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2015
GROWING A NETWORK IN THE MILE HIGH CITY
August 13–16Denver Botanic Gardens & Denver Urban Gardens
36th Annual Conference
table of contents
Letter from the ACGA President 1
Denver Botanic Gardens Map 2-3
Schedule Overview 4
Keynote Speakers 5
Thursday, August 13 6
Friday, August 14 7-10
Gala and Silent Auction 11
Tours 12
Saturday, August 15 13- 15
Sunday, August 16 16-18
Post-Conference Tour 19
Cordalie Benoit CT Community Gardening Association Treasurer New Haven, CT Cordalie benoit@aya yale edu Joelette Crawl Forestry Program Specialist Epes, AL joletcc@yahoo com Brien Darby Secretary Urban Food Specialist Denver, CO darbyb@botanicgardens org Nancy Kohn Executive Director, Green ThumbNew York, NYnancy kohn@parks nyc gov
Maryanne Lucas Treasurer Executive Director Kids Growing Strong Westlake Village, CA Mlucas@earthlink net
Bill Maynard President Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition Sacramento, CA wmaynard@cityofsacramento org; Demetrice Mills Brooklyn Land Trust Brooklyn, NY Demetrice Mills@bqlt org Charlie Monroe Vice President Natural Resource Manager Dekalb County Lithonia, GA camonroe@dekalbcountyga gov
Lukan Paulus Growing Healthy PeopleGrayslake, ILlukan@growinghealthyveterans org
Sandy Pernitz Seattle P Patch Seattle, WA Sandy Pernitz@seattle gov
Liat Racin Harvard Graduate School of DesignCambridge, MAliatracin@gmail com
Kim ScottCity Planning CommissionCleveland, OHkscott@city cleveland oh us
Cathy Walker Metro Atlanta Urban Farm College Park, GA cpfarmcathy@aol com Sandra Zuniga Assistant Deputy Director of Operations San Francisco Department of Public Works San Francisco, CA Sandra zuniga@sfdpw org Staff 1-877-ASK-ACGA
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Friends of ACGA,
On behalf of the American Community Gardening Association’s Board of Directors, and the Denver Conference Organizing Committee, I welcome you to the ACGA’s 36th Annual National Conference, “Growing a Network in the Mile High City ”
I would like to thank the Denver Conference Committee for their hard work to make this 2015 ACGA Conference a reality; also the volunteers and our sponsors for supporting the conference as without you this conference could not have taken place
I would like to thank the conference attendees that have traveled from all parts of North America and many foreign countries to be with us to celebrate community gardening efforts from around the world, share ideas and methods, learn from others, and to be part of the ever growing ACGA family of community gardens and community gardeners
We are excited that you have joined us - May your conference experiences be positive, your networking connections ever growing, your gained knowledge inspiring, and the friends that you make at the conference lifelong, so that when you return to your home towns, your efforts will be bountiful and make a difference in your community
Thank you for being with us in Denver to celebrate ACGA’s 36th anniversary and to lay the groundwork for the next 36 years! ACGA continues to be the go to source on community gardening!
Bill Maynard, President, ACGA
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Gardens for the West12 Bristlecone Border 13 Cactus and Succulent House14 Colorado Garden Show
Promenade Garden 15 Conservation Garden16 Crossroads Garden17 Darlene Radichel Plant Select Garden18 Dryland Mesa19 Dwarf Conifer Collection20 Gates Montane Garden21 Grant Family Cottonwood Border22 Green Roof23 Laura Smith Porter Plains Garden24 Mordecai Children’s Garden25 Ornamental Grasses Garden26 Ponderosa Border27 Roads Water-Smart Garden28 Sacred Earth29 Welcome Garden
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Internationally Inspired Gardens30 Bill Hosokawa Bonsai Pavilion
and Tea Garden 31 Boettcher Memorial
Tropical Conservatory32 Ella Mullen Weckbaugh Tea House 33 Japanese Garden34 June’s PlantAsia35 Marnie’s Pavilion36 Rock Alpine Garden37 South African Plaza
38 All-America Selections Garden 39 El Pomar Waterway40 The Ellipse in honor of Nancy Schotters 41 Fragrance Garden42 Gloria Falkenberg Herb Garden43 Lainie’s Cutting Garden44 Le Potager: A gift from the Ladd Family45 Lilac Garden
Ornamental Gardens (con’t.)46 May Bonfils-Stanton Memorial Rose Garden47 Nexus Garden 48 O’Fallon Perennial Walk49 Orangery50 Romantic Gardens51 Schlessman Plaza52 Scripture Garden53 Sensory Garden54 Victorian Secret Garden
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& Gift Shop03 Cheesman Gate04 Greenhouse Complex05 Hive Garden Bistro06 Morrison Discovery Center07 Offshoots Café08 Science Pyramid09 UMB Bank Amphitheater10 Waring House11 West Terrace
