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So the weather tomorrow is supposed to be ridiculously crummy. But there’s some old adage about April showers bringing…oh yeah, not even close to April yet. Anyways–not too soon to start thinking about urban gardening….

The 27th Annual Making Brooklyn Bloom

Edible NYC: Green it! Grow it! Eat it!

Presented by GreenBridge of Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Saturday, March 8, 2008
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Palm House
1000 Washington Avenue

Featured Panel:
From Seed to Table: Building a Healthy Food System

  • Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap
  • Karen Washington, NYC Community Garden Activist
  • Kimberly Vargas, Added Value Senior Youth Participant

All sorts of panels and presentations as part of this. There’s a bunch more info here, and if you print out this flyer [PDF] you’ll get in for free.