Year of Plenty

Mon., Sept. 13, 2010

Spokane Community Garden Tours - September 18

Picture: Fall harvest from Pumpkin Patch Community Garden in the foreground ready to be picked up at the Second Harvest mobile food bank distribution in Millwood last Friday.

Spokane Regional Health Disctrict and Spokane County Extension are sponsoring a Community Garden Tour of Spokane area gardens. All-in-all there are 11 gardens to explore on September 18 from 10am to 2pm. Included in the tour is the Pumpkin Patch Community Garden that I've been involved with during its inaugural 2010 season. The map of the tour is below. Download GardenTour-2010 map

Posted Sept. 13, 2010, 11:35 a.m.

The Year of Plenty blog was created by Craig Goodwin in the winter of 2008 to chronicle the experiences of his family as they sought to consume everything local, used, homegrown or homemade. That journey was a wonderful introduction to people and movements in the Spokane area who are seeking the welfare of the community through local foods, farmers markets, community gardens, sustainable transportation, and more fulfilling and just patterns of consumption. In 2009 and beyond the blog will continue to report on these relationships and practices, all through the eyes of a family with young children. Craig manages the Millwood Farmers' Market, is a Master Food Preserver and Pastor at Millwood Presbyterian Church. Craig can be reached at goody2230@gmail.com