Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Urban Gardening with Your Kids | Lowell Parents Network

It?s Memorial Day weekend, and the weather has been beautiful. What a great time to start gardening in the city with your kids. Spend time outside together planting a garden, and eventually, you can enjoy fresh produce from your own backyard. Or, maybe you and your family want to help start a community garden?now a reality through a new program here in Lowell. Either way, you can find resources to help urban gardeners, including a new local organization?Mill City Grows.

Founded this year, Mill City Grows works to increase community access to healthy, fresh food through the development of urban food production and distribution networks. Its current projects include the following:

  • Gardener Training Program: Throughout the summer and into the fall, Mill City Grows will host a series of workshops on growing your garden. Two upcoming workshops in early June will include information on planting techniques and growing vegetables in Massachusetts: on Saturday, June 2 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM or Tuesday, June 5 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Bring the kids and learn together. Suggested donation: $15.
  • Rotary Park Community Garden: Located in Lowell?s Back Central neighborhood on Richmond Street, the Rotary Park Community Garden offers garden plots for an annual fee of $15. Spots have been filling up, so contact Mill City Grows at millcityfarm@gmail or 978-656-1678 to see if you can still get involved.

In addition to our local resources, First Lady Michelle Obama has championed gardening and increased awareness through her own kitchen garden at the White House as part of the Let?s Move campaign. Her Kitchen Garden Checklist includes step-by-step instructions for creating your own garden, including healthy recipes for families. Even if you don?t have space for a garden at your Lowell home, you could try urban container gardening?a great option for fresh tomatoes.

Help us share examples of urban gardening in Lowell. Please send an email to lowellparentsnetwork@gmail.com with photos of your family?s garden, and we?ll share them on Facebook. Thanks, and happy gardening!

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