ARLINGTON FRIENDS OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
614A N. Tazewell Street Arlington, VA 22203 | info@arlingtonurbanag.org

2024 Spring Garden Kickoff
Description

We had a great time at the 2024 Spring Garden Kickoff! Here is a rough table of contents, followed bysome links.
(Captions have been auto-generated by YouTube, please be kind to our typist!)
00:0:05 Welcome from FOUA Board Member & Plot Committee Member Becky Halbe
00:4:10 Welcome – Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey
00:7:45 Composting for Multi-Family Dwellings – Douglas Krietemeyer, Environmental
Sustainability Planner, Arlington County Department of Environmental Services
dkrietemeyer@arlingtonva.us 703-228-0443
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Recycling-and-Trash/Residential/OrganicsWaste/Food-Scraps-Collection
00:24:25 Ozone Bio-Indicator Garden at the Walter Reed Community Center – Barbara Hoffheins,
Jon Bell, & Anne Doll
https://armn.org/2021/11/08/armn-ozone-garden-work-continues-at-walter-reed-community-center/
00:41:45 George Mason University’s Sustainability Program, Greenhouse, and Gardens – Doni
Nolan, Manager dnolan6@gmu.edu
FB/IG/YT/LI/X: @SustainMason https://green.gmu.edu/
01:03:07 Featured Plot Against Hunger Garden: Historic Arlington House Kitchen Garden – PlotAgainst Hunger Committee Members Jen Hankins & Sandy Newton, Plot Against Hunger
IG: @arlington_house_kitchen_garden Sign up via https://arlingtonurbanag.org/
01:15:57 Gleaning – FOUA Board Member Pete Riley
https://arlingtonurbanag.org/gleaning/ Sign up via https://arlingtonurbanag.org/
01:21:22 Produce Bagging Center

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614A N. Tazewell Street Arlington, VA 22203 | info@arlingtonurbanag.org– Plot Against Hunger Committee Member Laila Leikvold
https://arlingtonurbanag.org/donating-your-garden-produce/ Sign up via https://arlingtonurbanag.org/
01:25:55 Randolph Elementary School Food Pantry – Cassie Ravo
Sign up via https://arlingtonurbanag.org/ or email volunteer@arlingtonurbanag.org with questions.
01:30:21 Spring Saturday Work Parties & Senior Experience – FOUA Board President & Plot
Committee Member Emily Landsman & Plot Against Hunger Committee Member Jen Hankins
https://arlingtonurbanag.org/spring-saturday-work-parties-2024/
01:32:19 Seed packet donations and a special video message from Epic Gardening
https://arlingtonurbanag.org/seed-donations/
https://www.epicgardening.com/ @EpicGardening on all the socials
01:35:40 Door prize time! Thanks to Epic Gardening for donating 4 $25 gift cards!
https://www.epicgardening.com/ @EpicGardening on all the socials
01:39:44 Virginia Cooperative Extension Offerings – FOUA Board Member & Arlington/Alexandria
VCE Agent Kirsten Conrad https://arlington.ext.vt.edu/
Thank you to Nenad Mladenovic for event recording and video production.
Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, tax ID 84-2182585. Alldonations are tax-deductible. https://arlingtonurbanag.org/donate/(Captions have been auto-generated by YouTube, please be kind to our typist!)

Tool Swap!

Before you throw away or donate, consider sustainable

solutions within our own community exchange!
Extra tools you don’t plan to use again? Old items that still have some life? Clean out your shed andfind items that you think others could use or might need. Bring them to the Kickoff and find the Tool

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ARLINGTON FRIENDS OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
614A N. Tazewell Street Arlington, VA 22203 | info@arlingtonurbanag.org

Swap tent and table outside. These donations will be marked as FREE, organized, and then offered tothose attending the Spring Garden Kickoff on first-come first-served basis. At the end of the event all
unclaimed items will be collected and donated.
Tools for swap or donation should be in good, serviceable condition. No scrap metal, please.
OK TO BRING ?
Shovels * Spades * Forks * Hoes * Rakes
Cultivators * Hand tools * Strange tools * Hoses * Water Wands
Picks * Ploughs * Heat mats * Funny hats
MAYBE NOT ?
Buckets/Pots * Motor powered * Battery powered
Fluids/Powders/Chemicals * Broken/Damaged/Heavy rust
Clothing (other than hats)
Category
1. Climate Change
2. Community Gardens
3. Events
4. Gleaning
5. Grow Your Own Food
6. Plot Against Hunger
Tags
1. climate change
2. food pantries
3. gardens
4. Plot Against Hunger
5. volunteering
Date Created
January 29, 2024
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