We interrupt our home gardening for three book popups in April. The first one is Saturday, April 13th at Legacy Park in Decatur which is hosting the all day Wylde Center Spring Plant Sale. Not only this is the third year we have done the sale, but the Wylde Center was responsible for my learning how to grow some of my own herbs and flowers. It began in January by planting seeds in plastic jug miniature greenhouses. Then I transferred the seedlings into paper-fiber pots and finally into their own pots in late March. Some of the herbs stay on our deck for convenience harvesting; others transplanted to the community garden. It all began with a class I took at the Wylde Center several years ago.
Freedom Farmer's Market
On Saturday morning April 2oth, (weather permitting) we'll be at the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center. Not only do we sell books on gardening and sustainability (and related topics), but it has always been a venue that allows for an exchange of ideas. Thanks to our regulars, I have Mountain mint, Joe-pye-weed and Rattlesnake-weed coming up for a second year in the community space of our development (inspired by the books of Douglas Tallamy).
Earth Day, Avondale Estates (EVENT CANCELED by Organizers)
On their new village green, the City of Avondale Estates sponsors a celebration which includes information booths and a concert. This will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21st. Again, it is a weather permitting kind of thing. During last year's celebration, it was held in a wind turbine, but we survived and it inspired us to finally purchase state-of-the-art tent weights.
All this makes sense, because , "we learn something at every popup." Please come by sometime this month and we can educate each other.
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