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Garden member Sofia is planning a series of fiber and plant-based color/natural dye workshops. Join to learn more about plants, how to use them to make dyes, and make your own floral prints! Dates and times for workshops below:

9/28 Sunday        12pm-2pm

10/4 Saturday      10am – 12pm

11/1 Saturday       Flora Printing and twining at the annual Pumpkin Smash

Here are some photos from previous workshops, where garden members transferred color from the petals of a yellow cosmos and coreopsis flowers.

We’re close to ushering in our 27th season of community gardening at Prospect Heights Community Farm! We meet monthly at the garden from April to November (with one virtual meeting to escape the heat in August).

Please note the dates below.

Sunday, April 27 at 12 pm
Saturday, May 17 at 12 pm
Sunday, June 22 at 12 pm
Wednesday, July 16 at 6 pm (potluck)
Tuesday, August 12 at 6 pm (virtual)
Sunday, September 14 at 12 pm
Saturday, October 4 at 12 pm
Saturday, November 8 at 12 pm

Are you interested in joining the garden? You’ll need to attend a full meeting and orientation afterward, and pay dues. Find out more information here.

Big thanks to garden members Laura B, Theresa N and Traci N for documenting our celebration!

We’re excited to announce this year’s leaf drop collection event. During this annual event, we hope to collect over 100 bags of leaves, which will be shredded to produce the critically important “browns” that are added to our composting process.

Divert your leaves from the landfill and into compost by dropping off your leaves at the garden from 12-2 on the following Sundays: 12-2pm on the following Sundays: November 3, 10, 17, 24 and December 1.

Please bag your leaves in clear plastic or brown paper bags. Please no twigs, branches or trash.

You are invited to Prospect Heights Community Farm and help us celebrate the end of another garden season with our annual family-friendly event. Bring your pumpkins to smash for our compost and enjoy a hot potato on Saturday, November 2 from 12 to 4 p.m.

Our garden’s own Pollyanna is offering a free Intro to Mindfulness: Cultivating Inner Space class on from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 8 at the Pharm!

A little about Pollyanna:

Pollyanna is currently training to be an MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) teacher and this class is a prerequisite to her final teaching intensive this fall before she gets her official certification. Pollyanna said she thought it would be a fun way to give back to the community while enjoying our lovely green space.

About MBSR: MBSR is a clinical program (with Buddhist roots) that was first introduced in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Stress Reduction Clinic by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. The program continues to be shared with thousands of people in clinics across the world as a way to supplement their health treatments with mindfulness techniques.

The class will be capped at 20 adults, so please RSVP to save your spot using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/X8ynweuk49t6zx5v7

Due to the weather, Saturday’s general meeting will start earlier at 10 a.m. Please bring plenty of water, electrolytes — whatever you might need — to stay cool in the heat.