Category Archives: Gardening

Eatonville’s Elementary School Community Garden

Posted on September 28, 2011 by johnrife

Over the last few months the Harvest Festival has been involved with the community garden behind Hungerford Elementary School in the historic town of Eatonville.(click link for map) The garden is in a bit of disarray following the Summer and … Continue reading →

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Update from the Urban Farm

Posted on September 14, 2011 by johnrife

We had a great time at our first “work and learn” session this past Monday. Join us for our next two garden workdays on Tuesday Sept 20th from 10am-noon and Monday Sept 26th from 5-7pm. Here is the write up … Continue reading →

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Community Garden Day @ Mead Gardens this Saturday

Posted on July 20, 2011 by johnrife

Have you ever seen the community garden at Mead Garden’s in Winter Park?  Did you even know there was one? Although it is just yards from Denning Dr. it is almost impossible to see.  Plus….considering most of us use Denning … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Food Project – Local Food Guide

Posted on July 18, 2011 by johnrife

The Winter Park Harvest Festival is a proud sponsor of an incredible Local Food guide debuting this Summer.  Over the last two years the dedicated volunteers at the Simple Living Institute have been compiling the first comprehensive listing of farms, community … Continue reading →

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Agrarian Urbanism presentation by Andres Duany

Posted on March 14, 2011 by johnrife

I am really looking forward to a talk about Agrarian Urbanism taking place this Wednesday at Rollins.  The details are bellow, but suffice it to say we are very fortunate to have Andres Duany coming to Winter Park. Andres is … Continue reading →

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