Green thumb in the winter

Greening Duluth, an organization which hopes to see “a vibrant, green community in the heart of a thriving metropolis” and believes that raising awareness and consciousness is the way to achieve their goal on Duluth Street and the surrounding community is now taking another step towards achieving their goal by offering an Urban Gardening course this winter.

The course starts this week and runs until mid-April.  It is designed for anyone with an empty balcony, backyard, window or staircase and the desire to transform it into a garden and offers theory and practice as well as the use of a greenery bulletin board, greenery seed bank and a greenery resource library.  At the end of the course, participants will transform a parking lot into an urban garden.

It takes place at the House of Friendship, a local community center at 120 Duluth East, where Greening Duluth is based.  This is also home to the parking lot that will be transformed into a greenspace.

The 12-week course is offered on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and costs $120, with a subsidized rate available for low to no-income participants.  Tuesday is already booked, but you can still register for Thursday 6-8pm or Satruday 1-3pm by phoning 514-843-4356, sending an e-mail to urbangardening101@gmail.com or in person at the House of Friendship Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

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