Grailville’s Garden Volunteer Days

Learn various aspects of growing vegetables that you can apply in your own backyard while volunteering at Grailville, located on an organic farm. This month, participants will work on soil fertility with compost and cover crops, weed and mulch garlic and plant perennials with expert gardener Mary Lu Lageman.

Volunteers will work in Grailville’s kitchen and herb gardens where produce is grown to serve Grailville guests. Our focus will be on seasonal garden needs and will include some Permacultural practices to help us cooperate with nature to create simple sustainable systems in our own gardens. The 60-year-old kitchen garden has been organically certified since 1992.

Please bring gloves, water bottle, sunscreen, hat and footwear that can get dirty (and a mid-morning snack if you would like). Tools will be supplied. No experience needed; you can join us for one day or the whole season. All volunteer days are held on the fourth Saturday of the month through October, 9 a.m. till noon, except in August. Reservations are requested. Please contact Toni (513.683.2340 or events.grailville@fuse.net) to reserve a spot!

Volunteers are also welcome to come on other days. For more information, please contact Toni at 513.683.2340 or events.grailville@fuse.net.

This program is free and open to the public.

Grailville’s Garden Volunteer Day is held Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 9am until noon at Grailville, 932 O’Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH.