Community Conversations and Open Forum at 7 PM, followed by Special Presentations from:

• Mary Altman, City of Minneapolis’ Public Arts Administrator with information on the reconstruction of the 40^th Street Bridge including the incorporation of art in it’s design;
• Sarah Larson of the Landon Group who is seeking feedback on the design of a new Senior Housing Complex adjacent to Sabathani.

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The 19th Annual Kingfield sale was held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 9 AM – 2 PM.

For information about the 2018 sale, click here.

If you have any questions regarding the event or registration please email .

The Minneapolis Organics Recycling Training Sessions will be held on April 9 with either a morning or afternoon training session option.  In the morning at Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. or there is an afternoon session at Folwell Park from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  You can RSVP to Kellie Kish,.

We will review what can and cannot be accepted in organics recycling, offer several tips to make organics recycling easy for you and your neighbors, and the City’s organics recycling processor will explain the composting process.  We’ll also be launching our Recycling Block Leader program and offering free kitchen organics collection pails to all attendees.

The event is free and open to the public so please share the word!  Here is a link to the event flyer

 

This special Garden Kick-off Event will take place at The Aliveness Project (3808 Nicollet) in the 2^nd floor community room. The event includes a tasting, a brief nutrition presentation, a prize drawing, and the opportunity to meet Hennepin County Master Gardener and Kingfield neighbor Mollie Dean.

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Hands-On Gardening Sessions at the ‘MLK Donation Garden’

Wed 6:30 – 8 PM, on the 3rd week of each month 

Beginning Apr 20, 2016 through Sep 14, 2016

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!