July 2016
Permaculture Action Day at Sister Gardens
What: Permaculture Action Day at Sister Gardens at Aria Denver When: Saturday July 16th Time: 11:00am until Dusk What: Come volunteer, enjoy music, food and the company of good people for a Permaculture Action Day at the Sister Gardens farm!
Find out more »CLASS: Yoga in the Garden
Thursday July 21st from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30p.m. Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Pesticide free Pest Management in the Home Garden
Saturday July 23rd from 9:00am to 11:00am Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Learn to manage pests in the garden without the use of toxic chemicals. This class will be taught by Fatuma Emmad All classes include a sliding scale fee of $10 to $30. If you would like to sign up for this class please contact volunteer coordinator Dele Johnson dele@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »August 2016
WORKSHOP: Medicinal Herbs
Saturday August 20 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Learn about medicinal herbs with Jen Thompson. All classes include a sliding scale fee of $10 to $30. If you would like to sign up for this class please contact volunteer coordinator Dele Johnson dele@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »CLASS: Yoga in the Garden
Saturday August 27 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »September 2016
CLASS: Yoga in the Garden
Thursday September 15 from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30p.m. Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Preserving the Harvest
Saturday September 24 from 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Learn to make salves, lotions and more from the plants in your garden with Jen Thompson. All classes include a sliding scale fee of $10 to $30. If you would like to sign up for this class please contact volunteer coordinator Dele Johnson dele@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »October 2016
Groundwork Denver Fall Harvest Celebration!
All are invited to come and celebrate with us! Groundwork Denver’s Annual Fall Harvest will include Farm to Table Global Cuisine -highlighting local chef’s, music, beer from Goldspot Brewing Company and Upslope Brewery, pumpkin carving, face-painting and the chance to soak up the last bits of harvest season at our farm. Dig deep into learning more about Groundwork Denver’s food, water, energy, transportation and youth programs from our program experts. Join us on a tour of our social enterprise project Groundwork…
Find out more »WORKSHOP: Seed Saving
Saturday October 22 from 9 a.m. – noon Sister Gardens at Aria 2861 W 52nd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Learn how to save seeds for next year with Fatuma Emmad and Linnea Bjorkman. All classes include a sliding scale fee of $10 to $30. If you would like to sign up for this class please contact volunteer coordinator Dele Johnson dele@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »April 2017
Intro to Eco-Social Design Workshop
Join Groundwork Denver at Sister Gardens for a class on Eco-Social Design. The solution-oriented workshop will focus on ecological and social design strategy, intuitive arts and skill building. The class will be the first of a series and will be followed by free lunch and a work party! For the schdule of the day and/or to sign up, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »Soil Building and Gardening 101
Come learn about different types of soil and how to do an at-home soil test. We will also learn the basics of composting, including vermicomposting. Finally, we will have a conversation about what seeds and plants are appropriate for Denver, what the best planting times are, and how to meet watering and nutrient needs of different vegetables. The class is a 'Pay-What-You-Can Workshop' which is designed to offer the community agriculture education, without breaking their pockets. Groundwork Denver believes agriculture…
Find out more »Permaculture Action Day Earth Day Celebration
Groundwork Denver, in partnership with the Permaculture Action Network, will be hosting another fun-filled Permaculture Action Day! The day will include a half day of gardening work followed by a few workshops, free music, food and children's activities. To learn more about last year's Permaculture Action Day, click here. For a schedule of the day's activities and to sign up, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »May 2017
VOLUNTEER: Crop Mob at Sister Gardens
A Crop Mob is a group of volunteers, experienced farmers and gardeners who designate time to share their knowledge with their peers and the next generation of agrarians. A day with the Crop Mob typically entails a garden project, accompanied by a day's worth of laughs and smiles. The volunteer event will also be followed by a free lunch! To participate in the Denver Crop Mob volunteer day at Sister Gardens at Aria, please email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org
Find out more »Chickens, Chickens, Chickens!
Come and learn everything you need to know about keeping chickens. Sherry Goillespie will be discussing building coops and how to care for chickens. To register, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Seedling Sale at Sister Gardens!
