Join us for our annual Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for, or just come on by to say […]
Drop in to Collard City Growers where we have activities for families and garden tasks for our adult volunteers. Community Work & Play Days take place on the 3rd Friday of each month, during the regular CCG Open Garden Hours which take place every Friday from 4:00 - 7:00 pm, from May through October. Join […]
A Public Philosophy Conversation at Collard City Growers Come for the work party, stay for the philosophy! Capital Region Public Philosophy and Collard City Growers present a public conversation (5-7pm) on plants, agency, rights, and belonging following time to work & play (4-5pm) in the Sanctuary for Independent Media's garden. Please RSVP for pizza.
Join us for our annual Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! This is part of the Community Care Workshop day on May 17: 12pm Plant Swap, 2pm De-escalation workshop, 4pm Cybersecurity workshop. Where: 3337 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180 This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants […]
Join composting enthusiast Christian Grigoraskos to learn all about composting, from kitchen to finished compost. We will cover simple and low-cost methods for diverting food waste from the landfill and using it to build biologically robust, living soil. Participants will help to spread finished compost in the garden as well as assemble ingredients to build a new […]
Join us for our 2024 Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! Where: 3337 6th Ave, Troy, NY 12180 This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for, […]
UPDATE: Due to rainy weather, this event will take place in the 2nd floor of NATURE Lab, 3319 6th Avenue. Join us in the garden! For this week's Collard City Growers open hours, our garden ambassador Sienna Thiem leads us in making our own herbal tea blends! Choose from a selection of dried herbs harvested […]
Join us! We have a semi annual Blitz of the L lot, which is at the South End of the alley on Glen Street and is one of CCG Garden Mentor Christian Grigoraskos' favorite places on the Sanctuary campus. With a bit of care each year, we have been ushering this once abandoned space into […]
Join us (socially distanced, of course!) to actively learn about garden propagation and division! The fruits of our labor will fill the beds of Collard City Growers and swap plants with attendees! This is an event for the community and gardeners to get together and exchange seedlings for the season. Stop by to pick up […]
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