From Grey to Green
- Event:
- From Grey to Green
- Start:
- July 17, 2010 10:00 am
- End:
- July 17, 2010 11:00 pm
- Category:
- volunteer event
- Updated:
- July 17, 2010
From Grey to Green: Whole Foods Market Oakville® Partners with Community to Transform Concrete Slab into Urban Vegetable Garden
Whole Foods Market, with partners Transition Oakville, Oakvillegreen, Fern Ridge Landscaping and Peace, Love & Landscaping are inviting the community to help them “take back the land” by turning a piece of concrete in the store’s parking lot into a lush vegetable garden. The community is welcome to get their hands dirty alongside Whole Foods Market Team Members to plant a variety of vegetables and flowers in Oakville’s newest community garden. The store hopes to share the produce with the community, as well as use the garden as a means to educate people on the importance of appreciating freshly grown produce and how to grow it themselves.
Local experts will be on-hand to teach about sustainable, edible, urban gardening. Wolfegang Bonham of Peace, Love & Landscaping and Sean James of Fern Ridge Landscaping will show people how to construct a raised garden, and will answer questions on composting, mixing ornamentals with vegetables, late-season gardening and more.
