nour·ish
(nûrsh, nr-)

1. To provide with food
   or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
2. To foster the development of; promote.
3. To keep alive;
   maintain: nourish
   a hope.

Originating from Latin Nutrire, which means to feed or suckle

Mark your calendars now for the 2008 Ohio Community Gardening Conference.

Plan on attending both days for great community gardening workshops and seminars surrounding local food, school gardens, health and wellness, farmers markets and restaurant sales, preserving the harvest, growing techniques and many other current topics on community gardening.

Franklin Park Conservatory's community gardening program, Growing to Green, is the host and site of the conference. The American Community Gardening Association, Toledo Grows, Dayton's Grow with your Neighbors, Cincinnati's Neighborhood Gardens, OSU Extension of Cuyahoga County Community Gardening Program, Local Matters and Shepherd's Corner of Blacklick will partner in the programming of the conference.

ACGA Annual National Conference to be held in Columbus, in Summer, 2009

It may seem like a long time away‚ but Summer 2009 is just around the corner!  Plan now to showcase your garden during ACGA's Annual Conference when it comes to Columbus in late summer 2009. The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA), is now located at Franklin Park Conservatory, and is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities.

Here is your chance to showcase your community garden to gardeners from all over the world! Plan ahead for the extra costs, time, and labor needed to get your garden in tip-top shape‚ and if you need extra financial support from the community, members of ACGA may receive a letter of support that explains that need. Please email Amy DeShon, Executive Director, American Community Gardening Association at adeshon@communitygarden.org or call (877) 275-2242 for further information.