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2025 Garden Meeting Dates

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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.

Shrub Soiree event a huge hit

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PHCF members hosted a srub (drinking vinegar)-making evening Sept. 12th where all who attended started shrubs from fruit, herbs and sugar with pointers from garden Coordinator Laura and Selina who also supplied ingredients and samples. A note from Laura: A very special shoutout to Selina for conceiving of the event and bringing us all together for a perfect garden evening. For those of you who attended and waled away with fruit puree and want to finish making your drinking vinegar/shrub, here are some instructions. For the more Serious among you, here’s a recipe from Serious Eats.

Upcoming Fiber and Natural Dye Workshops

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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.

New Garden Paths!

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Thanks to the Parks Department, our garden received a huge pile of wood chips. A small but determined group of gardeners put them in place. Now, we have beautiful new paths throughout the garden! 

Thank you to Joey, Catherine, Penelope and Gail.

Labor Day Potluck!

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A pop-up Labor Day potluck with all kinds of delights: a gorgeous hazelnut and pear cake, grilled hotdogs, burgers, and a zucchini galette!

Thank you all for attending!

Shed’s getting organized!

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Great progress was made on the shed organizing project this weekend!  Claire L and her intrepid group emptied and inventoried the shed, discarded some items and organized the rest. What a difference. Stay tuned for the next phase of the shed project — shelving, labels and more. 

The 2025 Summer Solstice Celebration!

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We are pleased to formally announce

The PHCFarm Summer Solstice Celebration 2025.

Date: Saturday June 21, 2-5 p.m 

The event will once again be hosted in partnership with Make Music New York. 

PLUS we welcome YOUR participation. See the flyer below for more details on how to sign up for the open mic.

Featured performers

Greg Hammontree

Trumpet player, composer, educator

Founding member, The Queen’s Cartoonists, an internationally-acclaimed, well-traveled band

Greg will perform solo electroacoustic pop-art pieces designed to be played in outdoor spaces.

Vivienne Aerts

Multi-disciplinary musician, artist, educator, psychologist.

Vivienne will be singing original compositions while playing a Loop pedal station. She and her husband also collaborate on a bean-to-bar chocolate project—a company that proactively empowers female cacao farmers of Virunga State Park in Congo. Sample chocolate nibs will be distributed.

Ishkara Heqwabti

Master Sound Healer and Mantra Singer.

Ishkara curates transformative soundbaths using voice, chants, crystal singing bowls, tuning forks and indigenous instruments. Her performance may include Circle Singing with which she engages and guides the audience toward inner harmony through the healing power of sound.

Plant Sale (extended!)

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More home grown plants for sale on Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8 ,12pm – 5pm

Support Prospect Heights Community Farm in its biggest fundraiser!

Spring Walkthrough

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Led by our Master Gardeners, a group of around 15 garden members walked through the garden to collectively put fresh eyes on what needs doing this garden season.  We identified some small projects and some big ones (like organizing the new shed and clearing the main garden paths).  It was a very uplifting way to start the season.