Thanks to a grant written by the Town of Bladensburg, Big Belly Solar Trash and Recycling receptacles are now throughout our community. You can see these stations in Bladensburg, Cottage City, Colmar Manor, Edmonston and Mt. Rainier. These nifty receptacles use solar to compact trash and recycling to get more items per can and send … Continue reading Big Belly Solar Trash and Recycling Centers in the Port Towns
REMINDER: Our Next Garden Work Session is THIS SATURDAY July 9 at 10AMWe are mid-way thru the summer and the garden is flourishing. We have more community gardeners involved and more food than ever! Many thanks to all who are making it a wonderful season of food, friends, and fun learning. PLEASE COME to the … Continue reading Updates from the Garden
This Sunday, join the Cottage City Community Garden’s Chef Mark Haskell as he speaks at Reconnecting Our Roots with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Buy Fresh Buy Local Chesapeake (BFBLC) Chapter. This event will kickoff the BFBLC program by promoting public awareness of the environment, the economic benefits of local food, and the impacts of agriculture on … Continue reading Reconnecting Our Roots –
Today, Jullianne Bethea, Master Gardener with the Prince George’s County Extension program taught a workshop on the Joy of Gardening. Gardening is the Number 1 hobby in America. People garden for a multitude of reasons – it’s therapy, a form of decoration, helps to provide food and it’s a form of satisfaction. The majority of … Continue reading The Joy of Gardening – Soil Therapy
Welcome to June in the garden. Hopefully with all the May rains – our plants will be growing fast in June! UPDATES FROM THE GARDEN REMINDER: Our Next Garden Work Session is June 11 at 10AM We will have a communal garden experience with food and drinks! Vegetables Ready for Picking! The communal and … Continue reading Updates from the Garden – June 2016
On May 4, the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council sponsored a Urban Agriculture tour with the Prince George’s County Planning Department. Representatives from the Prince Georges’ County Department of Environment and the University of Maryland Extension Program were present. The purpose of the meeting was to help the Prince George’s County Zoning Rewrite team learn more about urban agriculture in Prince George’s County … Continue reading Prince George’s County Agencies Visit
Would you like to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in your neighborhood? Join the Cottage City Community Garden and become one of a growing number of cultivators, caretakers and champions for sustainable food sources in our own backyard. Community gardeners come from many different backgrounds and all walks of life – they are the driving force behind our … Continue reading Join the Cottage City Community Garden
COTTAGE CITY COMMUNITY GARDEN 2016 SEASON OPENER The Garden is located at the End of Cottage Terrace(4222 Cottage Terrace) 9:00AM – 12:00PM APRIL 2, 2016 The Garden is located at the End of Cottage Terrace(4222 Cottage Terrace) Come by the garden to get your hands dirty and help us continue to improve Cottage City Community Garden! Activities include: … Continue reading Cottage City Garden Spring Opener!
7th Annual Garden Party & Sale at Community Forklift’s Reuse Warehouse Saturday, April 2nd, 9am – 4pm 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston MD 20781 http://www.CommunityForklift.org 301-985-5180 Spring is coming, and so is a great local event: the Community Forklift Garden Party & Sale! Throughout the winter, the nonprofit collects gently-used and surplus lawn & … Continue reading 7th Annual Garden Party & Sale at Community Forklift’s Reuse Warehouse
Our Gardening 101 session is going on now. Check out our stream on periscope. Gardening 101 at Cottage City Town Hall Continue reading How to start a Garden
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