Groundwork Denver is excited to bring back our annual seedling sale! Our seedlings have been growing in Colorado for years, meaning they're more susceptible to Colorado's unpredictable weather, making them the best tasting and easiest to grow seedlings around! To see the full catalog of available seedlings, click here. Join us at one of our sale locations to choose your seedlings, or reserve in advance by emailing seedlingsale@gmail.com. Seedlings are $5 each. Sale Locations and Dates: Celebration Garden between 9 a.m. - noon on…
Find out more »June 2017
Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »CLASS: Beginners Beekeeping
Do you want to learn the basics about honey bees and their colonies? Are interested in having your own hive? If the answer to either of those questions is 'yes', then this is the class for you! Sister Gardens has 3 hives on site that we will look at and talk about. The cost is $10-$30 on a sliding scale but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Sister Gardens and The Conflict Center’s Garden Tour
The 17th Annual Enchanted Gardens of Northwest Denver Garden Tour has served as a fundraiser for The Conflict Center’s local school programs since 2001. This tour showcases gardens in northwest Denver. This year, the tour will make a stop at Sister Gardens! Feel free to come and share in the excitement on this day with folks looking to benefit The Conflict Center's violence prevention programs.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »CLASS: Water Harvesting Techniques
Learn water harvesting techniques w/ Andrea Savage. In this class, you will learn about rainwater, greywater and earthwork practices. To sign up, email Makalah.
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stands at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »July 2017
Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »CLASS: Everything Tomatoes
Tis the season for unruly tomato plants. Come learn the best way to trellis and prune them to gain a larger harvest and keep the slugs away. Farmer and Groundwork Denver Director of Urban Farms, Fatuma Emmad will give instruction and hands on-learning. The cost is $10-$30 on a sliding scale but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »VOLUNTEER: Summer Clean-Up and After-Party!
Help us get caught up with middle of the summer garden maintenance. Volunteers who are over the age of 21 are also welcomed to join us for an after-party, sponsored by Gran Centenario Tequila, following the volunteer event. We are thrilled to partner with Gran Centenario Tequila again and are looking forward to another fun-filled volunteer event and after-party!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »August 2017
No Cost Grocery Pick-Up at Sister Gardens
Groundwork Denver is proud to serve as a partner in the Denver Food Rescue's No Cost Grocery program! Stop by Sister Gardens at Aria any Wednesday from 11 am - 12:30 pm to pick up your NO COST groceries! "Denver Food Rescue is working to re-distribute food that stores and distributors cannot use by helping food desert communities create No Cost Grocery Programs that are partner-led and resident driven."
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »VOLUNTEER: Get-Together at Sister Gardens
Meet us at Sister Gardens for a Saturday morning volunteer event! We'll be attending to the garden, prepping the pumpkin patch and trellising tomatoes!
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »CLASS: Medicinal Herbs
Come learn to identify common medicinal herbs, such as Echinacea, Chamomile, and how to use them. The cost is $10-$30 on a sliding scale but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy FREE yoga class at Sister Gardens with Carrie Seay Fleming and Linnea Bjorkman. This yoga class is bilingual and open to all levels.
Find out more »September 2017
Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »CLASS: Seed Saving
Saving seeds is an art and once you know how to do it, you'll be saving them for the rest of your life! Come learn the right and best way to collect, dry and save seeds for next year, with seed saving expert and Groundwork Denver Director of Urban Farms, Fatuma Emmad. The cost is $10-$30 on a sliding scale but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »VOLUNTEER: Harvesting the Bounty
Join us as we harvest produce and prepare the garden for fall.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »CLASS: Preserving the Harvest
Come learn how to make lotions, salves and more using herbs from the garden with Jen Thompson. This beginners class and has a sliding scale cost of $10-$30 but no one turned away due to lack of funds. Bilingual available upon request. For more information, email makalah@groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »October 2017
Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Groundwork Denver 15th Year Anniversary and Harvest Party
Join Groundwork Denver as we take to Sister Gardens at Aria to celebrate the bountiful growing season and look back at 15 years of groundworking! We will have kids activities, music, food and drinks for the whole family! This is a free community event, designed to showcase the success of Groundwork Denver and our programs, while also honoring the crops and produce our gardens have harvested. We hope you will join us! For more information, email Makalah@Groundworkcolorado.org.
