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Hands-On Gardening Sessions at the ‘MLK Donation Garden’ | starts Apr 20

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Spring Veggie Growing Basics Class | starts Apr 5

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Applications now Available for Garden Plots at the Kingfield Community Pleasant Garden | due Mar 30

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Metro Paint-a-thon Applications are now Available

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Lunch with Elizabeth: From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter--Learning from Movement Leaders | Fri, Mar 25

Wednesdays (on the 3rd week of each month), 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

April 20th, 2016 through September 14th, 2016

MLK Donation Garden, 4055 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis

Regular Class Sessions will include: Hennepin County Master Gardeners will guide you through an entire vegetable growing season until harvest time, addressing all your home garden questions. Sessions will feature hands-on activities working the common communal plot at the park. At the first meeting, participants and Master Gardeners together will determine a schedule for helping in the garden at times outside the scheduled sessions. Produce grown will benefit the food shelf at the Aliveness Project, a nonprofit organization serving community members living with HIV/AIDS.

In order to register for this FREE class visit www.minneapolisparks.org or phone the park at 612-370-4908, or attend the Kick-off event on 3/9!

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Five Consecutive Tuesdays, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, beginning April 5th and ending May 3rd

MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis

Learn about growing vegetables in your own yard or at a community garden. The program is taught by Hennepin County Master Gardeners and sponsored by Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and The Kingfield Neighborhood Association.

In order to register for this FREE class visit www.minneapolisparks.org or phone the park at 612-370-4908. You are registering for Vegetable Growing Basics. You will need to give your name, address, phone number, and email address.

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Applications for the Kingfield Pleasant Community Garden are now available! We have 11 plots available for those Kingfielders that need a space to grow and want a chance to connect with the community. The application and the gardeners have been renamed to better showcase that this is a team of growers: Kingfield Pleasant Community Garden Club! Deadline to submit the application, Interest Survey, and payment is March 30th to participate in the lottery to receive a plot for the 2016 season…so don't delay. Documents can be found here:

2016 Application: click here

2016 Skill Inventory and Interest Survey: click here

Questions? Contact Cheryl@kingfield.org

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Metro Paint-A-Thon is a program that helps low-income seniors and people with permanent physical disabilities continue to live independently in their own homes. A volunteer team is matched to scrape, prime and paint the exterior of each eligible home/garage, as volunteers are available, thereby keeping it well-maintained, beautiful and an asset to the neighborhood. All of this is done at no cost to the homeowner. Eligibility information and applications are now available here. The deadline for submitting an application is April 14, 2016.

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Friday, March 25th, Noon - 1:00 PM

CANDO (Central Neighborhood) Community Space, 3736 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis

Join us for an intimate discussion with Lena K. Gardner and Dr. Josie Johnson to learn about the impetus for their leadership journeys and mechanisms they have used for inspiring change.

Lena K. Gardner, Development Director of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Larger Fellowship, is a leader in the faith community as well as a social justice champion. Lena is a co-founding member of the Black Lives Matter Minneapolis chapter. She has helped organize a host of demonstrations and vigils following the police-involved shooting deaths of unarmed Black people around the country, including that of Minneapolis resident Jamar Clark. Lena is also a talented writer whose work reflects the call for justice by black leaders and community members.

Dr. Josie Johnson, an educator and leader in the Civil Rights movement, has worked tirelessly to affect legislative change related to fair housing and employment opportunities. Her impressive political background ranges from community organizer to mayoral aide to presidential campaign manager and so much more. Dr. Johnson is a leader in education and has sustained an ongoing relationship with the University of Minnesota, where they have established the annual Josie Robinson Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award in her honor.

Please join us as we celebrate local black history makers and discuss issues pertinent to the social and political advancement of the Black community. For more information visit the Facebook Event here. For inquiries or questions regarding this event please contact the Ward 8 Office at 612-673-2208, or e-mail elizabeth.glidden@minneapolismn.gov.

Please note: Bring your own lunch - drinks and cookies provided.

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