Gardens for the West12 Bristlecone Border 13 Cactus and Succulent House14 Colorado Garden Show
Promenade Garden 15 Conservation Garden16 Crossroads Garden17 Darlene Radichel Plant Select Garden18 Dryland Mesa19 Dwarf Conifer Collection20 Gates Montane Garden21 Grant Family Cottonwood Border22 Green Roof23 Laura Smith Porter Plains Garden24 Mordecai Children’s Garden25 Ornamental Grasses Garden26 Ponderosa Border27 Roads Water-Smart Garden28 Sacred Earth29 Welcome Garden
Ornamental Gardens
Internationally Inspired Gardens30 Bill Hosokawa Bonsai Pavilion
and Tea Garden 31 Boettcher Memorial
Tropical Conservatory32 Ella Mullen Weckbaugh Tea House 33 Japanese Garden34 June’s PlantAsia35 Marnie’s Pavilion36 Rock Alpine Garden37 South African Plaza
38 All-America Selections Garden 39 El Pomar Waterway40 The Ellipse in honor of Nancy Schotters 41 Fragrance Garden42 Gloria Falkenberg Herb Garden43 Lainie’s Cutting Garden44 Le Potager: A gift from the Ladd Family45 Lilac Garden
Ornamental Gardens (con’t.)46 May Bonfils-Stanton Memorial Rose Garden47 Nexus Garden 48 O’Fallon Perennial Walk49 Orangery50 Romantic Gardens51 Schlessman Plaza52 Scripture Garden53 Sensory Garden54 Victorian Secret Garden
Shady Gardens55 Birds and Bees Walk 56 Oak Grove57 Shady Lane 58 Woodland Mosaic
Water Gardens59 All-America Selections Garden Waterway 60 Four Towers Pool61 Monet Pool
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Conference Facilities
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 the horsebarn
Pre-conference at The Horsebarn 1:00 - 6:00pm
Welcome Dinner at the Horsebarn 6:00-8:00pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 denver botanic gardens and chatfield farms
Registration 8:00am - 5:00pm
Breakfast in Gates Lobby 8:00 - 9:00am
Opening Ceremony in Mitchell Hall 9:00 - 9:45am
Morning Workshop Session 10:00-11:00am
Opening Keynote Speech in Mitchell Hall 11:15- 12:15pm
Lunch and Regional Networking on the West Terrace 12:15-1:15pm
Afternoon Workshop Sessions 1:30-4:30
Optional Tour of the Denver Botanic Gardens Community Garden 4:45-5:30pm
Transportation to Chatfield Farms for Gala and Silent Auction, leaving from DBG 5:30pm
Gala and Silent Auction at Chatfield Farms 6:00-9:00pm
Buses Returning to Denver Botanic Gardens 8:30-9:00pm
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 denver botanic gardens, tour locations
Registration 8:00am - 9:00am; 1:00-6:00pm
Breakfast in Gates Lobby 8:00 - 9:00am
Tours, buses leaving from DBG 9:00am - 1:00pm
Lunch on the West Terrace 1:00pm-2:00pm
Afternoon Workshop Sessions 2:00-5:30pm
Evening on your own to explore Denver
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 denver botanic gardens, colorado springs
Registration 8:00am - 12:00pm
Breakfast in Gates Lobby 8:00 - 9:00am
Morning Workshop Sessions 8:30-11:15am
Closing Keynote and Annual Meeting 11:30 am- 1:00pm
Post-Conference Tour to Colorado Springs 1:00-6:00pm
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
TRANSPORTATION
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14Gary Oppenheimer
Gary Oppenheimer, a CNN Hero, World Food Prize nominee, lecturer and speaker (including a TED presenta-tion), a Google Tech Talk, 2014 Yahoo! News/ABC News “Best Person”, 2013 Encore Purpose Prize Fellow, Points of Light Tribute winner, Huffington Post’s “Greatest Person of the Day” and “ 2011 Game Changer”, winner of the Russell Berrie Foundation’s “Making A Difference” award, Grace Communications Ecocentric Hero, winner of the Glynwood 2011 “Wave of the Future” award, winner of the 2012 Elfenworks “In Harmony With Hope” award, Echoing Green semifinalist and founder of the AmpleHarvest org Campaign now makes his home in the mountains of northern New Jersey after having lived on a boat on the Hudson River in Manhattan since 1978 He is also a Master Gardener, Rutgers Environmental Steward, former community garden director, Environmental Commissioner in northern New Jersey, an avid gardener, and long distance cyclist Aware of the increasing hunger problem in America and, in 2009, after seeing the amount of wasted food in the community garden as well as other gardens around the country, he created AmpleHarvest org - a nationwide non-profit to enable America’s 42 million home gardeners who grow food to be able to easily find a local food pantry eager for their excess garden bounty Because AmpleHarvest org works closely with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to improve fresh food access at thousands of food pantries nationwide, he had the opportunity to meet the President and First Lady and she subsequently highlighted AmpleHarvest org in a speech in early 2012 In addition to helping AmpleHarvest org continue its expansion to food pantries and gardeners nationwide, Gary also does public speaking about wasted food, hunger and AmpleHarvest org, individuals making a difference in their community as well as a variety of environmental topics
