2nd Annual "How to Garden" Tour

Event Details

Time: April 17, 2011 from 11am to 5pm
Location: Various (see tour map linked in description)
Street: Wood Streets
City/Town: Riverside, CA
Event Type: garden, tour
Organized By: Madeline Pruett, Jessie Fuller, and Marilyn Morris
Latest Activity: Apr 17, 2011

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Event Description

CLICK HERE FOR TOUR FLYER

CLICK HERE FOR TOUR MAP

CLICK HERE FOR PLANT LIST: Silvestri's, 3456 Ramona Dr.

Click here for P-E Newspaper Coverage of Tour

The tour will feature six private gardens within the Wood Streets Neighborhood that demonstrate sustainable gardening techniques including edible landscaping, composting, drip irrigation, and water-efficient landscaping including many native plants. A local expert will be available at each garden to answer visitors' questions. A donation of $5 will help fund neighborhood community garden projects.

Click here for pictures from our 2010 How to Garden Tour

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Comment by Justin Scott-Coe on April 17, 2011 at 7:11pm: Over 400 attended the tour, 33% more than last year. Thanks everyone for making this year's event such an amazing success!!!

Comment by Justin Scott-Coe on April 15, 2011 at 1:13pm: I've added a link to the How-to-Garden Tour event description--an excellent plant list developed by Pat Silvestri for his stop on the tour. Feel free to bring with you!

Comment by Justin Scott-Coe on April 4, 2011 at 8:47pm: I've cut/pasted below:

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Green Team,

We need your help! Please reply to this email if you would like to help with this year's How to Garden Tour (April 17th) in one of the following ways:

1. Garden Docents - See below email from the Tour organizers.

2. Postcard Distribution - Help spread the word about the Tour by distributing Green Team postcards! It's great exercise and a huge help in promoting this important event and fundraiser for our neighborhood community garden.

Thank you all for your tremendous support!

Justin

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The Wood Streets Green Team is very excited to be hosting its 2nd "How to Garden" Tour, which will feature six private Wood Streets gardens using sustainable gardening techniques. All proceeds will go to support the Wood Streets Green Team Community Garden Projects.

Last year, we had 300 people participate in this event and we are expecting an even bigger turn out this year, hence why we need all the help we can get to ensure that this event runs smoothly.

We are in need of docents who will distribute maps to participants, as well as collect the $5 suggested donation from visitors as they arrive (which will not apply to you as a wonderful volunteer). You need not be an expert on sustainable gardening to volunteer, but rather a supporter of good things happening in your community.

The event is on Sunday, April 17 from 11 - 5. There are two shifts to volunteer: 10:45 - 2:00 p.m. OR 1:45 - 5:00.

Attached you will find a flyer that provides further details regarding the tour.

If you are interested in participating, please email me back with your name and which shift(s) you can volunteer. Once I receive confirmation, I will send a follow-up email with more details.

Thank you in advance for your support,
Jessie, Justin, Karen, Maddie, and Marilyn

CAN'T MAKE THE EVENT, BUT STILL WANT TO SHOW SUPPORT? Don't fret, you still can. We are also in need of people to distribute postcards advertising the event throughout the neighborhood. This can be done on your own time. Please email if this is something you can do instead or as well.

Comment by Melissa McCluskey on April 4, 2011 at 2:07pm: Can someone resend me information on volunteering for the "How to Garden Tour?". My email for this got deleted.

Thanks, Melissa