Celebrating the "YEAR OF THE FRUIT" 2014 with a new workshop each month
This project is thanks to a Generous Grant from the Chelsea Community Fund.
# 1 MARCH: "Pruning, Growing and Tending a Raspberry Bush Hedge" Saturday 3/29 10am-1pm
INSTRUCTOR: Bob Kowalik visit our Blogspot for more info on this workshop
#2 APRIL: "Planting Grape Vines and Plum Trees"
Saturday 4/12 (Raindate: 4/ 26) 9am -12pm
INSTRUCTOR: Andy DeSantis, Tree Warden, City of Chelsea
cost: free to pre-registrants
click here to sign up with the Chelsea Community Schools
#3 MAY: "Seed Swap"
Saturday 5/17 (Raindate 5/18)12-2pm
CHELSEA ARTWALK SATURDAY JUNE 14 : OPEN HOUSE AND CELEBRATION
#4 JUNE (ARTWALK): "Sketching Fruits" Sunday 6/15
Instructor: Arnie Cassavant, Chelsea "Pleine-Air" artist
please sign up with Chelsea Community Schools
#5 Date TBD: "Back Yard Gardens: How Safe are City Soils?"
Instructors: Madeleine Scammell, BU School of Public Health
and Samuel Butcher, LSP, PG and LEED-AP
#6 SUMMER: "Chelsea Reads Park by Park" (Quigley Park)
Volunteers from Chelsea Community Garden
Chelsea Public Library Summer reading program
#7 JULY: "Canning Summer Fruits" Demonstration date tbd
Instructor: Greg Reppucci, NSCC (Chelsea Boys & Girls Club)
#8 AUGUST: “Cooking with Summer Fruits” Demonstration
Instructor: Nutritionist from UMASS Extension Service
(Chelsea Boys and Girls Club) date tbd
#9 SEPTEMBER: “Getting in your 5 ‘Dailies’” ESOL Reading
A lesson at the Intergenerational Literacy Program
#10 OCTOBER “Jack O’ Lanterns Saturday October 25
Participants: Chelsea Girl Scouts' and CC Gardeners' families
Workshops 1-5 are open to the general public and presented in collaboration with the Chelsea Community Schools.
Participation in Workshops 6-10 is open to registrants from the collaborating organizations and the CCG membership
This project is thanks to a Generous Grant from the Chelsea Community Fund.
# 1 MARCH: "Pruning, Growing and Tending a Raspberry Bush Hedge" Saturday 3/29 10am-1pm
INSTRUCTOR: Bob Kowalik visit our Blogspot for more info on this workshop
#2 APRIL: "Planting Grape Vines and Plum Trees"
Saturday 4/12 (Raindate: 4/ 26) 9am -12pm
INSTRUCTOR: Andy DeSantis, Tree Warden, City of Chelsea
cost: free to pre-registrants
click here to sign up with the Chelsea Community Schools
#3 MAY: "Seed Swap"
Saturday 5/17 (Raindate 5/18)12-2pm
CHELSEA ARTWALK SATURDAY JUNE 14 : OPEN HOUSE AND CELEBRATION
#4 JUNE (ARTWALK): "Sketching Fruits" Sunday 6/15
Instructor: Arnie Cassavant, Chelsea "Pleine-Air" artist
please sign up with Chelsea Community Schools
#5 Date TBD: "Back Yard Gardens: How Safe are City Soils?"
Instructors: Madeleine Scammell, BU School of Public Health
and Samuel Butcher, LSP, PG and LEED-AP
#6 SUMMER: "Chelsea Reads Park by Park" (Quigley Park)
Volunteers from Chelsea Community Garden
Chelsea Public Library Summer reading program
#7 JULY: "Canning Summer Fruits" Demonstration date tbd
Instructor: Greg Reppucci, NSCC (Chelsea Boys & Girls Club)
#8 AUGUST: “Cooking with Summer Fruits” Demonstration
Instructor: Nutritionist from UMASS Extension Service
(Chelsea Boys and Girls Club) date tbd
#9 SEPTEMBER: “Getting in your 5 ‘Dailies’” ESOL Reading
A lesson at the Intergenerational Literacy Program
#10 OCTOBER “Jack O’ Lanterns Saturday October 25
Participants: Chelsea Girl Scouts' and CC Gardeners' families
Workshops 1-5 are open to the general public and presented in collaboration with the Chelsea Community Schools.
Participation in Workshops 6-10 is open to registrants from the collaborating organizations and the CCG membership