Free Workshops in the Garden this Saturday: Weeding and Intro to Solar

Join us at our regularly scheduled Fair Share Garden meetup this Saturday in Daytona Beach for free workshops. Location: 345 White St. behind the Lions club (corner of White & Willis)

At 10 am Bernadette Albright will be speaking on the importance of weeding in the vegetable garden. Don't settle for a low yield vegetable garden by letting water-drinking and nutrient-consuming weeds get in the way. Learn to identify various edible weeds.

At 11 am Scott Johnson of the SolarNetOne project will demonstrate a small off-grid photovoltaic power system designed to provide remote communications, such as for off-grid homesteading. The talk will include info on how to size and scale solar power systems to meet load size, as well as strategies to optimize load equipment for operation from solar power.



Workshops are free, however Fair Share is a 501 c non-profit and donations are welcome.

Fair Share Urban Garden & Artisan Market: Earth Day Celebration

The Fair Share Urban Garden will be hosting an Earth Day fund raiser the morning of Saturday, April 25th. The event will feature workshops for all ages and an artisan market with fair trade crafts, natural herbal balms, soaps, functional pottery, fused glass and found jewelry, native plant seed sales, and more.

Workshop schedule:

9:30 AM Container Gardening with Master Gardener Myrna Moore. FREE

10:30 AM Children's Introductory Garden workshop. Children under 12 should arrive in play clothes and bring vegetable food scraps that they have collected for composting. They will paint a clay pot with a baby tomato plant during the class. Parents are encouraged to pre-register their children online at AquarianBath.com, $10 per child to benefit the garden.



11:30 AM Celebrating the “Green” Way by Ciana Maglio of Green Halloween® FREE

12:30 PM Presentation: "Sundials in the Garden" Why isn't the Sun due south at noon? Is the Sun ever straight overhead in Daytona Beach? Come learn about the Sun's motion through the sky and how to tell time with sundials. Paper sundials will constructed and demonstrated. This workshop will be led by Jason Aufdenberg who is an assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach and a Fair Share Urban Garden Project volunteer.



The Fair Share Urban Garden & Artisan Market is located at 345 White Street in Daytona Beach behind the Daytona Beach Lion's Club at the corner of White Street and Willis.

The Fair Share Urban Garden Project is a sustainable urban agriculture program of Salt of the Earth, Inc., a local 501 (c ) 3, nonprofit organization. For more information visit or contact Joel Tippens at fairsharegarden@gmail.com or 386-451-9003.

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14th Annual Seaside Herb Society Fair Ormond Beach March 28

The Seaside Herb Society Annual Fair is one of my favorite festivals. This is going to be my 5th year attending and 4th year as a vendor. Looking forward to seeing everyone. I learned my lesson last year.. I will have plenty of lavender microwavable neck pillows in addition to my usual soaps and balms. Some of my favorite vendors who will be there include Melanie Palmrose of Almost Ancient Pots. Melanie is from Jacksonville and offers hypertuffa pots and mushrooms, as well as classes on how to make them yourself. Dora from Maggie's Herb Farm will be in her regular spot offering potted herbs. My friend Ciana from the Daytona Beach Faire Share Garden will be there to promote the garden and Celebrating Green.







Location: Riverbridge Meeting House and Gardens northeast corner of Granada and Beach Street.
Admission: Free with ample parking
Description: The Seaside Herb Society will sponsor its 14th Annual Herb Faire on Saturday, March 28, 2009, from 10am to 3pm at the above location in beautiful downtown Ormond Beach, Florida.

Featuring:
* There will be many common and unusual herbs and native plants for sale.
* Vendors from the area will have handmade arts and crafts.
* Baked goods and herb cookbooks will also be available.
* A delicious lunch, for purchase, using different herbs will be available inside the Meeting house; ticket sales for lunch begin at 11:30 am.
* There will be a variety of guest speakers and demonstrations throughout the day.
* Herb Society members will be available for information on growing herbs in Florida and the many uses of herbs.
* The Society members tend an herb garden year round which is on site in the Meeting house gardens.