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Backyard Growers
Приєднався 28 лют 2017
Gloucester is our backyard
🌿 In this video, hear from our program participants about their experiences growing and sharing fresh food in schoolyards, public parks, local farms, Gloucester's new farmers market, and more.
Together, we are building healthy, connected, resilient communities by empowering people to grow their own food - and Gloucester is the center of this food revolution.
GIVE TODAY to support our work: bit.ly/GrowDownAuction24
🎥 This video originally premiered at the 9th annual Great Gloucester GrowDown, where our community came together to raise funds in support of our work empowering kids, families, and seniors to grow their own fresh food.
🙏🏾 THANK YOU to all our wonderful program participants and community supporters who make it possible for us to share these great stories about the impact growing fresh food locally can have on your own community.
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Backyard Growers is a nonprofit organization based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. We connect communities with the resources, knowledge, and space people need to grow their own fresh food.
Learn more at our website: www.backyardgrowers.org/
Follow us on social media:
BackyardGrowersProgram
backyardgrowers
www.linkedin.com/company/backyardgrowers
Together, we are building healthy, connected, resilient communities by empowering people to grow their own food - and Gloucester is the center of this food revolution.
GIVE TODAY to support our work: bit.ly/GrowDownAuction24
🎥 This video originally premiered at the 9th annual Great Gloucester GrowDown, where our community came together to raise funds in support of our work empowering kids, families, and seniors to grow their own fresh food.
🙏🏾 THANK YOU to all our wonderful program participants and community supporters who make it possible for us to share these great stories about the impact growing fresh food locally can have on your own community.
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Backyard Growers is a nonprofit organization based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. We connect communities with the resources, knowledge, and space people need to grow their own fresh food.
Learn more at our website: www.backyardgrowers.org/
Follow us on social media:
BackyardGrowersProgram
backyardgrowers
www.linkedin.com/company/backyardgrowers
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Thank you from our community
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Every year, spring represents a time of renewal, rebirth, and, at Backyard Growers, a LOT of hard work. Our team is busy getting vegetable gardens all over Cape Ann up and running - from backyards and community gardens to schoolyards and other nonprofit orgs. As we prepare for our biggest growing season yet, with the launch of the Backyard Growcery alongside our anchor programs, we just wanted ...
How Partnerships Power our Community's Veggie Gardens
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🌿 In this video, hear from gardeners in our programs about their experiences growing fresh food in gardens managed by Backyard Growers. Plus, learn how partnerships between people AND organizations have made it possible for Gloucester to have six thriving community gardens, a connected network of backyard vegetable gardens, and gardens for all preschool through eighth grade students in Gloucest...
New Year wishes from Cape Ann's veggie gardens
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The small but mighty team at Backyard Growers is sending our community best wishes for a bountiful 2023, including new, innovative partnerships, expanded vegetable gardens, and deepened community impact. Together, we've helped more households and children than ever before experience the gift of growing their own food. THANK YOU for supporting our work. There's still time to give to our Year-End...
Join a Rainbow Carrot Taste Test for Kindergarteners
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🎥 Enjoy this short film by Backyard Growers' School Garden Educator Hailey Small, walking you through a rainbow carrot taste test at West Parish Elementary School! Each spring after their leafy greens harvest, students plant fall harvest crops including rainbow carrots to harvest together in the fall and enjoy in their cafeteria. This seed-to-fork experience is part of the Backyard Growers scho...
Frontyard Growers: Algonquian Farmers of Cape Ann
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📽 A technical note: the sound is slightly out of synch on this video, but it switches to a powerpoint presentation rather than speaker view at the 1:22 mark, so becomes less noticeable. It's chock full of wonderful information, so we wanted to share anyway 💚 Recorded in spring 2021, anthropologist and historian Mary Ellen Lepionka presents the food-growing and cultivation practices of indigenou...
A Celebration of the 2022 Growing Season
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🌿 In this video, learn about our school and community gardening programs, meet community members who have been growing veggies with us for years, and let us introduce you to new gardeners who just began their journey this growing season. 🎥 This video originally premiered at The 7th Annual Great Gloucester GrowDown, where our community came together to raise funds in support of our work empoweri...
Backyard Growers Founder & Executive Director to Step Down
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🌿 Backyard Growers' Founder and Executive Director Lara Lepionka is stepping down in April to explore new opportunities after over 12 years of committed leadership and inspiring vision. Backyard Growers is delighted to share the appointment of food systems expert Alison Woitunski DiFiore as the incoming Executive Director who will lead Backyard Growers into its next chapter. Hear from Lara and ...
