FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 2008 PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: GARDEN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Blair Randall, Garden Education Program Manager TEL: 415.731.5627 EMAIL: info@gardenfortheenvironment.org Garden for the Environment will offer the following classes in June 2008. All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, a half-acre organic demonstration garden in San Francisco on 7th Avenue at Lawton Street. Since its founding in 1990, the Garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost education and low water-use landscaping. June 2008 Workshops 1. Food Not Lawns!: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community, June 1st, 10am – 3:30pm 2. Urban Composting, June 7th, 10am – 12noon 3. Summer Solstice Party, June 21st, 5pm-Sunset FOOD NOT LAWNS!: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community, Sunday, June 1st | 10AM-3:30PM Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco. Join Heather Flores, author of Food Not Lawns, at Garden for the Environment for an all-day workshop of permaculture instruction and community food gardening conversation. The morning focuses on the basics of permaculture ethics and principles, as applied in the small-scale urban garden. The afternoon focuses on multilevel garden design, and closing resource loops in areas such as water, waste, labor, and community interaction. Using classic permaculture principles such as relative location, stacking functions, and recycling, we will identify and address recurrent design challenges. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for a potluck lunch at noon. The book Food Not Lawns will be available for purchase at the workshop. Garden For the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco. $15; No one turned away for lack of funds. Pre-registration required. To pre-register, or for more information please call 415.731.5627 or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.org URBAN COMPOSTING Saturday, June 7th | 10AM-12NOON Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco. Give your summer garden a boost that will guarantee vibrant colors and delectable veggies for the months to follow! Aside from encouraging beneficial soil organisms and conserving a non-renewable resource, composting makes an excellent fertilizer that releases nutrients slowly at a rate which the plants can use them. This fun, hands-on class teaches methods for backyard and worm composting for home and community gardens. Come learn what you can do to improve your garden and prevent organic waste from ending up in the landfill! Garden For the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco. Please call 415.731.5627 or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.org to pre-register or for more information. FREE! SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION Saturday, June 21ST | 5PM till Sunset Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco. Everyone is invited to the garden to enjoy the bounty of summer, the beauty of the garden and the community that makes the garden possible. This celebration is a potluck BBQ so please bring a drink, dessert, salad or a dish to share plus your own plate and utensils. Live Bluegrass music! The Summer Solstice Celebration will take place at Garden for the Environment, located on 7th Ave at Lawton Street. $5 to $10 donation requested. Please call 415.731.5627 or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.org for more information. The Pollution Prevention and Water Conservation topic workshops in the Resource Efficient Landscape Education series are funded by the San Francisco Public Utilities District (SF PUC). GFE’s Monthly Compost Workshops are funded by the San Francisco Department of the Environment through a Zero-Waste Grant. Garden for the Environment is a project of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council. GARDEN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.gardenfortheenvironment.org (415) 731-5627 Join us in the Garden on Wed & Sat. We are in the Office on Tue, Thur, and Fri.