Chef Ann Cooper
Chef Ann Cooper is an internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children In a nation where kids are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents due to diet-related disease, Chef Ann has been a constant champion of school food reform as an important avenue through which to improve childhood nutrition A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY, Ann has been a chef for more than 30 years, including positions with Holland America Cruises, Radisson Hotels, and Telluride Ski Resort before serving as Executive Chef at the renowned Putney Inn in Vermont She has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, and Time Magazine and has appeared on NPR’s Living on Earth, ABC’s Nightline, CNN, PBS’ To The Contrary, the CBS Morning Show, and many other media outlets Ann has shared her knowledge and experience by speaking at the Smithsonian Institute, the National Restaurant Association, the Heifer Foundation, Chefs Collaborative, the International Association of Culinary Professionals and numerous conferences She has been honored by SLOW Food USA, selected as a Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow, and awarded an honorary doctorate from SUNY Cobleskill for her work on sustainable agriculture
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
Your registration includes three day passes for local travel on light rail and bus These passes can be used to travel to and from the conference venues
The Posner Center (aka, the Horsebarn) is located very near the D-line light rail The Denver Botanic Gardens is near the number 24, 10, 15, and 6 bus lines For information on riding the bus from your location, please visit www rtd-denver com
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Start: 1:30pm
Location: The Posner Center, aka, The Horsebarn 1031 33rd St , Denver, CO 80205 303 292 9900
Schedule
1-1:30 Check-in
1:30 Welcome
1:45 - 2:30 Panel: Gardening and Healthy Food in Schools
Andrew Nowak, Director, National School Garden Program
Judy Elliot, Senior Education Specialist, Denver Urban Gardens
Anne WIlson, Farm to School Coordinator, Denver Public Schools
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:30 Cooking Demo: “How to host a healthy cooking demo in a Community Garden,” featuring food from the Horsebarn market
3:30 - 3:45 break
3:45 - 5:00 Dr Jill Litt & DUG Executive Director Michael Buchenau: Community Gardens & Health, featuring research by the Colorado School of Public Health & DUG Screening of A Garden in Every Neighborhood
5:00 - 6:00 Happy Hour in the Horse Barn and visiting the Horsebarn market; tours of the
6:00 - 8:00 Welcome Dinner & Games in the Horse Barn Parking Lot
The Role of Health in our Community Gardens and Green Spaces
pre-conference + welcome dinner
Conference attendees will meet to network and enjoy a great meal served by food trucks! Meet the ACGA board, host committee, keynote speakers and other presenters at this fun mixer
Dinner will be accompanied by games and music in the Horsebarn Parking Lot
Start: 6:00pm
Location: The Posner Center, aka, The Horsebarn 1031 33rd St , Denver, CO 80205 303 292 9900
Conference Attendee Welcome Dinner
Dr Jill Litt
Associate Professor
Colorado School of Public Health
Michael Buchenau
Executive Director
Denver Urban Gardens
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
10:00 - 11:00
One of the basic needs for urban gardeners is gaining access to land and obtaining preservation This panel will present three unique strategies to address those challenges from the munici-pal level Representatives from San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York City will discuss innovative policy for land tenure and access
Mitchell HallHannah Shulman, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator
Elisa Ruse-Esposito, FarmPhilly Program Manager
Kenneth Williams, Outreach Coordinator
Municipal Strategies for Land Access and Tenure for Urban Agriculture
Taste, freshness and variety are all great reasons to grow food gardens, but what about peak nutrition? Learn about “power-house” vegetables and easy, organic-friendly garden techniques to boost the nutritional impact of your plots and planters throughout the growing season Even better, these crops taste terrific, too!
