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SUMMARY:Sowing Bee - Seed starting event
DESCRIPTION:Join Urban Roots\, Payne-Phalen Community Council\, and Arcade Garden Collective at our Sowing Bee event on Saturday\, March 14\, 1-3:30 p.m.\, at Metro State’s GROW IT Center\, 445 Maria Avenue\, St. Paul. \nWe’ll be sowing annual seeds that will be planted this Spring in some of the 41 new gardens located on Arcade Street. The annuals will grace the community during Summer 2026. Next year\, MnDOT\, when it completes its Arcade Street Project\, will install landscaping\, including pollinators and trees\, along Arcade from Phalen Blvd. to Frost Ave. \nThe Sowing Bee is free. A light lunch will be served. \nEmail: gardens@paynephalen.org to RSVP\, space is limited. \nIf you have the following items handy\, please bring them along: Exacto knife/scissors\, milk jugs\, gardening gloves\, and something to scoop soil. \nFor parking\, take advantage of the street parking outside of the building and in a visitor parking lot next door to the GROW IT Center. \nSponsors also include the Capitol Region Watershed District and St. Paul Parks Conversancy.
URL:https://urbanrootsmn.org/event/sowing-bee-seed-starting-event/
LOCATION:GROW-IT Center\, 445 Maria Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seed Circle
DESCRIPTION:Seed Circles are starting up again! Join us on the third Wednesday of every month to help us sort seeds\, replenish the seed library\, and chat with neighbors about gardens! We will give an orientation to volunteers. The main task will be to sort and package seeds for community distribution. Tea will be provided. \nFeel free to RSVP here: https://app.gametimehero.com/share/event/qMJtjGaMssuFcPHl1DdW
URL:https://urbanrootsmn.org/event/seed-circle-2/
LOCATION:Dayton’s Bluff Library\, 645 E 7th St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dayton's Bluff Library":MAILTO:daytonsbluff@ci.stpaul.mn.us
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SUMMARY:Spring Seed Sowing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come play in the dirt with the East Side Seed Library at our seed sowing workshop! Learn why we need to stratify seeds and participate in a step-by-step tutorial focused on annual flowers\, vegetables\, and native forbs. All participants will receive one seed sowing kit (milk jug green house\, soil\, and seeds). \nRegistration Required. \nThis event is a collaboration between Urban Roots\, Metro State University Library\, and the Dayton’s Bluff branch of the Saint Paul Public Library. \nFor information on this and other seed-related events\, visit https://libguides.metrostate.edu/eastsideseedlibrary
URL:https://urbanrootsmn.org/event/spring-seed-sowing-workshop/
LOCATION:GROW-IT Center\, 445 Maria Ave\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Dayton's Bluff Library":MAILTO:daytonsbluff@ci.stpaul.mn.us
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SUMMARY:Raised Bed Garden Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Growing food in urban soil can pose health risks due to historic use of lead and other pollutants. Using a raised bed garden can help reduce exposure to potentially contaminated soil. During this workshop\, residents of the East Side will receive galvanized steel materials to to build a raised garden bed\, free of cost. \nAfter completing the workshop\, residents will receive free starter plants and compost for their raised garden bed in May.  This initiative is a collaboration between Urban Roots\, Ramsey County\, and the District 2 Community Council. Use the link below to register! \nhttps://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s-tzwFZbE0eGz1Ve_Jf2jxtmkL9TjSRMtb_zJwUk–JUM1NJUE1VN0pVUDFGVTlaRDNESDNCMEpJWC4u&route=shorturl
URL:https://urbanrootsmn.org/event/raised-bed-garden-workshop/
LOCATION:Indigenous Roots\, 788 e. Seventh Street\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55106\, United States
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