Garden Leadership Training
Community gardens are a great way to bring people together, share skills, and produce food. Perhaps you, your organization, or someone you know has considered starting one - but been unsure of where to begin. If so, Garden Leadership Training may be just what you need to get growing!
Growing Hope's six-session course teaches participants how to organize a group for a common cause and define steps for establishing, maintaining and sustaining a garden. Past participants include ‘Faith and Food’ congregations with goals of growing fresh produce for their members and community food banks; schools aiming to provide students with hands-on gardening experience and nutrition education; Health Clinics who want to engage their patients in healthy food production; and neighbors and apartment complex dwellers who garden on common ground.
This year’s training will take place at the First Congregational United Church of Christ of Ypsilanti, 218 N. Adams St., in Ypsilanti. The classes are on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. starting January 23, 2012 and concluding on February 27 with a potluck and group presentations. 4-6 members from each group should attend all six classes. The class fee is a sliding scale from $40-200. The fee covers class materials and includes a group membership in Growing Hope’s garden resource program.
Please contact Elizabeth Drabik at lizd@growinghope.net or (734) 786-8401 for more information or to register your group! Please register by January 13 to ensure your space.