Gates Hall Don Boekelheide, Community Garden Mentor
Popeye Plus: Veggies and Techniques With A Big Nutritional Punch
Join leaders of Denver Housing Authority and Denver Urban Gardens who work closely with residents of public housing as they develop leadership skills, healthy habits and meaningful relationships in the community garden
Plant Society House Emily Grace Frost, Director of Garden Support
Mandie Ross Birchem, Housing Program Specialist
Community Gardens & Public Housing--A Companion Planter’s Guide
Challenges and experience in starting a school-community garden Learn about garden management, food dontaion programs, and setting up a farm to cafeteria program Caroline will connect teachers to valuable curriculum and other resources to sustain school gardens
Cottonwood ClassroomCaroline Kiang, Garden Consultant/Educator
Joan Moran, Fifth Grade Teacher
Starting a School Garden with Your Community
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12:15 - 1:15
Join us for lunch and regional networking on the West Terrace.
11:15 - 12:15
Mitchell HallOpening Keynote Speech
Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org
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To sustain long-term change, it is important to envision how the work of today’s residents, organizations, and agencies fits into the big picture This session brings together five participants whose systems thinking has transformed the Denver landscape,
Mitchell HallMichael Buchenau, Executive Director
Gordon Robertson, Director, Park Planning, Design, and Construction
Laurel Mattrey, Sustainability Planner/Garden and Greenhouse Program Coordinator
Mark Cassalia, Water Conservation Specialist
How to Make Sustainable Change by Working at a Systems Level
Across the country, community and school garden leaders find incredible benefit when given the opportunity to share ideas, brainstorm solutions, and learn together Join this panel discussion, featuring a diversity of groups offering unique ‘regional gatherings’ for training and connecting garden leaders Take home resources and innovative ideas
Plant Society House Libby Weiland, Vermont Community Garden Network
Maria Hitt, Playful Nature Consulting
Sari Albornoz, Grow Local Program Director
Regional Gatherings: Training & Networking Opportunities for Garden Leaders
This session will provide an in depth look at the Little Green Fingers program, a 5 million dollar initiative to address the childhood obesity epidemic by building community gardens in food deserts throughout LA County through an organizational collaborative approach, and it’s extensive evaluation efforts to date
Cottonwood ClassroomDeborah Fryman, Senior Program Manager
Nicole Gatto, Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Glen Dake, Principal
Miguel Luna, Principal
Little Green Fingers-Building Gardens with Evalutation Data as a Primary Program Outcome
1:30 - 2:45
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A panel discussion on the need and techniques for training community garden leads in sustainable practices, troubleshoot-ing, and post-harvest handling so they can better educate their gardeners and help them make environmentally responsible choices
Horticultural Strategies for Improving Success and Sustainability of Community Gardens
Gates HallTamla Blunt, Ph.D., Extension Specialist-Diagnostics
Carol O’Meara, Horticulture Entomology Extension Agent
Mary Small, CO Master Gardener Coordinator
Jean Reeder, Ph.D., Soil Scientist
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
3:00 - 3:45
The objective of this workshop is to demonstrate how Urban Gardens that transitioned into Urban Market Gardens, with the help of USDA’s programs, can transition into Micro Market Urban Farms (MMUF) growing organic produce year-round all in Hoop houses
Mitchell HallHenry Crews III, Executive Director
Julius Tillery, Farm Resources Coordinator
Ardis Crews, Micro Maket Farm VP
Jesalyn Keziah, Community Food Coordinator
Transitioning to Micro Market Farms
This session looks at how horticultural therapy can help offenders gain and maintain vocational skills To increase the success of offenders, prison gardens contribute to and partner with community gardens, food shelves, and green space Successful prison garden programs, suggested horticultural therapy activities, and applications outside of prison are described
Gates Hall Jaime Haines, Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology
Horticultural Therapy as a Vocational Intervention for Offenders
CiCi and Melissa manage community HOAs in Colorado There is a lot of bad press in regards to HOA’s One of the bright lights is our community gardens that flourish in our HOA’s Communities The gardens are examples of getting to know your neighbors, sharing the love of gardening
Plant Society HouseCiCi Kessler, President
Melissa Keithly, Treasurer
How Community gardens in HOAs create Community and Harmony
