Thursday, August 28, 2014

Water Catchment in our School Gardens!

Drought got you down, dirty and dry?  Thanks to funding and support from the North Coast RC&DC, the Noyo Food Forest and MCOE Youth Garden and Talmage Preschool Garden installed rain water catchment systems to help with garden irrigation.   Read the blog and . . . .

Check out their stories on this new video. The MCOE Youth and Talmage Preschool Gardens are at minute  3:43 and the Noyo Food Forest is at minute 6:38.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Willits Garden Tours



“Remembering the Garden “, a tour of community gardens in and around Willits is on Saturday, August 23rd from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. 

Participants will have a chance to visit the gardens and discover these gems alongside our busy streets in and around Willits. Additionally we will visit the Grange Farm School at Ridgewood Ranch.

This annual event is cosponsored by Willits Economic Localization and North Coast Opportunities. Attend the tour for $15 and receive lunch, dessert and a raffle ticket for a beautiful basket of fresh produce from the visited gardens. Tour only, for a sliding scale fee. It begins at the Willits Elementary Charter School Garden on the corner of Lenore and Commercial St. with registration at 9:30AM. For more information on contact Paul Jacobson at 459-1418