City Slicker Farms back yard garden Volunteer Orientations

Greetings!
City Slicker Farms is proud to announce the official launch of our
Back Yard Garden Program. This program builds and maintains organic
back yard gardens with low income West Oakland residents in order to
increase nutrition and improve the environment in our community.

Each participant receives two 4x8 planter boxes with trellises, a
fruit tree, soil, plants, seeds, a compost bin and a West Oakland
Gardening Guide to start with. Then, once each quarter we make a
visit to provide more plants, seeds and compost and to work with the
participants to maintain their garden and answer questions. Every
six months they can receive two more beds if they wish.

We invite you to work with us to bring organic produce to lower
income folks in our community. We need volunteers who like to build
and install gardens (usually in a group of 2-5 people) as well as
knowledgeable gardeners to make the quarterly follow-up visits (to
work in pairs). We are looking for volunteers who would like to
make a committment of at least six months and at least 4 hours per
month.

To learn more you are invited to attend a two-hour Volunteer
Orientation. We have two orientations scheduled for this Fall. We
will be touring different sites so bring a vehicle or a bicycle
(there will be some extra seats in cars if you come by BART). See
below for details and call 510-763-4241 to RSVP or for more
information.

City Slicker Farms Back Yard Garden Program Volunteer Orientations:

Date: Saturday, October 8th
Time: 11am - 1pm
Meet: Center Street Farm, corner of 16th & Center Streets, West Oakland

Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Time: 11am - 1pm
Meet: Center Street Farm, corner of 16th & Center Streets, West Oakland

See you there!
Willow

Willow Rosenthal,
Founding Director

(p.s. Since we're in the field a lot we only check e-mail a few
times a week. Please call 510-763-4241 for a prompt response)

CITY SLICKER FARMS
Growing affordable fresh produce for West Oakland

510-763-4241
737 Henry Street
Oakland, CA 94607

LOCATIONS
Center Street Farm, The Annex Farm, West Oakland Woods Farm, Ralph
Bunche School Nursery, Jubilee West Garden, Mandela Farmer's Market,
The Secret Garden