“The Demographic of Community Gardens in Indiana” session discusses Ms Newton’s process of studying community gardens across the state of Indiana, describing methods of obtaining demographic information, what specific questions were queried to gardeners, the processes of finding community gardens, and preliminary results on the study before publica-tion in May 2016
Cottonwood Classroom Ashley Rose Newton, Graduate Research Assistant
The Demographic of Community Gardens in Indiana
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San Francisco has long been a city of individual and collective action towards social change The Recreation and Park Department’s Community Garden Program features a unique hybrid model of support for gardens In this workshop, we’ll explore some of the challenges and pleasures of maintaining a municipal community garden program
Mitchell HallHannah Shulman, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator
Melinda Stockmann, Community Gardens Program Manager
San Francisco, a Model Munincipal Community Garden Program
Attendees will learn about a new social media platform, Shared Earth Shared Earth is designed to help match those that want to grow food with those that have available places to grow Learn how ACGA members can partner and serve as ambassa-dors to this important effort time fun and educational
Gates HallJeremy Kranowitz, Executive Director
Shared Earth, a platform to connect Community Gardens, Urban Farms, and Indoor Agriculture
Community garden managers will compare strategies for identifying and cultivating sustainable relationships with community organizations and volunteers! Participants will learn about how asset-based community development (ABCD) can help build a web of community connections, brainstorm associations within their own communities, and explore and address shared value within community garden partnerships
Plant Society HouseTiana Keith, Neighborhood Liason
Elizabeth Wall-Bassett, Associate Professor
Keeping Reciprocal Partnerships at the Forefront of Community Gardens
After 7 years of experience (read: trial and error) in leading and developing youth gardening programs in Knox County, TN Emily will discuss what works and what doesn’t when it comes to developing, sustaining and evaluating youth gardening programs and will present strategies for utilizing Extension and other partner organizations within the commu-nity to make your youth gardening efforts a success
Cottonwood ClassroomEmily Gonzalez, Extension Agent II
How to Grow a Youth Garden Club
4:00 - 4:45
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GALA AND SILENT AUCTION
This year’s Conference Gala and Silent Auction will be held at the Chatfield Farms, operated by the Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield is a working farm located along the banks of Deer Creek in south-ern Jefferson County Attractions include a 5-acre working farm, native gardens, the butterfly house, nature trails, historic farm buildings and the original Deer Creek Schoolhouse from 1874
Join us for a festive evening of delicious food, local libations, musical entertainment, and the world famous ACGA silent auction!
Transportation will be provided to and from DBG Chatfield Farms from The Denver Botanic Gardens for conference attendees.
diningCatering will be provided by Mo’ Betta Green MarketPlace using locally sourced ingredients and a menu focused on foods for health and vitality Thanks to Don Sebastiani and Sons for generously quenching our thirst
silent auctionBe sure to check out the great silent auction prizes! Items were donated by many of our sponsors, including Fiskars, Corona, Gardener’s Supply, as well as donations from fellow conference attendees All proceeds benefit ACGA
entertainmentWe will be joined by DJ Al Taylor aka “Al Your Pal”, who will provide our evening’s musical entertainment
Guided tours of the property, including a portion of the CSA farm, the washstand and outdoor kitchen, livestock buldings, herb gardens, butterfly house, and historic buildings, will be provided throughout the evening Guests are welcome to puruse the property at their own speed, as well
6:00 - 9:00
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Founding Gardens Walking TourWhat kind of community garden does it take to start a move-ment? Find out on this tour of Denver Urban Gardens’ three original gardens The entire walking tour is under 3 miles
Gardens That Go Above & BeyondBountiful community, productive harvests, food donation programs and more! Come take a look at the gardens that make it look easy
Sprouting a Love of Gardening: Gardens at SchoolsVisit three different school-based community gardens, each with a unique program that enhances education in the garden
Urban Agriculture- Engaging the Whole Community Visit the heart of Boulder for a tour of Growing Gardens’ 11 acre urban agriculture hub, including a 200 plot community garden, The Children’s Peace Garden, Horticultural Therapy Garden, youth run CSA, and newly established orchard
Pedals n’ PetalsTake a relaxing tour (less than 5 miles long) of select gardens in Denver’s Five Points Neighborhood on bike, including Denver Urban Gardens’ 150th Garden!
