Growing in the City: Arbor Day and Urban Gardening Festival

Celebrate spring and SustainaVille week by helping Somerville grow! Drop in for a kid's craft, learn about gardening in raised beds , plant trees, and visit with local organizations working on gardening and sustainability in Somerville. This event will be rain or shine.

11 AM: Join local gardening and environmental organizations for tabling and kid's crafts at the Central Library.

12 PM: Raised bed gardening workshop with Green City Growers at the Central Library: A GCG farmer will lead the hand-on workshop during which you'll learn when and what to plant, how to maintain, fertilize, and harvest successful crops. Wear comfortable clothes and get ready to get your hands dirty!

1 PM: We’ll head down the hill to Ed Leathers Park to plant trees with the Somerville Urban Forestry Division in honor of Arbor Day.

This event is part of Food for Thought, a community gardening and cooking initiative, thanks in large part to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. All programs in this initiative are free and open to the public.

Please contact Lilly Sundell-Thomas at (617) 623-5000 x2961
or lsundell-thomas@minlib.net for more information.