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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. 

We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!


Address

LaSalle Square 
3701 Prast Blvd.
South Bend, IN. 46628

Telephone

574-222-2266
​after hours 574-315-4661

Email
sara@theunitygardens.org

Mail

Unity Gardens
​PO Box 10022
​South Bend, IN. 46680
Contact: Sara Stewart Executive Director 
sara@theunitygardens.org
​574-315-4361

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