Planting a Seed to Feed Ourselves
Louisville, KY
Growing
community through
neighborhood-based,
sustainable growing
Meetings/Monthly Get-Togethers:
Our 15th Day Celebration is a monthly get-together for connection, celebration, education and support. Come meet others interested in creating a more sustainable Louisville. Share thoughts, ideas, experiences about growing our own food and how to support sustainable community efforts and meet others making a difference. And have some fun while we do it! Everyone is welcome - whether you are growing your own food or not! Our 15th Day Celebration is sponsored by Heine Brothers’ Coffee. Heine Brothers’ will provide beverages. This month, our movie will take the whole time so we won't have food. We will have popcorn and something to drink.
September 15th Day Celebration
Thursday, September 15th, from 6 to 8 pm
15Thousand Farmers Growing Center
at Dismas St. Ann's
1515 Algonquin Pkwy., Louisville, Ky.
Get inspired on Thursday, September 15th at the 15Thousand Farmers 15th Day Celebration at our Growing Center at Dismas' St. Ann's campus, 1515 Algonquin Parkway. The celebration will feature a screening of the award winning documentary "YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip)" by Louisvillians Ben Evans and Julie Dingman Evans and their friend Mark Dixon. Ben will be available for questions after the screening. In the film, Ben, Julie and Mark travel throughout United States seeking good ideas. Along the way, the three friends find innovative people changing the world one step at a time, and naturally, that means 15Thousand Farmers will be on the big screen!
The film's website says it best, "50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage? Called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road - packing hope, humor. . .and all of their trash - searching for innovators and citizens solving humanity's greatest environmental crises. Piling on personal challenges as they explore every state in a year (the good, the bad, and the weird), an unexpected turn of events pushes the team to the brink in this award-winning docu-comedy. Featuring Bill McKibben, Wes Jackson, Will Allen, Janine Benyus, Joel Salatin, David Orr, and others."
Since the film will take most of the time of the celebration, we won't have a potluck. But we'll provide popcorn and some beverages from Heine Brothers' Coffee.
Want to help us put on the
celebration? You are welcomed to show up at 5:30 pm to help with the setup or
stay late to help us take down.
If you want more details or would like to help in other ways, please email
Susan Olson at aerosue@insightbb.com. We
hope to see you there!
4 x 4 ft Cedar Raised Beds - $45; RainStations rain barrels - $85, or $80 for two or more; Economy Rain barrels - $50, or $45 for two or more (please note we have to charge 6% tax on all sales).
Got Extra Cups or Spoons? We’re looking for plastic, 8-12oz, reusable, dishwasher safe cups for beverages and soups. We’re also looking for metal spoons. Your donations to keep our efforts sustainable are appreciated!
Come to 15th Day Celebrations to pick up your Dirt Card.
OUR LOCATION: 15Thousand Farmers' Growing Center at Dismas St. Ann's, 1515 Algonquin Parkway, where S,W and E ends meet - a wonderful location which will help us continue to connect people growing food from neighborhoods all over Louisville. For a map to St Ann's click here.
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Workshops:
This is a beginner’s workshop by 15Thousand Farmers here in Louisville, KY on starting to grow your own food in your back or front yard - we’ll teach the Square Foot Gardening method as one simple method of food growing. We’ll also show you how to create a No-Dig garden and how to simply and easily compost your kitchen and yard scraps to build amazing soil for your food growing.
There is a $10 suggested donation per person for this workshop (sliding scale.)
Stay tuned for our next Beginning Food Growing Workshop starting again soon. Let's plant those fall gardens!Email info@15thousandfarmers.com if more info is needed.
