Unity Salsa

The Notre Dame students that have been working hard developing a business plan to keep Unity Gardens sustainable. One idea of many is marketable consumables to sell to raise funds. Last weekend they did a test run for Unity Gardens Salsa . Looks like a tasty project !!

Great Class

Phil Sutton with Purdue Extention taught a great class today on pest management . The class was packed with over 50 students for the 90 min class . Phil work for the St Joe Co. Purdue ext. and teaches the Master Gardening class in St Joe Co. It was great having him guest teach at Unity Gardens series on gardening .

Seed Fundraiser

This Year we teamed up with a seed company in Southern Indiana to do a seed fundraiser for Unity Gardens . 25% of the money spent on seeds by clicking the link on the right side of this page goes to Unity Garden. We Love this company because the they do great things for the Community.

Nature's Crossroads is dedicated to supporting organic gardeners in the Midwest by rebuilding the supply of locally-adapted,organically grown, Earth-friendly seeds. We are also working to increase the number of organic gardeners in our region through our community partner program, our school fundraisers, and our educational outreach. Buy local. Eat local. Grow local.

Please click on the link on the right hand side of this page and just check them out.

Making the Connection

Its the little connections that make the big picture so great. On Friday Joel Schipper from WNDU news came out to the Greenhouse to do a peice on Unity Gardens classes. Charlie a grandmother saw the morning news. She was taking her grandaughter & grandson for the day . She thought planting seeds would be great fun for the kids. They came early because they had a party to go to. It was a great learning process . They spent a hour, and a half mixing dirt, filling trays , and starting seeds. Learning about the plants they were seeding. Isaac was not to into getting dirty, but by the end he was pretty into it . Isabelle was all about it digging right in . Every connection made helps bring a community together, teaches another child where food comes from.
Did I say we are growing more than vegetables here !

Seed Starting & Seeds Started

What a great day at the Potawatomi Greenhouse . I came to see Don's class on Orchids. Before class I was watering the seeds starts from last week , and wow little plants in every tray . Its Awesome. After Don's class we did some seed starting in the Greenhouse . Great day at the Conservatories

News at The Greenhouse

Today we were up early at the Potawatomi Greenhouse . Joel Schipper from WNDU came out to do a live shot about Unity Gardens , and how the use of the Greenhouse has helped with Unity Classes , and seed starting . He also spoke with Don Keim about his Orchids class this Saturday . Not sure how Joel does this every morning . I am beat

South Bend Sail, and Power Squadron

Last night Sara presented the Unity Gardens to the South Bend Sail, and Power Squadron . Its a group dedicated to community service, education, and friendship.