Up Coming Classes

Unity Gardens Healthy Cooking & Nutrition Series!
This Free Series of Classes is sure to be a hit , Come to one or come to all
Tuesday Evenings: 6 to 7:30pm
Keller Park Church 1001 Bryon St South Bend IN
Take Sherman St off of Riverside north of Angela

May 3rd - Demystifying the Food Pyramid
Chef Alan Seidler , Chef and Child Chair of the ACF South Bend Chefs and Cooks Association, will share his culinary talent demonstrating a healthy recipe, followed by a class by
Eileen Dvorak explaining the new food pyramid.

May 10th – Proper Portions & Serving Sizes
Robin Melewski – Health Educator with the St Joseph County Health Dept will offer a healthy recipe and a guide to healthy portion size.

May 17th - Managing Salt – More Taste with Less
Edie Sutton - Purdue Extension Nutritionist, will offer a low salt recipe & cooking demo while teaching healthier ways to flavor food and reduce your sodium.

May 24th - All About Fat – Dietary Fat & Weight Control
Tama Crisovan, Purdue Extension Family Nutrition Program Nutritionist, will offer guidelines about dietary fat and weight control.

Sponsored by: PNC Bank and Sweeney-Julian Law Firm
For more information call 574 315-4361.

Growing Together
Sara Stewart RN MSN
Executive Director
Unity Gardens Inc.
PO Box 10022
South Bend, IN 46680
574 315-4361
growunitygardens@yahoo.com
www.theunitygardens.blogspot.com
Facebook Group The Unity Gardens

Classes & Unity Gardens Opening

Busy day today Sara started the day on WNDU talking about the Unity Gardens classes, and also took the opportunity to invite the guys to plant some seeds April 9th at the 2011 Unity Gardens season garden opening at the LaSalle Square Unity garden . The planting party starts at noon on Saturday the 9th . Everyone is invited to come out, and celebrate the kickoff of the Unity Gardens Season.

Unity Garden Class # 2

Another great turnout for todays growing a garden class. Today's class was on planning your vegetable garden. I went through a powerpoint, and after a short Q & A we moved on to a little planning your garden. Next weeks class is on soil & soil preparation. I love the fact that there was lots of questions. and good interaction. Great to see lots of gardeners getting together and enjoying the classes . The Conservatories are perfect for the classes nice warm, and green.

Classes at Potawatomi Conservatories

Upcoming Collaboations with Potawatomi Conservatories

Leaders: Andy Schnabel and Don Keim, Botanical Society of South Bend
will be giving a class on :
Jan 15 at 10 am Methods of Houseplant Propagation
A hands-on workshop in easy techniques for propagating common houseplants. Everyone will get a chance to try these methods and return later to see how they turned

Unity Gardens will be doing a series of classes
Jan 22 10 am All About Vegetable Plants
An overview about vegetables from seed to harvest

Jan 29 10am Planning Your Vegetable Garden
Plan ahead: avoid problems in your vegetable garden

Feb 5 10 am The Dirt on Soil
Good soil preparation makes your vegetable garden grow

Feb 12 10am Indoor Seed Starting
Get a jump start on your vegetable garden

Feb 19 10 am Orchid Basics By Don Keim

Feb 26 10am Garden Pests
Protect your vegetable plants from insect pests, molds, and weeds

Mar 5 10am Maintaining your vegetable garden
Keep your garden in shape

All Classes will be held at Potawatomi Conservatories, 2105 Mishawaka Ave.
Parking available in the parking lot of the River Park Library on Mishawaka Ave.