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The Communal Garden: Popular Indigenous African Botanicals

This is a community gardening class taught by the founder of the Bronzeville Growers Market, Julialynne Walker. Classes in The Communal Garden series teach gardeners skills that can be used in community gardens or to support their community through gardening. They are low-cost in an effort to advance gardening skills in our communities. The series is a part of the Conservatory’s Growing to Green program, which supports and develops community gardens across Central Ohio.

Where did your favorite plant begin life? Learn about those plants that we use every day in our homes and gardens that are originally from Africa. Class members will learn about how to plant and how to use these botanicals in their own backyards or community gardens. Seeds will be shared with the class to take home.

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Instructor: Julialynne Walker Julialynne Walker, founder of the Bronzeville Growers Market, principal facilitator for the Bronzeville Agricademy, an online gardening community, the Bronzeville Urban Growers, a corridor of backyard growers on the Near East Side of Columbus and co-founder of the Urban Farmers Coalition, is passionate about the connections between healthy food, growing healthy food and marketing healthy food, as an outgrowth of her international public health and African Diaspora work. She has been the Certified Market Manager Assistant for the Ohio Farmers Market Network in addition to being manager of the Bethany Bronzeville Community Garden and the site manager of the Mamie Mack and 21st Street Community Gardens.