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Unity Gardens Inc.
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Board
    • Our Team
    • Stay in Contact!
  • Gardens
    • Our Orchards
    • Garden Leader Resources
  • Events
    • Haircuts and Hotcakes
    • Growing Summit
    • Earth Day
    • Westside BBQ & Craft Fair
    • Spooktacular
    • Taste of Unity
  • Programs
    • Education >
      • Winter Garden Series
      • Winter Orchard Series
      • Kids Summer Garden Club
      • Lunch n Learns
      • Yoga in the Garden
    • Resources >
      • Gardening
      • Orcharding
      • Blog
      • Preserving & Cooking
      • Herbalism
      • Animal Husbandry
      • Home & Crafts
      • Green Living
    • Community Wellness
  • Internships
  • Volunteering
  • Support Us
  • Store
    • Online Store
    • CSA
    • Swag
    • Raised Beds

Gardening Resources

​Gardening:

​Garden Planning:
Eve's Garden planning presentation
Mitch's Garden Planning Presentation
Square Foot Garden Planting Guide
When To Plant Handout
Plant Spacing Handout
Vegetable Root Depth
Native Plants
Establishing Native Plants (from Marion County Soil & Water Conservation)
How to Create a Wildlife Garden and Look Good Doing it ( from Asa Wood-Howard, Wild Ones)
natives for Vegetable Gardens (From Spaulding Resoration)
"Super Nine" Native Plant List (from SB Wild Ones)
Soft Landing Hand Out (From SB Wild Ones)
My Milkweed Brings all the Bugs to the Yard (From Dr. catherine Craker, Entomologist)
Naturally Native Nursery Hand out
​Companion Planting:
COMPANION PLANTING PRESENTATION
Companion Planting Handout
​Small Space Gardening:
EVE's SMALL space gardening presentation
mitch's Small Space Gardening Presentation
​Crop Rotation:
Crop Rotation Presentation
Crop Rotation Chart Handout
Garden Maintenance:
Eve's garden maintenance presentation
Caring For Your Garden Presentation
Common Pests in the Garden
Common Weeds in the Garden
Closing your Garden:
Season Extension/Closing your Garden

Healthy Soil

soil and composting presentation
Soil Texture triangle
Mulching Presentation
Nutrient Management
Composting Presentation
Home Composting: Cornell Extension Resource
Soil Health
Cover Crops
Soil Class
Organic Material List

Specific Growing Tips

Garlic:
Growing Garlic Presentation
Garlic Handout
​Tomatoes:
Garden Greats: Tomatoes
All About Tomatoes Presentation
Root Vegetables, Greens and Alliums
Tomato Growing Tips
​Potatoes:
Garden Greats: Peppers, Eggplants, Potatoes & Cucurbits

​Pollination

Inviting Pollinators Presentation
Pollinator Plants Handout

​Pests & Diseases

eve's pests in the garden presentation
Pest in the garden presentation
Vegetable Insects: Purdue Extension Resource

​Fall Gardens:

​Herbs

Growing Herbs: Purdue Extension Resource

Indoor Seed Starting

Seed Starting presentation
Indoor Seed Starting Tips Handout

Address

LaSalle Square 
3701 Prast Blvd.
South Bend, IN. 46628
Hours
Garden: always
Welcome Center:
Monday-Friday: 9-7pm
Saturday-Sunday: 9-5pm

Telephone

574-222-2266
​After Hours: 574-315-4361

Mail

Unity Gardens
​PO Box 10022
​South Bend, IN. 46680
Contact: Sara Stewart, Executive Director 
[email protected]
​574-315-4361

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Board
    • Our Team
    • Stay in Contact!
  • Gardens
    • Our Orchards
    • Garden Leader Resources
  • Events
    • Haircuts and Hotcakes
    • Growing Summit
    • Earth Day
    • Westside BBQ & Craft Fair
    • Spooktacular
    • Taste of Unity
  • Programs
    • Education >
      • Winter Garden Series
      • Winter Orchard Series
      • Kids Summer Garden Club
      • Lunch n Learns
      • Yoga in the Garden
    • Resources >
      • Gardening
      • Orcharding
      • Blog
      • Preserving & Cooking
      • Herbalism
      • Animal Husbandry
      • Home & Crafts
      • Green Living
    • Community Wellness
  • Internships
  • Volunteering
  • Support Us
  • Store
    • Online Store
    • CSA
    • Swag
    • Raised Beds