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Growing Summit 2020

March 14th and 15th 
9:00am until 4:00 pm 
​
3408 Ardmore Trail 
South Bend IN 46628



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Class List 

Saturday March 14th 
9:00am -10:00am 

Rm# 1  Eat More Leaves for Kids and Adults / Chef Alan / Notre Dame 
Rm# 2 Urban Soil Health / SJCSWCD
Rm# 3 Spring Wildflowers of Michiana  / Steve Sass /Indiana Nature LLC
Rm# 4 Forestry and Tree Care / Jake Crawford - Mishawaka Parks 
Rm# 5 Seed Sowing / Amy Meyers / Wellfield Botanic Garden 
Rm# 6 Basics of Homopathy:  Christine Fiordalis 
10:30am - 11:30am 
Rm# 1  Kids Cooking with April Howell / Martins School of Cooking 
Rm# 2 Intro to Landscape Design / Dave & Carole Coffman/ Master Gardeners 
Rm# 3 Small Fruits & Berries / Sam Erwin - Indiana Berry 
Rm# 4 Fermented Foods for Sustainable Health by Joe Gady 
Rm# 5  Urban Farming /Micheal Totten / South Bend Homestead Urban Farm 
​Rm# 6
Selecting and Using Homeopathic Medicines:  Christine Fiordalis 
Noon - 1:00pm 
Rm# 1  PIzza Garden Kids Class / Theresa Tepe / Purdue Master Gardener
Rm# 2 Shade Gardening / Dave & Carole Coffman/ Purdue Master Gardeners
Rm# 3 Speciality Berries / Sam Erwin- Indiana Berry 
Rm# 4 Cooking Under Pressure / Olivia Western / Purdue Extension
Rm# 5 Native Plants for Pollinators / Mary Wojcik / Cardno Native Plants
1:30pm - 2:30pm 
Rm# 1  Urban Chickens for Kids / Mitch Yaciw / Unity Gardens 

Rm# 2 City Dwellers Guide to Designing Native Landscapes - Vince Gresham Cardno 
Rm# 3 Solar 101 / Vince Barletto
Rm# 4  Japanese Gardens / Jake Crawford / Mishawaka Parks Dept. 
Rm# 5 Starting a Donation Garden / Becky Lies / Purdue Extension 
3:00pm -4:00pm 
Rm# 1 Health Dept. with Robin Vida 

Rm# 2 Urban Chickens / Mitch Yaciw / Unity Gardens 
Rm# 3 Plant Based Diets/ Megan Wright / Michiana Veg Fest and VegEDU 
Rm# 4 Growing With Tower Gardens
Rm# 5 Pickling in a Hurry / Patsy / Ivy Tech Culinary 
Sunday March 15th 
11:00am - Noon 

Rm# 1  Kids Activity 

Rm# 2 Making Goat Milk Lotions / Miller's Goats and Gardens 
Rm# 3 The Perfect Tomato & Other Veggies / Greg Leyes / Ginger Valley 
Rm# 4 Hummingbirds with Jim and Cara / Master Gardeners 
Rm# 5 Agriculture of Sri Lanka by Hannah Scrafford 
12:30pm - 1:30pm 
Rm# 1  Kids 
Ketchup & Fries / Theresa Tepe / Purdue Master Gardener
Rm# 2 Health Dept. with Robin Vida 
Rm# 3 Organic Gardening 101 / Greg Leyes / Ginger Valley 
Rm# 4Preparing Your Pantry: ready for power-outages, pandemics, and pandemonium by Kathrine Kent Red Cross and FEMA Citizen Preparedness Facilitator
Rm# 5 Growing Mushrooms / Hannah Scrafford/ Unity Gardens 


We will have lunch available for purchase

 
G. Mottl Catering 
​A Bite With Me 
​Edible Arrangements 

Vendor List 


 Ginger Valley 
Indiana Nature LLC
Purdue Master Gardens: Ask a gardener info on lawns and gardens
Miller's Goats and Gardens : Handmade Goat milk soaps and balms
South Bend Homestead Urban Farm: Homemade Pickles
Farming For Life: Fermented Vegetables & Kombucha
​Mishawaka Farmers Market
Mishawaka Parks 
​Michiana Veg Fest VegEDU. 
DB Organics: Worm Castings 
​Tower Garden: Hydroponic growing
Sue Lowe Pottery: Handmade local pottery 
Resurrect The Roses
INPAWS Indiana native plant society 
Indiana Health Center  Health care access resource
St Joseph Health System / Smoke Free St Joe 
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Michigan State Master Gardeners 
​Cardno Native Plant Nursery 
River Valley Farmers Market 
​Fernwood Nature Center 
Wellfield Bontanic Gardens ​
​Sunchoke Farms 
bNutty
​Ten Thousand Villages  
TREES - 
Transgender Resource, Education & Enrichment Services
Cultivate Culinary  
St Joseph County Health Dept. 

Mailing Address                                     Main Garden
Unity Gardens                                        LaSalle Square 
PO Box 10022                                          3701 Prast Blvd 
South Bend IN. 46680                           South Bend IN 46628              
Ph: 574-315-4361   call or text message
e-mail
growunitygardens@yahoo.com     

                                         
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