Rooted in Tradition: Growing practices from around the worldAt three unique gardens, hear from gardeners about the gardening traditions and techniques that they use to grow produce and to renew cultural ties
Mile High Urban AgricultureTake a tour of some of Denver’s most innovative food producers, ranging from unique land collaborations to hydroponics
Reconnecting Through GrowingVisit DeLaney Community Farm and two community gardens that provide opportunities for refugees to reconnect with the land, healthy food and community
TOURS
* Tours will occur rain or shine * Wear comfortable shoes and clothing
9:00- 1:00
1:00- 2:00
Lunch will be served on the West Terrace; all tours can head directly to lunch upon returning
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
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This session will help attendees move from issues to articu-lated policy priorities By sharing successes from Growing Hope’s local to state policy work, participants will leave with ideas of how to translate lessons learned at home Participants will use a tool to translate their issues into a policy agenda
Mitchell HallAmanda Marie Edmonds, Executive Director
Erica Bloom, Program Director
Moving from Programming to Policy: Translating Issues into a Policy Agenda
Kill them All, Insects focuses on the importance of being able to properly ID insects and their impact on the garden All insects are not harmful--some are beneficial Managing the insect population of your garden impacts the harvest Participants will be insturcted on the basics of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) which is an environmentally friendly way to manage pests
Gates HallCharlie Monroe, Natural Resource Manager, DeKalb County Government
Insects--Kill Them All?
Updated version of ACGA’s Growing Communities Curriculum workshop on Building Coalitions Outcomes: (1) understanding the types of multi-organization relationships and (2) Steps to determining the most effective relationship
Plant Society HouseBetsy Johnson, Steering Committe, Springfield, MA Food Policy Council
Networks to Coalitions, You are Not Alone
Parks provide extraordinary opportunity for community garden programs These public spaces offer the infrastructure, as well as, a trusted hand in engaging the community Local park and recreation departments are teaching gardening skills, conduct-ing healthy cooking classes, donating produce, and strengthen-ing social cohesion through hands-on experiences with children and seniors
Cottonwood ClassroomJimmy O’Connor, Director of Grants and Partnerships
Brian VanPatten, Horticulturist
Nicole Ferguson, Park Naturalist
Parks as Community Gardens:Why and How to Do It
Data collection matters Join gardeners and farmers from the Farming Concrete team for a hands-on workshop exploring the free Farming Concrete Toolkit, developed by community gardeners, urban farmers, and school gardeners, that helps gardeners set goals and evaluate their work
Morrison CenterMara Gittleman, Director
Sheryll Durrant, Director of Outreach and Training
Megan Canning, Deputy Director
Measuring the Good Things Growing in Your Garden
2:00 - 3:00
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DUG master community gardeners, Ana Tolentino and Teri Connelly, will discuss initiatives in their communities to grow extra produce for donation to local charities including Project Angel Heart Ana will also discuss the process of creating, implementing and managing a successful community donation garden with her church in Littleton, CO
Mitchell HallAna Tolentino
Teri Connolly
Building and Managing a Community Garden Donation Program
More and more community gardens are being established on brownfield sites In this interactive session case studies will highlight the latest Kansas State University research on contam-inant uptake by food crops grown on such sites and associated best management practices Q&A to follow
Gates HallGanga Hettiarachchi, Associate Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
Sabne Martin, President
Growing Safely to Produce Healthy Crops-Community Gardens on Previously Used Sites
You can get a lot of bang for your buck from a vegetable garden, however the cost to plant a garden can be a barrier to participa-tion for many individuals For 19 years, Denver Urban Garden’s Free Seeds & Transplants Program has provided resources to residents so that they can start their gardens at no cost Learn how this program addresses food access on a metro-wide level and how to provide such resources in your community
Plant Society HouseJessica Romer, Director of Horticulture
Peg Alt, Community Development Outreach Specialist
Creating Access to Healthy Food with Free Seeds and Transplants
Learn tips and tricks for working with little one’s in the garden Hear ideas for making it easier to manage young children in a garden setting and basics of gardening with kids Hands-on materials and resources to help excite young children about gardening will be presented
Cottonwood ClassroomMaria Hitt, Playful Nature Consulting
The Youngest Gardeners: Growing Food in Pre-K
In this interactive science-meets-storytelling session, food sovereignty via our system of “chiropractic free” gardening is discussed This is a high raised bed system which incorporates high levels of good quality compost and (green) manure Our yields are much higher and the workload is much lower, less time consuming, and easier
Morrison CenterVictoria Ferguson-Kramer, Research Director
Eamon Mackenzie, Operational Director
High Raised Bed Gardening: Providing Ease-of-use and High Yields
3:15 - 4:15
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Sustainable Food Center and City of Austin Parks and Recreation will present a dual case study on the development of two community gardens in Austin on underutilized City of Austin land through a cost-match with the Public Works Neighborhood Partnering Program
Mitchell HallSari Albornoz, Grow Local Program Director
Meredith Gray, Conservation Program Coordinator
How Creative Partnerships Built Two Gardens on Challenging City Land
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society works with partners to establish neighborhood-based education and resource hubs for 150 community gardeners who transform our food system by distributing produce to neighbors in need Together with participants, we’ll share strategies and stories for building community and empowering growers with assistance and supplies for urban food production
Gates HallEileen Gallagher, Senior Program Manager
Julianne Schrader, Director of Gardening Programs
Growing Connections: Partnering to Transform Food Systems
In 2011, community gardens were sprouting up throughout Sarasota, with no clear guidance on how to operate them Come learn how collaboration was crucial in bringing the gardens together under a consistent management system Additionally, hear an overview of the creation of our practical Integrated Pest Management plan
Plant Society HouseStacy Spriggs, Community and School Garden Coordinator
Erin Alvarez, Plant Science Lecturer
Kathi Rader-Gibson, Parks and Recreation Specialist
Aubrey Phillips, Operations Manager
Rogue vs. Consistency!
