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Five Garden Education Centers Program
Five Garden Education Centers Program
Date: 6/3/2011 9:49:44 PM ( 13 y ) ... viewed 1435 times
Five Garden Education Centers Program
http://www.healthyworks.org/county-launches-five-garden-education-centers
The Regional Garden Education Centers are a project of Healthy Works, a countywide initiative making systems and environmental changes promoting wellness and addressing the nationwide obesity epidemic. The Healthy Works project is administered by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, through a federal grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The project is part of the County’s “Live Well, San Diego!” initiative, a 10-year vision for healthy communities. For more information, please visit http://www.HealthyWorks.org.
Here's a PDF announcing a community Garden class at Solana Center for Environmental Innovation and info from Healthy Works about this class and others.. Look for more info on these free classes and others as our five Regional Garden Education Center sites get up and running Please respond directly to the Solana Center. Here's the flyer link and info from Healthy Works.
Grow it forward!
Bob
file:///Users/vgsd/Desktop/solana%20center%20rgec%20g201.pdf
Dear gardeners and future gardeners,
Do you want to learn how to start or manage a community garden?
Healthy WorksSM can help.
As part of the Healthy WorksSM School and Community Gardens Program, five agencies across the County have been selected as Regional Garden Education Centers (RGEC), community-based hubs for garden education and training. These sites offer free public courses in the areas of:
- Gardening 101: How to Grow Your Own Food
- Gardening 201: How to Start and Manage a Community Garden
- Gardening 301: How to Start and Sustain a School Garden
The Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, the Healthy WorksSM North County RGEC site, is currently seeking participants for Gardening 201: How to Start and Manage a Community Garden. This course runs for four consecutive Tuesdays from June 7th through June 28th from 6 – 8:30 p.m. It offers six lessons on the fundamentals of community garden organizing and management, including: asset-based community development, finding and obtaining land, budgeting and fundraising, garden design and supplies, day to day operations, and how to be a good neighbor. To sign up for Gardening 201, please contact the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation at 760-436-7986 x 218 or whitney@solanacenter.org.
For more information visit: http://www.HealthyWorks.org.
Sincerely,
JuliAnna Arnett
Food Policy Manager
healthy WORKS
San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative,
facilitated by Community Health Improvement Partners
858.609.7962
jarnett@sdchip.org
http://www.OurCommunityOurKids.org
PDF OF HEALTH
WORKS
http://www.healthyworks.org/old_site/img/CPPW-HealthyWorks-PressRelease.pdf
feb 11, 2011
COUNTY UNVEILS ‘HEALTHY WORKS’ PROGRAM
Major Countywide Program Teams Agencies, Community in Obesity Prevention
Bicycles and Balboa Park go together in San Diego. The two elements served as perfect partners for students from Roosevelt Middle School to join County Supervisors Pam Slater-Price and Ron Roberts in a bicycle safety activity Wednesday, when the County of San Diego officially unveiled the comprehensive obesity-prevention initiative Healthy Works.
Healthy Works engages San Diego County residents, businesses and community leaders in systems and environmental approaches such as farmers’ markets, community gardens, bike-to-school and work programs, school exercise and nutrition programs, and changes involving land use and transportation. Healthy Works creates “Paths to Healthy Living.”
“Healthy Works continues the County’s aggressive efforts in obesity prevention,” said Supervisor Slater-Price, who chairs the Healthy Works Leadership Team. “We are determined to make the necessary changes allowing County residents better access to healthy choices, including healthy activities.”
Now that all the Healthy Works partners
HEALTHY FOODS
http://www.HealthyWorks.org./healthy-foods
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