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Growing Places
(Plant Your Dream!)
Growing Places Event
Date: 7/31/2009 3:40:25 PM ( 15 y ago)
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GROWING PLACES
THE FIRST EVER, AUGUST 1 2009
A CELEBRATION OF SAN DIEGO’S FOOD AND AN EXPLORATION OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM
Everyone is invited to join San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project on Saturday, August 1 2009 for a festival benefit raising money for our future farm and education center. The night is packed full of activities and events and it’s bound to be great fun!
Advance Tickets!
Tickets are $10 at the door. Alert! You can purchase pre-sale tickets for $7 starting Wednesday July 22 through Friday July 31. Jay Porter from the Linkery and Bill Tall from City Farmers Nursery are gracious to host pre-sale to Growing Places. Stop by and give support to these two important and excellent businesses in our community:
The Linkery, 3794 30th St at North Park Way in North Park 92104
Friday–Sunday: noon–11:30pm, Monday–Thursday: 5:30–11:30pm
City Farmers Nursery, 4832 Home Avenue at Euclid in City Heights 92105
Monday–Saturday: 9am–5pm, Sunday: 9am–3pm
Silent Art Auction!
A silent auction of food+farm themed art will be showcased for bidding throughout the night, ending at 9:30pm. Artists and Makers from all over the county are making art for this show and donating it to raise support for Roots’ farm project. The more the better, and you are invited to make art for the show! The deadline is July 30. Art can be any style, media or function, as long it has a theme of food and/or farm and/or garden. Contact em at em@sandiegoroots.org or julia at julia@sandiegoroots.org to give art. Buying a piece of art at Growing Places is a good opportunity to celebrate and support San Diego’s community, and take home a great piece of artwork!
Raffle!
Many fantastic businesses serving up local food and art have generously donated some great prizes for our raffle. Thanks to Starlite Lounge, MCASD, The Pearl Hotel, The Linkery, Jill Richardson, YUM! Super Foods, Sea Rocket Bistro, City Farmers Nursery, Blind Lady Ale House, Darshan Bakery, Viva Pops, Ecotopia, Hoop Nectar and more!
Local Brews!
Lee Chase from Blind Lady Ale House will be at the bar serving local beer from Stone Brewing Co. and all the food served will be 100% local thanks to Jessica Kramer of YUM! Super Foods
Funstuff!
During the event there will be art+response activities, art installations, and a food+farm reading room
Schedule!
3:00 doors open
3:30 make+take workshops in urban homesteading. Bring a glass jar and learn how to make sauerkraut, cheese, wheat flour, hot sauce, ginger ale and more!
5:30 circle dialogue about all sides of the food system with the public featuring people doing the great work of making our communities come alive, celebrating our region’s abundance and agricultural possibilities, as well as advocating solutions for poverty and food access.
7:00 through the night, music played by local bands!
7:30 Unum
8:30 Old Man Hands
9:30 Skavolutionary Orchestra [silent auction ends]
DETAILS Growing Places will take place in a transformed office floor at 1446 Front Street between Ash and Beech, thanks to Reza Mashayeki of Front Place LLC http://www.IdiomsAndExpressions.com,
http://www.ArabesqueBellyDancingCompetition.com.
Take the elevator to the top floor. For parking on the day of 8/1 you can choose between metered stalls or a lot. There is a lot right across the street from the venue where you can park for $5 a day. It’s also quite close to the downtown train station and many bus stops. Check out http://www.sdcommute.com
to plan a trip with public transportation.
The address is 1446 Front Street 92101. *kids are welcome We hope to see you there!
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