The Seaside Garden Club Presents Green City Growers

 The Seaside Garden Club presents Green City Growers talk on Container Farming 101 on March 8th at the Manchester Community Center.  Doors open at 7:00 pm for social time and program begins promptly at 7:30 pm. All are welcome. Guests $5. Light refreshments will be served.

Getting Started: Container Farming 101.  From raised beds to pots and everything in between,learn the ins and outs of successfully growing vegetables and fruits in small spaces and unconventional containers.  We’ll cover everything you need to know about setting up for success – location, design, light and containers.  Learn about choosing your edible plants and the planting methods – goals, seasons, crop mapping, seeds and starts, where to get your plants and soil mix.

Jessie Banhazl is CEO and Founder of Green City Growers. She has managed Green City Growers since inception in 2008 while establishing GCG as the leader in urban agriculture in the Northeast. Since 2008, Green City Growers has built and maintains hundreds of raised bed and rooftop vegetable gardens in greater Boston and beyond, including a 5000 square foot milk crate rooftop garden on Fenway Park and a half-acre rooftop farm atop Whole Foods in Lynnfield.  Jessie graduated from Smith College and worked previously in reality TV production, utilizing her project management, marketing and communications experience when choosing to launch GCG. Jessie was named “…arguably the queen of Boston’s urban ag visionaries” by Stuff Magazine, among the Top 40 Under 40 by Boston Business Journal, Top 30 Under 30 by Zagat, and a Root Cause 2013 Social Innovator. http://greencitygrowers.com/

The Seaside Garden Club’s upcoming programs include: April 12th – Simple Steps to Organic Lawn Care by Chip Osborne; May 10th – Annual Auction and Plant Sale; June 14th – The Art of Ikebana presented by Kaye Vosburgh and sponsored by the Manchester Cultural Council.

The Seaside Garden Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of the Month (September through June) and are always looking for new members.  Make sure to sign up for your 2015/2016 Seaside Garden Club Membership – still on $25 for the entire season! Invite your friends and neighbors, all are welcome.  Guests $5. Visit our blog https://seasidegardenclub.wordpress.com/ or find us on Facebook!