Welcome Citizen Gardener 38 students!
A jam packed newsletter this week full of exciting volunteer opporutnities & community events!

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As always, please visit the Citizen Gardener website to see partner gardens where you can volunteer & apply to become a partner garden.

Submit your volunteer hours here.

To receive the weekly SFC official volunteer call please email Rebecca Saltsman at rebecca@sustainablefoodcenter.org

To volunteer at school gardens, join our School Garden Volunteer call by emailing jess@sustainablefoodcenter.org with your request.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Green Gate Farms welcomes volunteers for February! You should try to attend the volunteer orientation or farm tour, Sat 12-1pm or Thurs 9-10am. For more information see their website.
   
• Mobile Loaves and Fishes' Genesis Gardens has workdays Wed, Thurs, and Sat from 7:00am-10:30am. Meet at 2 Olmos Dr. Austin TX 78741. RSVP required with Steven at steven@mlf.org. See their facebook site here.
• Urban Roots will have youth-led community volunteer mornings on Sat 2/9 9:30am-12:00pm, and Sat 3/30 9:30-12:00pm. Sign up for one or all by RSVPing to volunteer@urbanrootsatx.org
• TreeFolks are looking for volunteers to plant saplings at Shoal Creek Greenbelt or Gillis Neighborhood Park Sat 2/9 from 9:00am-12:30pm.
• Urban Patchwork is busy busy. Join them at the Cherrywood Farm Harvest and Garden Tour at In.gredients Sat 2/2 9-11am. Also, attend the Special Projects Work Day on Sundays 2:00-6:30pm to help get UP farm plots spruced up for spring! More events here.
• 5604 Manor Community Garden seeks gardeners who want to join their garden or volunteer Sat. 2/2 9am-12pm for the spring 2013 season. Contact Mark McKim for further information: markilous07@gmail.com
  
• UT MicroFarm, UT's  sustainable farm will continue building its tool shed. First workdays will begin Sat 2/2 10am-1pm at 2204 Leona St. Join them on facebook or tumblr.
• Johnson's Backyard Garden seeks workshare volunteers on Tues-Fri 8am-1pm to harvest and pack vegetables for the CSA. You will also take home veggies with you!
• Green Corn Project will begin its Dig-Ins on March 23rd! Sign up soon HERE.

Continued Gardening Education

• Register now for the Citizen Gardener Spring 2013 classes! Register at SFC events page.
• SFC Community Garden Leadership Training Sat 2/9 at UT Elementary. Register Here. Free training. Come learn how to start a community garden! We will cover community organizing, how to secure land, garden organization structures, fundraising, and community outreach.
  
• SFC School Garden Leadership Training. Sat 2/16 at Barrington Elementary. Free training. Register Here. Learn to organize a garden team, plan and implement a project.
• The Natural Gardener FREE Classes: Sat 2/2 10am, Growing Olives in Texas!

Community Events

• Community Cinema Screening/Panel: "Soul Food Junkies" @ Round Rock Library Thurs 1/31st, 7:00pm. Brought to you by Food for Black Thought. Come to this free event, open to the public and engage in conversation about Black communities and food. See their facebook event .
• Austin Green Drinks Happy Hour Tues 1/29 from 6-9pm at In.gredients (2610 Manor Rd). Join Paige Hill, director of Urban Patchwork, to hear an overview of how UP began and how to get involved.
• Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Conference. Feb 7-10th, talks by Brenton Johnson of Johnson's Backyard Garden and Paige Hill of Urban Patchwork. Register at tofga.org 
• Farmer for a Day Camp for Kids at Green Gate Farms. Sat 9-1pm.Children help us run the farm, caring for animals & harvesting food! Register online.
• Alamo Community Garden has plots available! Contact them via their facebook site.
• Have other announcements you'd like to see here? Email vanessa@sustainablefoodcenter.org!

Can you help provide food access to Central Texans in need this winter?

Will you Help Spread the Harvest?

Where to purchase seeds and seedlings:

The Great Outdoors Nursery & Landscaping : check out a video of their nursery here

The Natural Gardener

Shoal Creek Nursery

Gabriel Valley Farms

It’s About Thyme

Garden-Ville Organic Suppliers

Barton Springs Nursery

Free or Reduced Price Resources

Seeds, liquid fertilizer, tools, books, compost, and transplants from SFC’s Spread the Harvest Program

Sources of compost like coffee grounds… Compost Coalition & Grounds to Ground –Austin

Sources of wood … Habitat for Humanity Re-Store

Get a bed built in your neighborhood with
Food is Free
or Green Corn Project

Community Links:

Austin EcoNetwork

Austin Organic Gardeners

Coalition of Austin Community Gardens

Judy Barrett’s Homegrown