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It’s GARDEN MONTH!!!
Yes, we are proclaiming March Garden Month! To inaugurate this year’s season of gardening delights, we are pleased to share with you a host of fun and educational events throughout the community, designed to whet your appetite for gardening, give you new ideas, and get your questions answered by wonderful local experts. Check out our calendar for details on upcoming events, including a screening of the movie Good Food and discussion with the filmmakers on March 20th, grand opening of a the new Hazel Heights’ P-Patch on the 21st, our monthly gathering on the 22nd, exploring a broad range of resources for gardening with speakers from Seattle Tilth, Seattle Parks, Seattle Farm Co-op and City Fruit, and a class on Edible Gardening with Ingela Wanerstrand on the 31st. Also this month, Seattle Tilth’s Spring Plant Sale and numerous gardening classes, Edible Hedges (berries!) class, and much more! So put your gardening clogs on and join in!
Special offer from Zipcar:
Members of Sustainable Ballard can join Zipcar for only $25/year and no application fee -- a savings of $50! Join now at www.zipcar.com/sustainableballard to sign up. Also, stop by the Zipcar booth at the Sustainable Ballard Festival - show your Undriver License and NEW Zipcard for a chance to win a $50 ORCA Card!
Green My Ballard
The Ballard News Tribune website now has a column for green and sustainable issues, information, ideas and stories called Green My Ballard. Do you know an individual or business setting a good example for the rest of us? If so, please email rhonda@sustainableballard.org or call 206.783.7079.
Undriving by Bike+Bus
The Bike/Bus combo extends your Undriving options - and King County METRO recently made this more convenient! Now you can load/unload your bike anywhere in downtown Seattle during off-peak hours. (From 6-9am and 3-7pm M-F, remember to load/unload at the first or last stop in the Ride Free Area.) You can load/unload bikes any time in the Transit Tunnel. Also - electric bikes up to 55 lbs. can ride the bus! Click here for more bike resources.
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Gardening Resources
March 22, 2010
- Where?
- Sunset Hill Community Clubhouse
- 3003 NW 66th St
- What time?
- 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
- For more information, contact
- info@sustainableballard.org
We declare March to be Gardening Month! Aha!!
Join us as we explore a great variety of garden resources available right here in our city and our neighborhood! Then check out the follow-up class on Edible Gardening on March 31st in the same location.
Special Guests:
Potluck at 6:30. Please bring a dish to share or $5 for the food fund. Consider bringing your own dishes, too!
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Your Ballard Market receipts mean income for Sustainable Ballard! As a charitable organization registered with Ballard Market, Sustainable Ballard receives a donation of 1% of pre-tax subtotals from receipts we send in to them. Please save your receipts. You can bring them to any Sustainable Ballard meeting, or mail them to us at 2442 Market Street PMB 286, Seattle 98107. This is EASY money, so keep those receipts coming! Ballard Market only. Thanks!
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