Inglewood Potluck Bedraising!

What: Raise a bed and celebrate!
Where: Sunnymeade Neighborhood Garden, (1103 Sunnymeade Dr. Nashville, TN 37216, behind the house)
When: Saturday, October 22, Bedraising at 9:00, Potlucking at noon
Who: Everybody!

One of East Nashville Cooperative Ministry partner gardens would like to invite you to a potluck celebrating the new garden addition. This is a beautiful opportunity to enjoy another one of our garden spaces and good fellowship. We look forward to seeing you there!

Harvest Party!

When: Saturday, Oct. 15, 4:30pm

Where: McCoy Garden at 807 Maint St.

What: A Harvest Party!

Who: All who love good food and fellowship

How much: FREE, but feel free to bring your favorite appetizer to share.

ENCM is once again firing up the wood-burning oven, opening our gates, and celebrating another great year of growing. Come join us as we enjoy the fruits of our labor. Rub shoulders with East Nashville neighbors and explore our garden space. We’ll have pumpkin painting for the whole family. We’ll start around 4:30 and hang out and enjoy good food until dusk. We hope to see you there.

(Photo taken by Amy Hobbs of Amy Hobbs Photography).

Workshop Update

All,

The workshop scheduled for Sept 17th--canning/preserving--is being canceled due to scheduling conflicts.

Sorry for inconvenience.

We are still scheduled for the October workshop--bread baking--and look forward to seeing you there. Details to follow.

as always, if there are any questions or comments, please direct them to Justin in the space below.

thanks,

The Picture Of PEAS: A Mural Project

All,

I wanted to inform you of another project that might be of interest. We are hosting a mural project at the garden. We’re calling it The Picture of Peas. We are trying to let this be as much a community art project as possible. Which means “the community” needs to drive this bus. That’s where you come in. No experience necessary.

You are invited to join us--ENCM, Alphachimp, and your neighbors--in any of the four open events we’ll be hosting. The first two (September 10th and 24th) will be “discovery sessions”. This will allow participants to express their ideas for what the mural will be and help us define the steps to make this happen. Then, on October 1st and 8th we start painting. We’ll paint the image we’ve collectively designed and have a big party (think pizzas from the oven, puppet shows, face painting, etc. It's really up to you).

Hard Details

When: September 10 @2:00-4:30. Herbal tea from the garden will be provided.

Where: ENCM (807 Main St. 37206)

What: Open discovery session

Why: Inform public of the project and its history; exercise, pool and synthesize our creativity as a community to begin the process of creating an art piece; identify next steps and delegate responsibility to community members.

Who: YOU!, ENCM staff and volunteers, Alphachimp Design Studio, (kid friendly)

When: September 24 @2:00-4:30 (or TBD). Herbal tea from the garden will be provided.

Where: ENCM (807 Main St. 37206)

What: Open discovery session

Why: Focus the creative energies from the first session and further define the final mural image; we also hope to define the next steps to begin painting on October 1 and 8.

Who: YOU!, ENCM staff and volunteers, Alphachimp Design Studio, (Kid friendly)

When: October 1st and 8th @ TBD

Where: ENCM (807 Main st. 37206)

What: Painting event

Why: Implement the mural design

Who: YOU!, ENCM Staff and volunteers, Alphachimp Design Studio, (kid friendly)

direct all comments and questions to justin in the comment space below.

thanks,

ENCM crew

Hands on Herbs Workshop w/ Liz Meeks

what: herb workshop

when: August 27 @ 10:00am

where: McCoy Garden (807 main st 37206)

cost: free (but we'll pass the hat for our speaker)

This class will focus on identifying and using healing plants that grow naturally in our backyards, or are easily cultivated.

Liz Meeks, community herbalist and gardener, will attempt to dispel the myth that a 'medicinal herb' is something that must be purchased at a health food store or must be concocted by someone in a white lab coat. We will learn that many healing plants, aka 'weeds' offer themselves freely at our doorsteps, in the back alley, and voluntarily in our gardens. We will meet at the ENCM campus, which is home to Versatile Dandelion, Powerful Poke, Incredible Plantain, Iron-rich Yellow Dock, and the often overlooked Smartweed and Amaranth. The garden also offers Echinacea, Rosemary, Sage, Mint, Thyme, Lavender, and Parsley, all with healing properties beyond the kitchen. Let's see what else we can find!

We will go through all the steps of making a fresh plant tincture, or alcohol extract. We will also discuss extracting herbs into vinegar and honey for those who wish to avoid alcohol, or simply want to try something different.

We will touch on basic cultivation techniques for a few of my favorite herbs including Calendula, Comfrey, Holy Basil, St.John's Wort and Yarrow.

The world of herbs offers endless opportunities to explore, create, and connect with the natural world on a deeper level. Please join us for what is sure to be a fun workshop!

As always, sign up in comment space below and direct all questions to justin there.

*a special note for this workshop*

A very slight but very real possibility exist for this workshop to be rescheduled. Liz is scheduled to assist a birth that has yet to be. So it may be that liz becomes preoccupied during the workshop time because shes helping bring a person into the world. Stay tuned here for updates. And look for an email update if we have to reschedule. In advance, thank you for your understanding.