Community Day

Southside Garden
Community Day

Bring a plant and get to know your neighbors!!

We will be digging beds, planting, and doing activities for kids.

Sunday, June 3, 2012
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Garden @ 1105 Bingham St.

Buy a plant from a local store, like True Value on Carson, or the Enchanted Garden on 13th!

See you there!

What's Happening at the Garden

This is Anthony for the garden update. I had a neighbor ask me earlier this week: "what's happening at the garden?" It's a good question, because we have not had too many activities lately.

The good news: We have a LOT to do.

As we always say, we turn vacant lots into a lot of fun. PGP turns an empty lot into a growing lot. Basically, we have a lot of fun. This year is no different.

We plan to lay out three large garden beds this year. The rear bed has strawberries already growing, artichokes, spinach, and horseradish. The middle bed has broccoli and kale. I am in the process of extending this bed now. It will have tomatoes, zucchini, and flowers. Finally, the front bed. I have not even begun to plow this yet, so any help would be much appreciated. Please let me know if you are interested. I have some peppers that would go well here, but there is a lot of space to fill, so also let me know if you want to see any other plants.

In short, that is what is going on at the garden this month. Hopefully we will have some fun activities before too long. We really hope that you get a chance to stop by and see how it looks!

May - Week One

Strawberries and Rain

It was quite a rainy, stormy week here in Pittsburgh. With that, we the plants are loving it and growing like mad! This is Anthony with another PGP update. 

"Spring has sprung"

As soon as the rain pauses, I plan to get into the garden at 11th and Bingham to till the soil. This year, we are ready to plant some tomatoes, broccoli, cilantro, lettuce, and beans. We already have artichokes, horseradish, grapes, raspberries, and strawberries growing. 

We will welcome any other additions that anyone would like to bring in. If you are unsure about where you would like to plant something, be sure to let us know and we will find the right spot together. The garden will also be in need of some weeding this spring. The only thing we ask is that you don't pull out anything that you DON'T KNOW what it is. When it doubt, let it be. 

As a final note for today, PGP is still trying to fill up the summer calendar... We are open to any community activities or groups that would like to work with our space. Just drop us an email and we'll pick a time for the event. We will be sure to post any updates or notices as they come in.

Thank you for your support and be on the look for fresh veggies soon.

Anthony