Our Community Garden

Known as UA Community Garden, our plot at Highland and Mabel just north of the Highland Garage on the UA campus is no longer a vast lot of bare soil. Last week, we had our Meet&Greet where community members exchanged ideas and shared a delicious meal, and the excitement was building up waiting for the garden and imagining all the possibilities. The space is now showing signs of garden beds and community, and at the conclusion of a 6 hour work day we had successfully filled 8 beds with native soil (after sifting it), earthy compost from Tanque Verde Farms, and beautiful aged manure from Campo Urbano (in approximately a 3:2:1 ratio). 15 of our 18' x 3' community plots were excavated yesterday and we were given the task of filling them to create sunken beds. We are planning to dig and fill 47 beds (community and production) in our garden, but it will be a gradual process. It was wonderful for us all to share in the labor and work together in making our first mark upon this land that we are fortunate enough to use and will be able to transform into a beautiful community space where people can learn and connect and create and experiment and grow and grow food.

*We will post again here when another community work day is happening, so check back! Also, if you have given into the epidemic of facebook, look for us there (as Garden in the Desert) for events and pictures!*

pictures (top to bottom): 1. the excavated beds 2. pouring compost 3. hardworking sifters 4. more sifting! 5. GITD about to fall asleep in an unfilled plot at the end of a long day :)

UACG Groundbreaking!

Fellow gardeners and community members! The time has finally arrived for our UA Community Garden Groundbreaking event. Please join us on Saturday, April 23, any time from 9 am to 3 pm and get your hands dirty building the community garden we have all been looking forward to.

We’re going to be sifting soil and mixing compost into the legion of gardening beds that will be available for community use. This will require a lot of hard work from a lot of people, so we could really use all the help we can get. Invite friends and spread the word for the start of this exciting new community resource. There will be plenty of water and some food provided, but make sure you bring your own water bottle, sun-friendly clothes, and work gloves (if you have them).

Hope to see you there!

The Garden in the Desert Team

UACG Meet & Greet!

Tucson Gardeners,

Garden in the Desert, a student team affiliated with Students for Sustainability and ASUA, is proud to present theUA Community Garden. This garden will produce food grown by students, for students.

Not only will you be able to grow you own food at this garden, you'll be able to buy food that we grow organically. Local, organic food food grown on campus!

We invite you to join us for our Meet and Greet Social on Saturday, April 16. The event will be held at the future garden location where you can provide your input and share your vision for the up and coming project. Delicious food will be provided so bring a plate to join in the feast. Please bring a plate, cup and silverware (we'll have extras if needed.)

Where: SE corner of Mabel and Highland: Map

When: Saturday, April 16, 4pm

What: An opportunity to share your ideas about the new garden

Facebook Event

Hope to see you all there!