Wishes for a Happy New Year & Joyful 2022 Growing Season
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Founder & Executive Director Lara Lepionka extends wishes for a happy new year and joyful 2022 growing season to our extraordinary community. Together, we've helped more households and children than ever before experience the gift of growing their own food. THANK YOU for supporting our work. There's still time to help us hit the ground running in 2022 with a donation to our Annual Appeal: bit.l...
Step Inside a School Garden & Backyard Growers Taste Test
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Join our School Garden Educator Hailey Small for this quick tour of a School Garden and the last Taste Test of the year at West Parish Elementary School - featuring rainbow potatoes! Backyard Growers' school programs provide 100% of Gloucester students from pre-school through 7th grade with hands-on experiences in school gardens. Thanks to generous support from donors, sponsors, partners, and v...
The 6th Annual Great Gloucester (un)GrowDown: A Year of Resilience
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🥗 Click here to DONATE to Backyard Growers: bit.ly/unGrowDownVirtualAuction 💚 Welcome to the 6th Annual Great Gloucester (un)GrowDown! This year, we made the tough choice to cancel our annual blowout fundraising event. We've been watching the spread of the Delta variant closely, and feel that this is the best choice for our community. That means we have a significant fundraising gap to fill! 🌿 ...
Expert Panel: Finding Practical Solutions to Ending Food Waste
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In this video, the Sawyer Free Library and Backyard Growers co-host a virtual panel discussion around the topic of food waste. The program goals include providing both broad knowledge and a local perspective of the issues of food waste, along with some actionable steps individuals can take to help make a difference in its reduction. Moderated by: Lara Lepionka, Founder & Executive Director, Bac...
Mid-Spring Garden Tasks: How to Plant a Seedling and Direct Sow Seeds
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In this video tutorial, Backyard Growers Program Coordinator Jess Reid will share what cold-tolerant seeds and seedlings you can plant in your garden in mid- to late-April. She will demonstrate the basics of planting seedlings in your garden and demonstrate how to direct-sow root and leafy green vegetable seeds. Jess covers: 🌱 how to plant seedlings, including how to separate them 🌱 how to plan...
Spring garden tasks: How to start seeds indoors
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In this video tutorial, Backyard Growers Program Coordinator Jess Reid will take you through the basics of starting your own seeds indoors. So tune in to get a headstart on the growing season and sharpen your veggie-growing skills! Jess covers: 🌱 materials to have on-hand 🌱 how to plant seeds for success 🌱 how to nurture your seeds as they grow and break through the seeding mix as sweet little ...
Meet Burnham's Field Community Gardener Pierre
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Backyard Growers' 2019 Volunteers of the Year
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The 5th Annual Great Gloucester GrowDown: Movie Premiere & Fund-a-Need Auction
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Training: Gardening for the Zombie Apocalypse
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Facebook Live Broadcast - May at Beacon Street Farm
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Spring garden tasks: How to plant peas (while annoyed)
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A word from Gloucester pediatrician Dr. Brian Orr
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The 3rd Annual Great Gloucester Growdown
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Thank you all.
Love this. Dr. Smikle is my doctor
Very insightful!
EXCELLENT PROGRAM! FOOD IS SO ESSENTIAL, NOT FOR JUST LIFE, BUT REAL COMMUNITY! CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
Thanks so much, and thank for mentioning us! Very interesting!
Thank you for all your incredible work, Lara!!
Lara, thank you for your amazing leadership and vision. You and your team at Backyard Growers have contributed tremendously to building community in Gloucester and beyond and to improving our quality of life thereby. May you enjoy love, success, joy, and contentment in your next adventure. Thank you for being you!
What type of mix did you make? Can you assist with that? I have had several failures in the past. Also how many seeds per square? Thank you in advance!
Hi! The mix used in the video is Coast of Maine "Sprout Island Blend" seeding mix, but there are a lot of different seeding mixes out there. Just make sure that it is labeled "seeding mix." We don't mix our own because it's much easier to purchase a good organic seeding mix that is guaranteed to work, and it's fairly inexpensive as well. You can sow 3-4 seeds per pod, but just be sure to thin to one plant per pod once the seedlings appear. Hope that helps!
Very nice.
Wonderful! Thank you!! I also put a little compost at the base of each hole. I got this advice years ago from an Ace farmer, and it has always given me an awesome crop! Also, important to cover the garlic plantings with a thick layer of organic, untreated mulch for the winter. I use a thick covering of dried leaves that I rake up from the yard.
Love BYG and enjoying my amazing meal! So fun!
So lucky to have Lara, Phoebe and Dr Orr supporting the community!