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‘The Plot Thickens’ in Winnipeg, March 23-24, 2012!

Interested in starting a community garden this spring?

The Plot Thickens community gardening workshop will give you a good start! It will be given by A Rocha Canada’s experienced gardening friends, partners and trained community organizers.

Our workshop covers: gathering your garden team, generating excitement about a community project, managing plots, gardening how-tos, facing challenges and more. Participants will receive a community gardening manual, monthly gardening emails, an online space to connect and a webpage for profiling your new community garden. Our goal is to partner with you and your Christian community as you develop a garden to support local food production and facilitate community outreach.

Details

Location: Crossroads MB Church, 231 Kitson Street, Winnipeg MB (Corner of Kitson and Traverse)
Date/Time: Fri. Mar. 23rd 6:00pm – 9:00pm & Sat., Mar. 24th 9:00am – 3:30pm
Food: Meals & refreshments provided. Please let us know about specific food needs.
Cost: $30 for single, or 2 for $50.  Includes garden manual and food (subsidies available)

Presenters: Jen Kornelsen (A Rocha’s Community Organizer) and Kristine (Farmer at Fort Whyte Farms)

Register here online!

Once you ‘Submit’ this form, we have you registered. Our site will then bring you to an extra step to pay online through PayPal (our online Payment system). To pay by phone call our office 604.542.9022 .

Please help spread the word!

This is a great opportunity for churches and individuals to connect with one another and one of their deepest needs: food.

Here is our promotional poster for distribution.

Share this URL with your community:  http://www.arocha.ca/the-plot-thickens-winnipeg-mb-2012