Anecdotally, the solitary pollinator populations are in decline, but without numbers to demonstrate this, how can we take action? The CGs in and around Edmonton stepped up to generate a baseline for measuring the populations of solitary pollinators Learn what they are doing and how they hope to make a positive impact on these important members of their garden communities
Cottonwood ClassroomCarla Meyer, Community Garden Facilitator
Solitary Pollinators in Community Gardens
Denver Urban Gardens has been working with elementary-aged youth in the garden for fifteen years, which has resulted in a menu of successful programs to educate and engage youth in the garden This session will present on DUG’s garden-based curriculum, the Youth Farmers Market program and other strategies for getting youth engaged
Morrison CenterShawnee Adelson, Director of School Garden Programs
Healthy Gardens, Healthy Bodies: Programs and Tools for Engaging
4:30 - 5:30
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
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Urban gardens offer a prime opportunity to strengthen community and promote economic development This session deconstructs an ordinance that was passed by Denver’s City Council in 2014 that allows urban gardeners to sell what they grow from their residence
Mitchell HallShannon Spurlock, Director of Public Affairs and Policy
Sarah Showalter, Senior City Planner
Feven Netsanet, Senior Aide
Robin Kniech, Councilwoman
Residential Sales, or, Selling Your Urban Garden Grown Produce from your Residence
After an in-depth introduction to clinical horticultural therapy and the many participating populations and settings in which it is conducted, we will explore the intersection of the commu-nity garden world and the world of people facing issues that can be improved by gardening Prepare to be inspired!
Gates HallFred Conrad, Community Garden Manager
Rebecca Haller, HTM, Horticultural Therapist
Linking People and Plants through Horticultural Therapy
Interested in starting a community garden? Learn how to build a garden from the ground up based on the Joliet Park District’s experience in creating a successful organic community garden with little money Gain ideas for fundraising, education and class topics, and how to engage your gardeners
Plant Society HouseKristen Gurnitz Bernier, Organic Community Garden Coordinator/Graphic Designer
Growing Your Community Garden With Only a Little Green
Despite infrastructure, many school gardens go underused The primary barriers are a lack of gardening knowledge and lack of time for “yet another” subject Project-based learning (PBL) is an opportunity to use gardens as a year-round curricular resource even for teachers with limited gardening knowledge PBL questions inform garden activities and design
Cottonwood ClassroomKathleen Carson, Community Educator
Punita Patel, Youth Educator
Carolyn Cosgrove-Payne, Youth Educator
Gardening and the Hesitant Teacher-Integrating the Garden into Project-Based Learning (PBL)
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Join the national crowdfunding nonprofit ioby (in our back yards) to hear real-life case studies of how grassroots gardening groups have used crowdfunding to raise funds, engage commu-nity, and build local investment Working from stories of past projects, we’ll cover proven grassroots fundraising techniques and top tips for successful crowdfunding
Morrison CenterEthany Uttech, Partnerships Manager
David Weinberger, City Partnerships Director
Growing Resources: Crowdfunding for Community Gardens
16 ACGA 36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
What are the advantages behind innovative partnerships and how do they create new communities? In this session, Gateway Greening representatives will speak on the social, environmental and community benefits of bringing together the St Louis County Library and Gateway Greening to create a partner-ship-based model for community gardening
Mitchell HallMatt Even, Community Outreach Specialist
Creating New Communities through Partnerships
Composting is very easy, yet many don’t do it correctly or have problems This session will cover hot and cold composting, types of composters, ways to compost, and composting from the backyard/community garden basics to larger community soil building projects Leave knowing how to make great soil through composting!
