Nonprofit Aggregator: Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Green Thumbs is a volunteer group that invites gardeners of all ages and skill levels to lend a hand in the Accokeek Foundation’s Museum Garden and, on occasion, on the National Colonial Farm. Volunteers will have an opportunity to learn more about the history of heirloom vegetables and the practices behind organic gardening, from planting and harvesting to managing weeds and pests. We will work together in the garden space, sharing ideas, knowledge, skills, and stories. We will meet on the first and third Thursdays and third Saturdays of each month throughout the growing season. Water and light snacks will be provided.

Questions? For more information, email the stewardship coordinator.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Art Enables's Facebook Wall.

Ellen Weiss, an Art Enables board member and artist conducting a printmaking workshop with our artists. http://www.eweissart.com/

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

Back by popular demand! This two-day, hands-on workshop demystifies tractors and empowers their users to operate and maintain their machines more safely and with greater skill and confidence. Day one focuses on the fundamentals of tractor operation; reviewing everything from the historical purpose and use of tractors to the functions and safe use of all of the pedals and levers, the drawbar, power take-off (PTO), and the front-end loader.  We will end the first day with tractor driving practice for the novices in the class.

The second day is a hands-on lesson in do-it-yourself tractor maintenance, performing a variety of routine tractor maintenance chores including oil and filter change, coolant change, hydraulic-transmission fluid and filter change, air filter replacement, fuel filter replacement, belt tension adjustment, battery care, and a range of other do-it-yourself tasks that are typically performed at regularly scheduled intervals.

Participants will receive take-home materials, including a tractor user’s resource list.

Lunch will be provided and there will be an one-hour break each day. Participants should bring snacks and water bottles.

Please note that this workshop is meant to be hands-on, and portions of it will be conducted outside. Participants must wear appropriate clothing and footwear, i.e., clothing that can be dirtied with oil and grease stains, and that is adequate for the forecast weather conditions. Please no sandals or open-toed shoes.

About the Instructor

Shane J. Labrake is an Agricultural Consultant and a trainer/teacher of various agricultural skills. He managed the Accokeek Foundation’s Ecosystem Farm between 1994 and 2007, where he was deeply involved in developing methods and curriculum in new and beginner farmer training. Since 2006, he has presented variations on this two-day workshop over twenty times in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia. These workshops have always garnered rave reviews, and Shane is continuously tweaking the workshop material to better serve a new generation of tractor jockeys.

For questions regarding this training and scholarships, and translation services for our programs, email Molly Meehan.

Traducción al español está disponible, si necesita estos servicios por favor díganosdurante el registro. Becas disponibles; pongase en contacto con Molly Meehan en mmeehan@accokeek.org o 301-283-2113 ext 32.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

This season marks a significant milestone for the Ecosystem Farm at Piscataway Park. For 20 years, through a land-based training program, the farm has been serving the community, providing farmer training, farmland protection and restoration, and local food in a way that advances sustainable land management, economic viability, and social equality among aspiring farmers.

Together, our farm staff have been faced with the challenge of farming on this land with marginal soil resulting from centuries of continuous crop production. Through research and regenerative farming practices, the Ecosystem Farm has been successfully producing organically grown food–and farmers!

In addition to growing food, the farm staff and apprentices attend field days and workshops to enhance their hands-on, in-the-field training. The mission of the apprenticeship program is to provide a well-rounded education to a new generation of farmers seeking to gain experience and training in the agricultural field. The food produced on the farm is primarily marketed through a Community Supported Agriculture or CSA program, which teaches just one of the various models used by farmers to create an economically viable farm operation. (For a great article about how communities are connected to and support farms through a CSA, read here.) General operating support for the Ecosystem Farm and apprenticeship program is funded by individuals, corporate donors, and grantors.

We welcome to the farm, Farmer Becky, who together with this season’s apprentices bring to the Ecosystem Farm aesthetic sensibilities, a passion for nature and for learning about how to produce healthy food to be shared by the community. We are truly fortunate to have such a creative crew of dedicated farmers, and are excited to share their insights and experiences on the farm throughout the season here on the blog.

Meet the 2012 Farm Crew…

Sky Harman

Susan Cook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candice Proctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and, of course, Farmer Becky!