Local Poets to Support The Learning Garden!

Three Los Angeles-Based Poets Will Read Verses on Love and Nature to Benefit 

The Learning Garden

 A Haven for Students and Community Members Alike

Jill Lurie

Just in time to fund a final winter harvest, free community classes and a highly anticipated spring planting, three local poets – Jill Lurie, Orchid Black and Tatiana Sulovska – are coming together to read their own words to raise funds for The Learning Garden at Venice High School. 

The one-acre site – a secret garden just off Venice Boulevard – is home to a myriad of fruit and flowering trees; fruits and vegetables; demonstration gardens, water conservation gardens; composting facilities and two greenhouses that shelter seedlings grown for local school gardens and community members.

Orchid Black

The Learning Garden on the Campus of Venice High School is an inspirational garden, a refuge in the concreted world of today. Students from Venice High and the community come to the garden to learn how to grow their own food and to share in a community. The Garden has been pivotal in the creation of many other school gardens and shows how the community can help support our schools in this time of budget cuts.

Tatiana Sulovska

The poets will read love and nature-inspired verses for this Valentine’s Day-themed event. For a $15 suggested donation, guests will enjoy the beautiful garden setting, delicious treats and refreshments and a signed copy of Jill Lurie’s book of poems entitled “Ginger Roots: Plantings of a Future Dreamer.” 

Master Gardener David King will also lead a tour of the garden after the reading.

For more information on The Learning Garden at Venice High School, and this event, please contact The Learning Garden.

FEBRUARY 12th, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Suggested donation, $15 

Hot coffee and tea will be served

Some yummy 'baked goods' too.

Our January 2012 Schedule

Venice High School Students' lettuces!

Under the 'better-late-than-never' heading, here is the schedule for this month at The Learning Garden:  

WHAT TO DO,  WHEN TO DO IT; GROWING FOOD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 January 7, 2012 Saturday

10:00am - Noon

On the Garden Patio

Learn the secrets of experienced gardeners to grow your best garden yet!  David King, with about 50 years of experience, will take you through the things you need to do to get your garden started this year. $25.00 at the Gate and discounts for prepaying for multiple  classes. Dress warm, bring a cup if you want hot coffee or hot tea! We go on rain or shine...

LESSONS FROM THE LEARNING GARDEN WEBCAST

 January 11, 2012  Wednesday  

 6pm

 On the internets 

Free with this invitation!

Have you ever wondered how The Learning Garden began?  Or how you can duplicate this project in your own neighborhood?  We invite you to join us on a live MedicineCrow.com webcast where David Crow meets with co-founder Julie Mann, and Gardenmaster, David King to discuss the history of the garden, its importance to our community, and ups, downs, ins and outs of creating a unique garden project. 

As our guests, all you have to do is register at this link, and you will be instructed how to attend - either by phone or online.

GROWING FOOD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,

 January 12, 2012

 Thursday

 8 PM

Gardenmaster David King presents a growing food workshop as a a part of the series, Analog Living Series at Crash Space,  10526 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232

WESTSIDE PRODUCE EXCHANGE
 January 14, 2012
 Saturday
 9 to 12 Noon
The Learning Garden Patio


The Westside Produce Exchange is a monthly free exchange of fruits, vegetables and edible herbs in the Westside of Los Angeles, California. Contact them to learn how to share your excess vegetables with others.  They also maintain an active Facebook page.

SEED LIBRARY OF LOS ANGELES (SLOLA) Monthly Meeting

 January 14, 2012

 Saturday

 2:30 PM  

Grow from seed, save your own seed.   SLOLA's monthly meetings always include a short course on something to do with seed saving.  This month, David King will help us through our New Year Seed Saving Resolutions!

Also election of our new officers takes place as well as checking out seeds from the Library!

PLANT PROPAGATION FOR GARDENERS

 January 15, 2012

 Sunday 

 1:30 PM 

Offered by UCLA Extension, Plant Propagation is a 10 week fun-filled and exciting course that covers making new plants from seed, cuttings, grafting and every other way you can make new plants! Register through UCLA Extension.

  
SEED SAVING, HOW AND WHY

 January 28, 2012

 11 AM to Noon

 Santa Monica Library, Fairview Branch

Assiduously avoiding the politics of seed saving, for about an hour David King will show us how to save seeds emphasizing the easy ones to save.  

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW VICTORY GARDENERS RE-UNITE!

 January 28, 2012

 1 to 3 PM
 At our picnic tables

Students who have attended any of our Victory Garden classes are invited to return to take stock of progress and get fired up for the new year!  


For those of you interested in Victory Garden courses, in a few weeks we'll be introducing our Spring course list for 2012!  


A final heads up for February:  We will have a trio of exceptionally talented poets on our patio for a poetry reading just before Valentine's Day.  Suggested donation of $15 at the door; warm drinks and cookies will be served... more details as we get them.  

One of our New Years' Resolutions is to get MORE ART in the Garden.  I have always wanted poetry reads, singer-songwriter afternoons and full moon workdays.  If you have ideas or want to help make any of this a reality, drop us a line:  It can't be done alone, but with a little help, we could all have a lovely To Do list!  :-)  Happy New Year everyone!

Hope to see you in the Garden soon...  Join the Occupy The Learning Garden Movement...


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