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Farm Stand at Sister Gardens at Aria
Come and get your fresh veggies, grown locally at Sister Gardens! Our farm stands have "pay-what-you-can" prices because we believe fresh produce should be affordable and available to all. Our farm stands include a variety of produce, including tomatoes, peppers and zucchini!
Find out more »Sister Gardens Season Wrap Up
Join us for our last garden volunteer day of the season! We'll be at Sister Gardens at Aria, working on fun garden infrastructure projects and harvesting. This volunteer day is a great way for you, your friends and family to have some fun outside before the colder weather approaches! For more information on the volunteer day and to RSVP, email Makalah@Groundworkcolorado.org!
Find out more »May 2018
Groundwork Farms Annual Plant Sale
Our Urban Farms program's annual plant sale has returned! Almost all of the plants featured in this year's sale come from seeds which have been growing in Colorado for over 10 years, making them adaptive to the Front Range's unique growing climate, easy to grow, and incomparably delicious! Each plant costs $5, which can be paid online in advance or on the day of the seedling sale at a location of your choosing by cash, check or credit/debit card. Groundwork…
Find out more »Volunteer – Planting Preparation at Sister Gardens
Meet our Groundwork Farmers at Sister Gardens at Aria for a morning of planting preparation! We’ll be tending to our beds, weeding, and planting for our summer crops. Supplies will be provided but all are welcome to bring their own. Each volunteer event includes meaningful “hands in the dirt” time plus a tour of the space. We will also be selling more plants from this year's Annual Plant Sale. We have a selection of tomatoes, basil, and pepper plants, and…
Find out more »No Cost Grocery Program
Groundwork Denver is proud to serve as a partner in the Denver Food Rescue's No Cost Grocery program! Stop by Sister Gardens at Aria every Monday from 11 - 11:30 am to pick up your NO COST groceries! The only ask is for you to provide your name on a sign-up sheet so we can keep track of the volume of residents we are helping. "Denver Food Rescue is working to re-distribute food that stores and distributors cannot use by…
Find out more »June 2018
Volunteer – Bed Planting at Sister Gardens at Aria
Head to the garden, lend a pair of hands, and help us get Sister Gardens planted! To learn more information and to sign-up, email Makalah@GroundworkColorado.org.
Find out more »July 2018
Fat Magic: The Art of Herbal Oil Making
This hands on workshop will introduce folks to the art and science of making and using infused oils, for health, healing and beauty.
Find out more »Volunteer: Building the Labyrinth
Join us as we take Sister Gardens' old pumpkin patch and turn it into a labyrinth! A labyrinth is a spiral, and sometimes maze-looking, gardening space with, in our case, herbs, perennials, and native plants. For more information and to signup, email Makalah@GroundworkColorado.org!
Find out more »Herbal Medicine: Lotions & Salves
Make salves, lotions and other things from the garden!
Find out more »August 2018
CLASS: Bear Medicine
Yarrow, Osha, and Kinnikinnick are all said to have been taught to be healing herbs by a wise man named Bear. Come and learn about Bear and the qualities of his herbal medicine. To sign-up, email Makalah@GorundworkColorado.org.
Find out more »VOLUNTEER: Bed Fix-Up
Meet us at the garden during the peak of the season to tend to our gardening beds. To sign-up, email Makalah@GorundworkColorado.org.
Find out more »September 2018
CLASS: Herbs As Foods and Medicines
This class will be highlighting local herbs as foods, medicines, and tools of the Colorado and New Mesica ancestral range.
Find out more »VOLUNTEER: Harvest the Bounty
Join us as we pluck and pick the garden's veggies and herbs! To sign-up, email Makalah@GorundworkColorado.org.
Find out more »October 2018
VOLUNTEER: Winter Wind Down
Tag along as we tend to the garden's colder weather preparation. To sign-up, email Makalah@GorundworkColorado.org.
Find out more »December 2018
Beekeeping Class
The beekeeping class series will wrap up by teaching about the paralells between human and honeybee history. The class will be followed by winter solstice meal.
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