce Sharing- Produce will be given away starting at 11am and the garden will again be open to the public during weekdays  (Located at 98 Sulphur Springs Rd. 28806)

Garden Workdays will shift to morning times:  (weather permitting)
* Tuesdays from 11- 12:30
* Fridays from 10- 12:00
“Come lend a hand in the garden! BYO garden gloves, water, and wear a mask. We spread out and practice social distancing while we work. Please RSVP to Jordan.Diamond@acsgmail.net or cathy@bountifulcities.org (even if it's only an hour before).”

Community Garden Workdays:
Peace Gardens & Market (formerly Burton Street Peace Gardens) Saturdays 10am - 12pm
Contact Safi Martin safi@urbanpeacegardens.org for more info

Shiloh Community Garden, 59 Hampton St., - Saturdays 10am - 2pm
Contact Lydia george lydia@bountifulcities.org for more info

Joyner Street Community Garden, 25 Joyner St., - 4th Saturday of the month 10am - 1pm
Next workday will be on May 15th. Sign up to attend HERE

Root Cause Farm is hosting volunteer opportunities on Wednesdays and Thursdays 10-12. Folks can sign up here! https://safe.rootcausefarm.org/np/clients/rootcausefarm/publicaccess/eventCalendarBig.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1

Other Community Resources/Events

Firefly Valley Community Garden is seeking metal or wooden fence posts, four or 5 feet tall, and a gate to finally put in a fence around our garden. The rabbits are coming, the rabbits are coming!! :-)
If anyone has any to donate or a good contact for discounts, please let Ona know at onaarmstrong@gmail.com.
Thank you!

The Organic Growers School Gardening Series features 2 classes for each season: Spring, Summer & Fall. Get year-round garden guidance to support you in having your best year in the garden yet.
Summer Series: July 26th and August 2nd, 2021 6:00-8:00pm EST
Topics: Crops for Fall, Low Tunnel Construction, Winter Gardening, Planning for next year’s garden: Cover Cropping, Double Digging, Sheet Mulching.
Find out more and sign up today!

Fern Way Farm School
Registration now open for garden
& forest-based K-12th camps!
If you have kids, grandkids, or just know kids and young adults who will be eager to explore the woods this summer, or care for a chicken, or survey for salamanders, Fern Way Farm School in Black Mountain is the place for them! All registration fees are on a sliding scale, and scholarships are available. LEARN MORE & REGISTER here! Contact emma@christmount.org with any questions - we look forward to welcoming y'all to camp!

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Plant Sale Fundrasing Success!

5/25/2021

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Bountiful Cities has had several spring plant sales to support our gardens and (with lots of community participation!) these sales raised much needed money for infrastructure and programming in the gardens! Over $2500 so far! The Bountiful Cities Windfall Collective Nursery is continuing to sell plants throughout the season. Please check out the on-line store on our website for summer and fall plant needs! We appreciate all the help including some wonderful plant donations from Gaia Herbs!

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Windfall Collective Nursery - A program of Bountiful Cities!

4/23/2021

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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!"

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Gather - FREE Film Screening

3/16/2021

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Join the Bountiful Cities Community Garden Network for a free virtual screening and discussion of the documentary "Gather" on Thursday March 11th from 5:30-7:30pm. This documentary looks at the reclamation of land, and how sharing knowledge of growing, harvesting and cooking traditional foods has helped strengthen different indigenous groups in the USA by connecting with their cultural identities. It's a movie about the importance of food sovereignty, the connection between food, land, culture, health and history. The movie will be starting promptly at 5:45, but please be sure to log in to the Zoom link at 5:30, so we can check in and introduce the film, and we will be having the discussion portion over Zoom after.
Register in advance for the Zoom meeting here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcO-hrTwiEtIWeE3m3XGpdb-XuwwnXx_I
Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/421583965814453
This event is presented for the residents of the City of Asheville in partnership with the City of Asheville.

As Spring approaches Bountiful Cities has many opportunities to volunteer in a garden. 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 in the winter months (formerly Vance Elementary School) in West Asheville. Please contact cathy@bountifulcities.org or jordan.diamond@acsgmail.net to attend.
Fairview Road Resilience Garden 10-1pm on Saturday March 13th. Will be doing some direct seeding, installing drip-irrigation, and spreading woodchips Please sign up to attend at this LINK
Burton St. Community Garden 10-noon on Saturdays
Root Cause Farm 3-5pm on Sunday March 14th. Sanctuary Space Garden Workdays. Please sign up HERE.
Murray Hill Garden Community Garden 12-5pm Sunday March 21st 12-5pm AND Sunday April 18th. Will be fixing and painting raised beds, and preparing beds for spring planting. Please sign up HERE
George Washington Carver Edible Park - monthly workdays check the Facebook Page link for updates.

Support Community Gardens!

Be a part of our Growing Community Campaign!

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 in the next 3 months 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 here.

The Organic Growers School 28th Annual Spring Conference is virtual! The new online format offers a unique opportunity to view ALL 33 recorded Track Workshops, 3 Live Keynote sessions, and to interact with all of our speakers in Live Q&A sessions.

Your ticket guarantees access to all conference recordings and materials for 3 months after the event!

Register Now! https://organicgrowersschool.org/conferences/spring/register/

Do you have a table you can donate?

Want to donate a folding table? Maybe you have one in your basement or attic you are not using? As we work with community partners to support distribution of fresh food we need clean and sanitize-able places for food to be placed. If you want to donate please contact cathy@bountifulcities.org

Bountiful Cities wants your Black Gold!

Do you use the Compost Now service? Bountiful Cities can use your finished compost if you cannot! We are one of their garden partners and you can donate your CompostNow compost to Bountiful Cities HERE.

The Hop's Blueberry Purple Basil Ice Cream Supports Bountiful Cities!

East Fork Pottery Raffle Fundraiser

How to Attract Birds and Wildlife to your Yard

Solar Energy, Spices, and Squash Pie

Would you like to learn more about Solar?

SPICES AND POTS!

Volunteer in a Community Garden...

World Soil day in Buncombe County

Harvest Recipe...
Savory Summer Squash Pie

HOmemade alternatives to garden pest control

Bountiful Cities JUne Newsletter

BOUNTIFUL CITIES COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK IS ABUNDANT WITH RESOURCES!

Free Plants !!

Asheville bread festival partnership

Windfall Collective Nursery

What Grows Faster Than a Weed?

planting with moon phases & upcoming events

Plant Sale Fundrasing Success!

Windfall Collective Nursery - A program of Bountiful Cities!

Gather - FREE Film Screening

Support Community Gardens!

Do you have a table you can donate?

Bountiful Cities wants your Black Gold!

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Would you like to learn more about Solar? ​

SPICES AND POTS!

Volunteer in a Community Garden...

World Soil day in Buncombe County ​

Harvest Recipe... Savory Summer Squash Pie

Free Plants !!

Asheville bread festival partnership

Windfall Collective Nursery

What Grows Faster Than a Weed?

Support Community Gardens!

Do you have a table you can donate?

Bountiful Cities wants your Black Gold!

​Know a friend who needs to get this newsletter?

Archives

Categories

DONATE NOW TO BUILD ABUNDANCE IN ASHEVILLE

cONTACT uS

Would you like to learn more about Solar?

World Soil day in Buncombe County

Harvest Recipe...
Savory Summer Squash Pie

Know a friend who needs to get this newsletter?