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Hello Everyone!
It is that time of the year! Fresh Roots is preparing its fields for healthy, nutrient-rich overwintering growth and we’re excited to offer you the opportunity to join us. We’ll be spending Saturday, August 13 in our field in Richmond (near Steveston) prepping beds, sowing cover crops, transplanting overwintering edible crops, and talking about why we choose what, to place where, and how. We may also set up backyard alley resourced renegade field irrigation systems. You’ll learn how to build farm infrastructure with limited financial resources when living in an abundant urban environment 
You’ll also learn a ton for your own home garden about how to extend your kitchen garden growing season into a year-round harvest, experience a beautiful day beside the great Fraser river, meet other people excited about utilizing our climate’s ability to serve ourselves food year round, laugh, and play (in the dirt).
ooh – and the blackberries may be ripe by then! there are so so so so many to pick!
Saturday, August 13
10am – 4pm
Richmond Incubator Farm Plot – southeast corner of Dyke Rd. And Gilbert Rd. just beyond the orchard garden
Directions:
Car (from Vancouver): Drive south along Knight, then follow signs towards the ferries (which veers you west for a moment then south again) and get off the highway at Steveston Highway – head west. At Gilbert Rd. head south, then just before the river and Dyke turn east into the parking lot for the community garden. Walk along the edge (beaten path along blackberry filled ditch) past the community garden, past the orchard, onto our farm!
Bike (from Vancouver): Catch the Canada line south to Brighouse (25min from Cambie and Broadway). Get out, ride south along Number 3 road all the way to Dyke Rd (15min). At Dyke turn right (west) and ride till the sweet little bridge. Turn onto the bridge – and you’ll see our farmers just there on the other side. Or, biking the whole way from Vancouver – google map it to find the best bike route
If you have any questions or need help arriving please call ilana at 778-862-FARM.
We would love to have you join us! If you think you’ll be able to make it please do rsvp to info@freshroots.ca or call (778) 862-FARM.
With healthy preparations for an abundant winter harvest,
The Fresh Roots Farm Team
Now you can find Fresh Roots Urban Farm Field Photos on Flickr
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