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SUMMARY:Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Garlic Planting & Fire Cider-Making
DESCRIPTION:5 pm: Garlic-planting at CCG with Ellie Irons  \n\n\n\n6 pm: Fire Cider at PHS with Heidi Woolever (registration required) \n\n\n\nGet your hands earthy planting next season’s garlic crop at Collard City Growers\, then move to People’s Health Sanctuary to put this year’s garlic crop to work as we make a big batch of the health tonic fire cider. \n\n\n\nLimited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.* \n\n\n\n*Deposit refunds/cancellations: If you are unable to attend and notify us at least 48 hours before the event begins\, we will offer your spot to someone on the waiting list and refund your deposit. Notify irons@mediasanctuary to cancel. If you attend the event\, we will offer your $10 deposit back in cash on the day of the event. If the workshop is cancelled\, we will refund your deposit or offer you the opportunity to attend a rescheduled event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting at Collard City Growers\, we’ll learn about the life cycle of garlic and some helpful practices for growing it locally\, as we tuck next year’s crop into the ground. At 6 pm we’ll transition to PHS to brew up a community batch of health promoting fire cider. Full of stimulating spicy pungent aromatic ingredients\, including garlic\, fire cider warms the body\, boosts the immune system\, supports the respiratory system and aids digestion. This traditional folk remedy that has been used and shared for generations by herbalists to ward off sickness and promote health. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch in case we can accommodate your participation in another way.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/garlic-and-fire-cider/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T170000
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SUMMARY:Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving
DESCRIPTION:Prepare the way for spring biodiversity by unearthing lawn and collecting seeds with Lawn Lab. This workshop will take place during the weekly CCG open garden hours.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince early 2020\, the lawn south of Collard City Growers garden has gradually evolved into a hybrid lawn-meadow ecosystem as part of the Next Epoch Seed Library’s project “The Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\,” aka “Lawn Lab.” Each year a little more lawn is pulled up to make way for tough\, locally-adapted wildflowers and native grasses that can survive and thrive in this challenging urban habitat. Join artist Ellie Irons in the satisfying task of unearthing low-diversity lawn grasses and spreading meadow seeds. Participants will also meet and learn about some of the meadow plants living at Lawn Lab\, and help create a seed mix to keep and share locally.  \n\n\n\nWear comfortable work clothes and bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. Tools / gloves will also be available on site.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine · Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Irons is an artist\, educator\, and parent based in current-day Troy\, New York\, where the Mahicannituck and Mohawk Rivers converge. She received an MFA from Hunter College and Phd from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focused on ecosocial art. She is currently the Co-Director of NATURE Lab at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/resisting-monocultures/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Mulchamania!
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the benefits of mulching and composting as we ready the garden for winter. Facilitated by arborist Christian Grigoraskos\, this event will take place during our weekly CCG open garden hours. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaintaining a blanket of organic matter to keep the micro-life in your soil happy is paramount to a successful garden with plants that thrive. Participants will have the chance to turn a compost pile and take home a starter of biologically active living soil for their home garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator bio: \n\n\n\nChristian Grigoraskos has been a Sanctuary volunteer since the early days of Collard City Growers circa 2014. He is a land steward\, father\, and arborist in the temperate jungle of North Troy.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/mulchamania/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Plant Swap 2026
DESCRIPTION: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 “Hi!” \n\n\n\nWhere: 3337 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180 \n\n\n\nWhat is a plant swap? An opportunity to share plant abundance!  \n\n\n\nHow to participate? Bring your extra plants and/ or saplings to trade for something new\, including perennials\, annuals\, house plants\, and more! You don’t have to bring a plant to participate. \n\n\n\nWhy participate?  It’s an amazing excuse to explore the garden\, soak up the sun\, and meet some new people and plants! \n\n\n\nAnd remember: All the plants that you give and take are free!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/plant-swap-2026/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T160000
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SUMMARY:CCG Community Work & Play Days
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nJoin us in tending\, harvesting\, and caring for the plants and the land\, or just take some time to rest amongst greenery and appreciate the gifts of the garden. These open hours are family-oriented and open to all!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/open-garden-2025-ccg/2025-10-17/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:open hours
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SUMMARY:Are Plants People?