Gates HallBill Maynard, ACGA President, Community Garden Program Coordinator
Compost 101
The way our gut provides us with nutrients and the soil provides plants with nutrients is not so different A teaspoon of garden soil can hold up to one billion bacteria, several yards of fungal filaments, several thousand protozoa, and scores of nematodes Learn how to develop a healthy microbiome way our gut provides us with nutrients and the soil provides plants with nutrients is not so different
Plant Society HouseNina Morton
Applying Lessons from our Gut Microbiome to Create Healthy Soil
We will present our research methods for determining the impact of our community/school garden, including photovoice, focus groups, and surveys We will share our own results and how we plan to use them This will be a collaborative discus-sion of methods used for documenting impacts of community gardens
Cottonwood ClassroomKerstin Martin, Garden Manager
Sara Schwartz, BS Environmental Studies
Documenting Your Community Garden’s Impact: Methods and Outcomes
Join a community gardener who knows the retail foods world to discuss the empowerment of a community through member involvement in collaborative gardening practices as it relates specifically to food independence, affordability and access We will also explore the impact that grocery store tours can have for fixed-income community gardeners
Morrison CenterJillian Mitchell
Grocery & Garden: Expanding Food Access
9:30 - 10:15
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
This presentation will talk about the NYC effort to have a group of community gardens legislated as a Community Gardens District, thereby, making them permanent Also covered, how to document and use unique details about gardens to win legisla-tive and agency support
Mitchell HallAyo Harrington, Founder, CECGD
Magali Regis, Chair of the Communicatins Committee
Developing a Buy-in Strategy for City Hall
When it comes to urban gardening, one of the first questions people ask is whether or not it’s safe to grow food in urban soils Learn how Denver Urban Gardens and the EPA partner to address this very question within Denver’s community gardens We’ll talk about why it’s important to test soil at a new garden site, the benefits of partnering to investigate soil and share resources about how to do this in your community
Gates HallJess Romer, Director of Horticulture
Ted Lanzano, Brownfields Project Manager
Knowing Your Soil: Partnerships that Make Your Garden Stronger
Produce for Pantries addresses hunger in Colorado by encour-aging home, school and community gardeners to plant, grow and donate produce to local food pantries and hunger-relief organizations Come hear what it takes to implement an effective food donation program in a community garden
Plant Society HouseDana Miller
Laura Stevens
Produce for Pantries: When Community Grows it Forward
Fresh Food Connect is a collaboration between Groundwork Denver, Denver Urban Gardens, and Denver Food Rescue, which uses technology to redistribute extra food from home gardens to neighborhood farm stands and pantries Home gardeners use a mobile app to alert a team of bicycle-riding youth workers from Denver to pick up a their extra produce and deliver it to a community organization This project demonstrates the effectiveness of technology and community-based collabora-tion in creating sustainable change
Cottonwood ClassroomTurner Wyatt, Denver Food Rescue
Fresh Food Connect
Before becoming a Community Garden member, I grew veggies in my backyard I didn’t know what I was missing! My library opened a whole new gardening world to me With the passion for caring for their communities, libraries offer a perfect venue for community gardens to take root
Morrison CenterChristine Gallegos
Community Gardens and Libraries - The Perfect Combination
10:30 - 11:15
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1:00 - 6:00
11:30 - 1:00
Mitchell HallKeynote Speech: Chef Ann Cooper, Chef Ann Foundation
ACGA Annual Meeting
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
Post-Conference Tour
This year’s post-conference tour takes us south to Colorado Springs, CO The weather is cooler, the mountains are closer, and the hail is much more frequent! Our tour will showcase a community garden on a hospital campus, a school campus, and three of Pikes Peak Urban Gardens’ community gardens
Garden of Eatin: Located in Castlerock, CO at the Adventist Hospital campus A gorgeous community garden is accompanied by a playground, outdoor kitchen, and small farm that supplies food for the hostital’s cafe
Galileo Middle School: This garden is located in the previous tennis courts of Galileo Middle School It incorporates greenhouse, raised bed and in-ground growing into a comprehensive 6-8 grade curriculum; all with the backdrop of gorgeous Pike’s Peak and Garden of the Gods
Harrison Urban Garden: Community chickens and a shared greenhouse space are the hallmark of the Harrison Urban Garden Neighbors are encouraged to express their creativity in both plot design and crop selection
Mill Street Community Garden: This PPUG garden was constructed in only half a day using the “blitz build” technique! Come see what this formerly vacant lot has become in just three seasons
Harlan Wolfe Ranch: This historic ranch site houses PPUG’s demonstration garden which includes innovative shade and hail protec-tion devices as well as a “Pick-n-Pay” farm stand, children’s garden, outdoor classroom, and plenty of opportunites for vegetable and herb tasting
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