Demo Garden Featured in the All-Nighter

The All-Nighter, RISD's student run online publication, featured an article on the Demo Garden in their Spotlight series. Super cool!

See the article here: http://all-nighter.com/spotlight/demo-garden/

Harvest Party Recap

The harvest party was a blast. Thank you to everyone who cooked food, ate the food, and participated.

Harvest Party next Friday

Harvest Party

Save the Date

Demo Garden Harvest Party

October 28th Friday

6pm in the garden

Pumpkin curry, pea shoot stir fry, bread with herb butter, and more!

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Workday Success!

We made great progress in the garden on our first garden workday. The group discussed interests and priorities for the coming semester. Stay tuned for details about the upcoming harvest party, pickling workshop, and build your own herb garden events.

Enjoy some of the photos from the event below. Images courtesy of Ilya Brukhman.

First Garden Workday of the Semester

Hi Everyone!

The storm in August gave a beating to the Demo Garden. Join us on Sunday at Noon in the garden for some cleaning, weeding, and starting new seeds for Autumn Harvest. Any questions? Send an email to demogarden@risd.edu

Spring Garden Party

Publish Post

Great turnout for the Spring Garden Party! We planted seeds, did general cleaning, made sun prints, and soaked up the sun.

A good Raspberry Year ahead!

The raspberries are now entering their second year of being planted in the Demo Garden. As you can see, there will be many many more offshoot plants this year compared to last. When the time comes for harvest, I know exactly what to do! (make a pie, of course. see a recipe here: http://www.examiner.com/food-in-providence/raspberry-pie-recipe-with-fresh-raspberries)

Composting for the Garden

Our friends at the Met Cafe (part of student dining on campus) showed us their composting system. They compost their vegetable scraps in large containers that are about half full of cut cardboard. Every few days, they turn the veggie scraps with the cardboard. Then, a company picks up the mixture and continues to compost it to completion.

The Spring Garden

We seeded cold hardy vegetables in the raised beds about three weeks ago. The combination of rain and rising temperatures have given us great results! Kale, Spinach, Beets, Lettuce, and Snow Peas are all coming up nicely!

Cold Frame Installation

We assembled the cold frame for the garden back in February. Using the cold frame will allow us to get a jump start on growing summer vegetables. Read about cold frames here: http://www.savvygardener.com/Features/cold_frames-hotbeds.html

Photos from October's Harvest Festival

Spring Garden Party!