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WELCOME
Welcome to Growing Gardens, we manage seven Community Gardens in the City of Boulder and one Community Garden in the City of Louisville. Map to the locations of all the gardens.
The ¡Cultiva! Youth Project is now accepting applications for Summer 2009.
¡Cultiva! Youth Project information. Application page.
If you’d like to request a garden plot, here is the application process.
10th Annual ¡Cultiva! Harvest Dinner
September 10, 2009 at 6pm
Millennium Harvest House Boulder
Please join us for a food and wine celebration featuring the talents of 6 local chefs.
Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 303-413-7248 x1.
This year we are pleased to announce that six of the area's most prominent chefs are collaborating to create a feast featuring local organic and sustainable ingredients.
Bradford Heap - Executive Chef & Owner of Colterra in Niwot, Terra on Pearl
Antonio Laudisio - Executive Chef and Owner of Laudisio Italian Restaurant in Boulder
Dedric McGhee - Executive chef of Millennium Harvest House Boulder
Shamane Simons - Chef Owner of Shamane's Bake Shoppe
Paul Stickler - Executive Sous Chef of Millennium Harvest House Boulder
Howard Treppeda - Executive Chef and Owner of Treppeda's Italian Ristorante
The menu features four courses paired with organic wines. Entertainment for the evening includes live music, a film documentary of ¡Cultiva! and a silent auction (don't forget your checkbooks).
View a pdf copy of the formal invitation.
2008 Garden Contest Winners!
Stop by the eight community gardens and check out the winners from our July garden contest. Locations of all eight gardens. Winning plots are marked with red signs. Plots were judged by garden leaders from different gardens on the following categories: Best use of space, Most artsy plot, Plot with the most beautiful flowers. Congratulations to the winners!
See photos of the winning plots:
| Centennial Gardens | Hawthorn Gardens |
| Foothills Gardens | Hickory Gardens |
| Fortune Gardens | Holiday Gardens |
| Goss Grove Gardens | Kerr / Harney Lastoka Gardens |
1% For The Planet
Growing Gardens is now a member of 1% For The Planet, a non-profit which provides a convenient way for corporations to donate to us. Since 2002, 1% For The Planet has inspired members of the business community to contribute 1% of sales to environmental groups around the world. In return, this growing alliance of companies is given the opportunity not only to see their self-worth rise, but their net worth climb as well. Visit the 1% For the Planet's website.
Welcome to Two New Staff Members
Cathy Chittum – We are happy to welcome Cathy as our new part-time Community Garden Coordinator. Cathy comes to Growing Gardens with a wealth of administrative and gardening knowledge and experience. She is a Master Gardener, Master Composter and a previous community gardener at Hawthorn.
Ben Turner – Ben has been a community gardener and volunteer through Cultiva and The Children’s Peace Garden. Ben will be joining us as the Cultiva Grower to manage the Cultiva! Youth Project’s greenhouse and field crops, and their Farmers’ Market program. Ben grew up working on a farm in Western NY, recently participated in Boulder County’s New Farmer Program, and is focused on the study of biodynamic agriculture.Growing Gardens has a new brochure!
Download
the brochure to your computer here. (PDF;
file size: 1.12 MB)
eConscious Market Affiliation
Growing
Gardens is pleased to announce that we have developed a business relationship
with eConscious Market, an online market place of eco and socially conscious
products, which allows us to participate as one of the non-profits that
benefits from individual purchases made on their site.
More information.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
TBA.
The Annual Report for 2008 is now available for viewing and printing.
Earlier Annual Reports.
Find out more about our new greenhouse.