Fall & Winter Gardening Workshop this Saturday!

Fall and Winter Gardening Workshop

Saturday, September 29, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m., Bountiful Brookline Garden 

Not quite ready to put your garden to bed?  Register now for Bountiful Brookline's Fall and Winter Gardening Workshop on Sept. 29.  Offered through Brookline Recreation, the workshop will provide hands-on experience in methods to extend your growing--and enjoying--season.  We'll demonstrate and discuss cold-frames, hoops and other creative season extenders, identify and plant cool weather crops, and prepare the soil for spring with cover crops and compost. The workshop will also suggest indoor gardening tips to get us through the winter. This is a perfect workshop for all gardeners, young and old, new and seasoned!  Reasonable fee.  Register through the Brookline Rec. fall catalogue, online at www.brooklinerec.com, (event #204057 under "Nature") or write to bountifulbrookline@gmail.com. Registration closes this Friday, 9/28.

Seasonal Recipe: Portobello Mushroom Carpaccio

Cook up this deliciously simple recipe to enjoy the coming season! Courtesy of Sue Levy, Savory Living.

Upcoming Events

Don't miss out on these bountiful fall events!

International Parking Day

Friday, 9/21, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Coolidge Corner

Garden Workday

Saturday, 9/22, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Greenside Out Garden

Brookline Day Festival

Sunday, 9/23, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Larz Anderson Park

Fall and Winter Gardening Workshop

Saturday, 9/29 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Bountiful Brookline Garden

Brookline Farmers Market

Thursday afternoons

Centre Street, West Parking Lot

What is the 200' Foot Garden?

The 200 Foot What? The 200’ Garden is a stretch of garden along the fence at 99 Kent Street. It has been a great season so far with peas and (very) spicy arugula. We have also enjoyed getting to know our neighbors. We get tons of compliments and comments whenever we are out weeding, watering, and simply walking by. We even get people’s phone numbers.

Here are just a few things people have said to us:

“This garden is my favorite part of summer”.

“My child only eats vegetables out of this garden".

After a short visit, two people have said, “Hey, I just met you, this is crazy, but here’s my number. Call me maybe.”  Is it odd that two people are called “Maybe”? 

- Simone Smith and Jennifer Molina, 200' Garden Coordinators 2012

Garden at Brookline Public Health Department is a Growing Experience

The Health Dept. garden on its way.

An idea that was a mere seed last year has blossomed into a full-blown garden outside the Brookline Department of Public Health (BDPH) on Pierce Street.  This spring, staff at BDPH approached Alan Balsam, Director of Health and Human Services, to propose a garden outside their building.  With Alan's enthusiastic support, the staff created space on their property for a vegetable and herb garden.