News from Sustainable Bainbridge

Events

July 22
Winter Gardening Presentation
6-8pm, Real Foods Cafe, Harbor Square (across from Ferry Terminal)

We live in winter garden country! Plant the right veggies at the right time and you'll be eating fresh produce throughout the winter and next spring. Best varieties, times and methods for a productive winter garden. Dinner snack food provided by Real Foods Café. Food and talk are free.

For more info: Bios Design

July 25 & 26
Matinees That Matter: The Garden
(2009 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature)
5:00pm both days, Historic Lynwood Theatre, $9.00 all seats

The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall.

July 25
A Walk in the Park at Gazzam with the Bainbridge Island Land Trust
10am-Noon, Vincent/Marshall Road entrance of Gazzam

A variety of guided tours of the Preserve, or take a self-guided hike (trail maps available and interpretive stations along trail). Lots of fun for families, refreshments, games, and a photo scavenger hunt for the kids (bring your digital cameras or cell phones; some loaner cameras will be available on site, if needed).

For more information: BI Land Trust or call 842-1216 for details.

July 27-31
Food, Farming, Culture and Education: Summer Institute for K-12 Educators

Global Source is presenting its 3rd annual summer institute on food, farming culture and education, at Suyematsu-Bentryn Farms, Bainbridge Island. Current itinerary for the 2009 Summer Institute can be found at Global Source.

July 31- Aug. 2
1st Annual First-Ever Blake Island Environmental Reunion Camp
Friday, 4:00pm through Sunday, 4:00pm, Blake Island

Do-It-Yourself" Camp, Paddle, Row, Kayak, Sail, Surf, Hike Adventure ... a friendly green antidote to loud-not-so-green Seafair. Bring friends, families, kids! Spread the word! Help us found this annual event! Don't forget your LAWN CHAIRS, games and solar cookers! Local musicians joining us!

For more information contact: kathy [at] sustainableballard.org

AUGUST

Aug 1
Winter Gardening Workshop
1-4pm, Holly Lane Gardens

Come to a hands-on workshop to learn different methods for creating a winter garden. On lawns, in fields, or in existing garden patches. Pros and cons of the different possibilities. Also we'll cover the basics of when, what and how to plant in your productive winter garden. Bring some garden tools (shovel, etc.), gloves and laughter. Workshop is free.

For more info and directions: Bios Design

August 1-2
The Great Peninsula Future Festival
10:00am-6:00pm, Saturday; 10:00am-5:00pm, Sunday, Port Gamble

This second annual festival will host scores of green exhibits, hand-made crafts by local artists, delicious food, informative speakers and practical workshops on such topics as alternative energy, beekeeping, weaving, sustainable gardening," buy local" opportunities and heritage trees. There will also be a trash art contest and science fair open to all ages. The festival will offer lots of fun stuff for kids, including FIN, a walk-in mobile salmon.

Admission is $7.00 for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Youth 13 to 18 - $5.00. Parking is free.

If you would like to participate as a sponsor, exhibitor, vendor or volunteer visit www.GreatPeninsulaFutureFestival.org, or call 425-788-7496.

Monday, August 3
Sustainable First Monday: Harvest Swap & Ice Cream Social
7-9 pm, Bainbridge Commons, 402 Bjune Drive SE
Sponsored by Sustainable Bainbridge.

Join Sustainable Bainbridge and Sound Food for this first ever harvest swap--a wonderful opportunity to share what you are growing in abundance, and enjoy the fruits and vegetables of others. Bring fresh produce to swap, or something made from locally grown produce, such as zucchini bread or raspberry jam. Anything left over will be donated to Helpline House. To celebrate the social aspects of this occasion, Sustainable Bainbridge will host an ice cream social -- to enjoy that you need to bring your own bowl and spoon!

Contact: info@SustainableBainbridge.net or 842-4439.

August 9-23
Permaculture Design Course
Trout Lake, WA

The international Permaculture Certificate course is a 2-week (72- hour) curriculum encompassing whole-systems design methods for creating healthy communities of people, plants and animals. Topics covered will include: design, agriculture, plant propagation, seed-saving, natural building, water catchment, alternative energy, aquaculture, agro-forestry, eco-villages; governance; urban permaculture, alternative economic systems, and more.

Cost: $1300, including a copy of Permaculture: A Designer's Manual; vegetarian food; and campsite facilities on the scenic ranch site located at the base of Mt. Adams, 30 miles north of Hood River.

For more info: Bios Design

August 30
Squeaky Wheels "Bike for Pie"
10:30am, Marge Williams Center, 221 Winslow Way W. to Fort Ward

Bring donations of food for Helpline House to the Marge Williams Center. Choose a short or long ride, or just ride from your house to Fort Ward. Co-sponsored by Helpline House, Trust for Working Landscapes, and Sustainable Bainbridge

Link to Squeaky Wheels for more information.

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