Join your fellow neighbors anytime between 4 pm and 6 pm to help prepare the Wetherby Edible Forest for more free edibles in 2022.
The event is free and open to everyone.
Food security is an important issue for every community and the Wetherby Edible Forest aims to secure access to food for everyone, while fostering a healthy ecological system that supports monarchs, honeybees and other desired insects.
FOOD, FUN AND INFORMATION
Tasty refreshments will be provided along with fun tours.
Publications will be available about growing food and creating habitat for desired insects.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
• Pull a few weeds to keep the edibles healthy.
• Establish deer protection around fruit trees.
• Remove vegetation from raised veggie beds.
• Arrange stepping stone pathways
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring...
• Comfortable clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.
• Gloves: leather ones, if you have them.
• Gardening tools (optional): Loppers, pruners, steel rakes, wheel barrows, spades.
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
This event was created in conjunction with the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department and is funded by the DNR Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program (REAP CEP). It would not be possible without these sponsors and supporters. Please frequent these generous organizations to thank them for donations of materials and funds.
• Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department: https://www.icgov.org/?id=1082
• DNR REAP CEP: https://www.iowadnr.gov/Conservation/REAP/REAP-Grants
• 100 Grannies: https://100grannies.org
• Earl May Garden Center: https://www.earlmay.com/locations/iowa-city-iowa
• The Housing Fellowship: https://housingfellowship.com/
• Master Gardeners of Johnson County: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/.../yard...
• New Pioneer Food Co-op: https://www.NewPi.coop
• #FeedABee: https://www.feedabee.com
• Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
• Green Iowa AmeriCorps
