Tricycle Gardens
Stop by this afternoon to pick up locally grown, organic produce. Today, we’ll have the following:
Veggie Seedlings to Plant: Mustard greens, Kale, Broccoli, Lettuce – grown in Tricycle Gardens’ greenhouse and Baby Raspberry Transplants potted from the Farm!
Veggies to Eat: Arugula, Broccoli Raab, Collards, Cress, Kale, Mizuna, Radish, Swiss Chard, Spinach, Turnips, Sprout flats (Sunflower & Pea) - you can cut them as you need them and return the empty flats for a discount towards a next purchase!
Tricycle Gardens Rain Barrels to use at your homes to conserve water and Worm Leachate to fertilize your plants (where else can you get that!?!)
Please Help Spread the Word!
Open for business!
Come get your veggies!
Happy customers!
Lots of lettuces...yum!
The growing season is here and food production at the 9th & B urban farm is well underway! While it may be early in the season, we have greens ready to be sold at our weekly farm stand. Stop by the Tricycle Gardens HQ (2107 Jefferson Avenue) on Tuesdays and Thursdays – starting this week! – from 4-6 pm to get your locally grown, organic veggies! The following items are available: broccoli raab, collards, turnips and arugula. We appreciate the support of our community as we work to create a healthier, greener landscape for all.
by Pat Kardian
March 15, 2011
Everyone is going green these days and local schools are no exception. Aside from promoting recycling and reusable merchandise in the school shops, parents and administrators are recognizing the importance of getting kids involved with growing things on school grounds. Important concepts like overconsumption, waste production, and learning where food comes from are imperative in today’s environmentally-conscious society. What better than to teach upcoming generations about these issues so that they might grow up with a “sense of environmental responsibility,” as Sarah Gross, PTA President of Fox Elementary, puts it. Read more…
The greenhouse ribbon cutting scheduled for today – March 10th at 3pm – has been postponed due to the afternoon threat of inclement weather. Have you seen the greenhouse that SB Cox built at Tricycle Gardens HQ last Saturday? If not, stop by this Thursday when the team from SB Cox, led by Lorie Lythgoe, and the National Association of Women in Construction put the finishing touches on this amazing creation. Painting and ribbon cutting will take place next week.
Recycled window greenhouse by: SB Cox
Tricycle Gardens is a grassroots organization dedicated to helping people grow healthy food in their own communities. Over eight years we’ve built community gardens, learning gardens, an urban farm and an edible forest while educating people through workshops, workdays, lectures and intensive internships. Through our activities and installations, hundreds of citizens of all ages and backgrounds have learned how to grow food and care for the environment.
Our work in urban agriculture improves people’s quality of life by providing a platform for community development, social interaction, neighborhood beautification, production of nutritious food, environmental restoration and the creation of recreation and education opportunities.
Tricycle Gardens is working to expand urban agriculture throughout central Virginia, with new projects and partnerships and the continual development of educational programs.
Our office and area of operation is in Richmond, Va. For a detailed job description and information on how to apply, please continue reading.
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Vanishing of the Bees, narrated by Ellen Page, takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. The film highlights the positive changes that have resulted due to a tragic phenomenon known as “Colony Collapse Disorder”. Providing viewers with tangible solutions they can apply to their everyday lives, Vanishing of the Bees unfolds as a dramatic tale of science and mystery, illuminating the greater meaning surrounding the relationship between humankind and Mother Earth. The bees have a message – but will we listen?
Thank you to the following sponsors for bringing this amazing film to Richmond! Sponsor include: The Science Museum of Virginia, Tricycle Gardens, East Richmond Beekeepers Assocation, Richmond Beekeepers Assocation, Virginia State Beekeepers Assocation and Cindy Neuschwander & Jay Barrows
For additional information contact David Stover: 804.782.0988, david@davidstover.com
Date: Thursday March 31, 2011 FREE to the public
Times: 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm
Venue: The Science Museum of Virginia | 2500 West Broad Street | 804-864-1400
We’d like to announce the transition of Executive Director Lisa Taranto into the role of Founder. Lisa is pursuing the opportunity to open and operate the Allegheny Mountain School, which is dedicated to advancing the principles of permaculture.
Lisa was a founding director of Tricycle Gardens and led the organization for eight years. Under her guidance, Tricycle Gardens built four community gardens, taught programs at three learning gardens and operated Richmond’s first urban farm.
During this transition, the Board of Directors has appointed Melissa White, Operations Manager, as the Interim Director. At the same time, the Board is convening a search committee to identify and hire a new Executive Director.
We maintain our commitment to growing a greener and healthier region. The organization has a full slate of workshops and initiatives planned for the spring and summer, including the Lewis Ginter Plant Sale, Maymont Herbs Galore, urban farm workdays and the conversion of a former gas station in Church Hill into a learning center. Please contact the office (804-231-7767) or email Melissa (melissa@tricyclegardens.org) if you have any questions.
This Saturday, March 5, 2011, the team at SB Cox and members of the National Association of Women in Construction will donate their time, talent and resources to help Tricycle Gardens’s kick start Phase I of the eco-learning lab build out. Utilizing old windows, they will construct a 6 ft x 8 ft greenhouse that will serve as a future venue for year-round food production and educational opportunities. Stop by to cheer the team on as they work in partnership with Tricycle Gardens to improve the environmental landscape of the place we call home!