DESCRIPTION:A Public Philosophy Conversation at Collard City Growers\n\n\n\nCome 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. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP for pizza.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/are-plants-people/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:open hours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T120000
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SUMMARY:Plant Swap 2025
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\n\n\nWhere: 3337 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180 \n\n\n\nThis 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 “Hi!” \n\n\n\nWhat is a plant swap? An opportunity to share plant abundance!  \n\n\n\nHow to participate? Bring your extra plants and/ or saplings to trade for something new\, including perennials\, annuals\, house plants\, and more! You don’t have to bring a plant to participate. \n\n\n\nWhy participate?  It’s an amazing excuse to explore the garden\, soak up the sun\, and meet some new people and plants! \n\n\n\nAnd remember: All the plants that you give and take are free!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/plant-swap-2025/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T140000
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SUMMARY:Backyard Composting 101
DESCRIPTION: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 pile. \n\n\n\nRAIN OR SHINE. Rain plan: set up tents near the compost
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/backyard-composting-101/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T140000
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SUMMARY:Plant Swap 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2024 Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! \n\n\n\nWhere: 3337 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180 \n\n\n\nThis 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 “Hi!” \n\n\n\nWhat is a plant swap? An opportunity to share plant abundance!  \n\n\n\nHow to participate? Bring your extra plants and/ or saplings to trade for something new\, including perennials\, annuals\, house plants\, and more! You don’t have to bring a plant to participate.  \n\n\n\nWhy participate?  It’s an amazing excuse to explore the garden\, soak up the sun\, and meet some new people and plants!  \n\n\n\nAnd remember: All the plants that you give and take are free!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/plant-swap-2024/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230929T153000
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SUMMARY:Herb & Tea Blending
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Due to rainy weather\, this event will take place in the 2nd floor of NATURE Lab\, 3319 6th Avenue. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin 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 from CCG and foraged locally by Sienna earlier this season\, or gather a bundle from herbs that are currently ready to harvest to DIY (Dry It Yourself). \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nVolunteer Application
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/herb-tea-blending/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T190000
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SUMMARY:Blitz of the L-Lot: Permaculture in North Central!
DESCRIPTION:Join us!  \n\n\n\nWe 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 a beautiful and productive Food Forest\, a very unique sort that is largely been dictated by what is already there and has come in naturally. Includes Plant Identification!  Please bring gloves if you have them! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA message from Christian: \n\n\n\nMay you live in Wild times\, with Wild Spaces.  \n\n\n\nEcology capitalizes on disturbance (dissed-urbance) and when humans intervene with guided observance a paradise is born…so join us for our biannual Blitz of a patch of land We call the L lot because of its L shape and because of the deep Love we have for all our Botanical allies that inhabit it.  Each growing season we give just a little bit more support to the plants we want to see grow while utilizing the surrounding biomass of support species that grow rampant in our climate offering their bodies to the cycle of soil life.  \n\n\n\n\nIn this workshop we will cover many permaculture principles and practices such as:\n\n\n\n\nPaying attention\n\n\n\nPlant identification\n\n\n\nSuccession planning\n\n\n\nChop and drop mulching \n\n\n\nPollarding and other radical pruning methods\n\n\n\nPicking up trash\n\n\n\nStaring at bees coming and going from their entrance\n\n\n\nImagining the possibilities based on our observations
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/blitz-of-the-l-lot-permaculture-in-north-central/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T130000
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SUMMARY:CCG Plant Swap Party!
DESCRIPTION: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! \n\n\n\n\nThis is an event for the community and gardeners to get together and exchange seedlings for the season. Stop by to pick up some seedlings that you might want for your garden\, drop off any extra flats that you don’t have room for\, or just come on over to hangout and say hi 🙂 Azure and Christian are generously providing Shiso\, Bronze Fennel\, Absinth\, Wormwood\, Wild Strawberries\, Anise Hyssop\, Bee Balm\, Garlic Chives\, Elderberry\, Lovage\, Rhubarb\, Willow cuttings\, Borage\, Irises\, Day Lilies\, and lots more. And remember\, all plants that you give and take are FREE! \n\n\n\n\nPhoto by Felicity Jones\n\n\n\n\nWe hope everyone will enjoy the plants we have to offer and are excited to see what others have to share. Please be sure to still wear a face mask and follow safe social distancing. Looking forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\nAnd if you haven’t listened to it already\, check out an interview with Christian Grigoraskos and Azure Keahi talking about the history of Collard City Growers\, the purpose of the space\, and advertising the Plant Swap.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/ccg-plant-swap-party/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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