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Sweet Honey in the Rock at Duke Gardens
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Harvest Dinner:
October 1, 2009
Gardening Tips:
It’s time to start fall crops like broccoli, cabbage, kale, and other greens like lettuce, spinach, and arugula. You can also direct seed carrots and beets now as the days of summer are winding down.
Wish List:
- Colored 1 quart cans of indoor/outdoor paint, in good condition. Cans can be open and partially used!
15 passenger van
6’-8’ lightweight folding tables
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Volunteer Opportunity:
Want to volunteer with SEEDS, but gardening isn't your thing? Or does your schedule only allow volunteering on weekdays after 5? Then tutoring SEEDlings may be for you! Volunteer tutors are needed Monday-Friday from 5-6 p.m. to help a child one-on-one with his or her homework and to help staff tidy up after the children leave. Volunteers are requested to make a once-weekly commitment. For more information or to sign up, please contact Jessamine at jessamine@seedsnc.org.
Recipe:
Fresh Salsa
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 ripe tomatoes, diced
* 2 green bell peppers, diced
* 1 white onion, diced
* 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, for garnish
* 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
* 1 jalapeno chile pepper, diced
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, mix tomatoes, green bell peppers, white onion, cilantro, lemon juice and jalapeno chile pepper.
2. Cover and chill in the refrigerator until serving.
Tickets Now Available!
SEEDS - Harvest Dinner
Thursday, October 1, 2009 | American Tobacco Campus , Bay 7
SEEDS will be celebrating the season and our 15th Anniversary with guest speaker, Charlie Headington. Mr. Headington teaches earth matters at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, permaculture workshops, coordinates and teaches about Edible Schoolyards and speaks and consults throughout the state. To learn more about his work, visit http://www.earthmatters.info.
Catering by Savory Fare, who will be using ingredients from local farmers.
This year’s talk by Charlie Headington, professor and noted permaculturalist, is titled: Grounded: The Garden as My Teacher. "I will talk about my gardening experience and activities such as school gardens, working on farms in Italy, and Slow Food. Through all this, gardens taught me, a teacher, about my place in the grand scheme of things and how to care for the earth, and grounded me in my local community."
Three ways you can purchase your tickets or reserve your table today! Tickets will be on sale August 15th at www.seedsnc.org
- Purchase on-line www.seedsnc.org . Click on the "buy now" button.
- Email your info by clicking here, provide your name, address,contact number and number of tickets and/or table reservations you are requesting. A SEEDS representative will contact you.
- Mail in your payment with same information (above) to SEEDS, 706 Gilbert Street, Durham, NC 27701. Please write "Harvest Dinner 2009" on your check or money order.
Contact SEEDS for more detailed information at 919.683.1197 or email us at info@seedsnc.org. If you want to receive an inviation(s), email your information including your address, using the link above.
Program News and Updates
SEEDlings:
Time to Apply for SEEDlings After-School!
We are now accepting applications for our low-cost SEEDlings after-school program for 1st through 5th grade Durham students. At SEEDlings, the kids learn all about nature, care for the environment, martial arts, animals in the garden, cooking and healthy eating. They get daily help with their homework and have their own vegetable garden. SEEDlings begins this year on Monday, August 31 and follows the Durham Public Schools Traditional Student calendar. Applications are due Friday, August 21.
For more information and an application, contact Jessamine or Thaddeus 683-1197, jessamine@seedsnc.org or tbennett@seedsnc.org - Learn More
DIG
DIG is headed back to school at the end of the month, so we are making the most of our last weekday mornings together.
We are filled with new ideas and a sense of our community after field trips to Anathoth Community Garden in Cedar Grove, Lantern in Chapel Hill, and Bull City Biodiesel right here in Durham. Also, longtime DIG member Fabian Burch is heading off to college this month—in London, England! We wish him well and consider ourselves lucky to have had him among our ranks for as long as we did. Learn More
South Side:
We’ve been rummaging and renewing! Going through our storage area, we’ve uncovered several old metal containers and pots. So instead of letting them collect rust and dust, we’ve filled them with good soil and planted them with annuals…adding a splash of color to nooks and corners in the garden! -Rebekah Resnick
Local Events:
Sweet Honey in the Rock at Duke Gardens
August, 30, 2009:
In celebration of Sarah P. Duke Gardens' 75th anniversary, and as a gift to the Duke and Durham communities and all supporters that have embraced Duke Gardens and helped it thrive, the Gardens and co-producers Duke Performances present the Grammy-winning a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Beloved for its anthems of social justice, personal empowerment, love, hope, peace and ecological responsibility, Sweet Honey in the Rock's music is derived from blues, spirituals, gospel and African chants.
The concert will be on the South Lawn, and it will feature American Sign Language interpretation. The public is invited. No tickets are necessary. If the weather is iffy, please see our Twitter page for updates.
DIRECTIONS, PARKING & OTHER INFORMATION
Duke Gardens opens at 8 am. Parking shuttles and concert amenities will begin at 2 pm. The concert will begin at 4 pm.
Parking:
Parking is free on 8/30.2009.Please park in one of the following lots:
The H Lot (Main) (H) on the corner of Anderson Street and Yearby Avenue.
The Graduate Center lot (GC) on the corner of Flowers Drive and Erwin Rd.
There will be parking shuttle buses transporting people from these lots to the Gardens entrance starting at 2 pm. The shuttle buses will take people from the Gardens entrance back to the parking lots for as long as they're needed.FRANK HYMAN’S Organic Gardening Classes, recession-priced at $15 each
Aug. 29th, 10:30-noon, Cool-Season Vegetable Gardening
Aug. 31st, 7-8:30pm, Native, Woodland Wildflowers
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