Veggie Tasting

This weeks Jr. Master Gardeners class was a Veggie tasting. The class was designed as a fun way to learn more about vegetables, how they taste and some fun eating enjoyment. The plan was to have several volunteers mostly Master Gardeners pick a vegetable and present it , and make a dish from the veggie for the kids to taste. Well it was a little more than that, we made it a competition !

So not only did you present your vegetable, but you campaigned. It was great everyone brought their A game, and in the end it was a tie between Carrots and Corn . Lots of good food, and fun. We plan on ramping it up next year to make it even more fun and interactive.

Jim and Cara Lupa Teach
Container Gardening





New Unity Intern

Hi everyone! My name is Gabrielle Sharp and I’m the new intern on the block for Unity Gardens. I am a born and raised member of the South Bend community and am a current student at IUSB studying Political Science and Sustainability. I found out about Unity Gardens through my sustainability instructor/Unity Gardens member Krista Bailey. Urban gardening and wanting to teach children about eating healthy is a newfound passion of mine and I hope to take what I learn from my time at Unity Gardens into either FoodCorps or AmeriCorps when I graduate. This developing passion for healthy food all started from a documentary titled Food, Inc., and then being the person in my family trying to set the example for healthy living. During the time I’m not working with Unity Gardens or in class, I will be volunteering at the neighboring Northern Indiana Food Bank, working at my part time job or training for marathons! I believe in the idea that everyone should have access to healthy food. Without healthy food, you won’t have a healthy community.

Best,
-Gabrielle Sharp

Rolling Into Spring



Learning to Make
Origani Bees




Garden Pest Class



Drawing a Polination Garden

Its a Fly ..2 wings

Peace Bees

We had a great Jr. Master Gardener Class last weekend thanks to Alex Lesniak founder of Peace Bees . With the assistance of her Peace Bees team ( mom and dad ) she put on a great class on Honey Bees. It was interactive and a great learning experence. The kids saw real bees , played games , and made edible Play Doh out of honey and peanut butter . Great day check out the Pics
http://www.peacebees.org/

Composting Class

Worms Ate My Garbage !!

Wow its Been Busy

Sara Presenting Unity At IUSB



New Interns Teddy and Myles



New Office a Day Away From Finish

Its like spring is here already and its only Febuary .We are moving into our new office this week at the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, we are working with the great people at Peace Bees getting ready to put in the first Hives at the LaSalle Square Unity Garden, We have 2 new interns on Board Teddy, and Myles.  Nothing gets me in the mood for gardening more then teaching gardening classes, and talking gardening wih other gardeners. We are doing Adult classes every Sat at 10am and every Thurs at 6pm . Also on Saturday's at 12:30 we are doing our Jr. Master Gardeners Class . So busy may be and understatement . We are about a week away from sarting our indoor plants. The Clay High School Garden Club will be growing some of our plants as a garden club project . We are also starting seeds at Washington High School in their greenhouse. New Unity Gardens are looking to start up every week. Looks like 2012 will be another growing year !!