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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