Inspired Farmers has been working diligently over the past number of months to educate the community on the benefits of growing edible gardens. Through workshops, meetings, advocacy, facebook, twitter and good old fashioned “word of mouth,” we are helping people realize how easy and important it is to grow food. However, this week will mark a milestone in the work of Inspired Farmers.

On June 2, 2012 from 9:30 – 12:30 in partnership with the Murphy’s Center, City of Charlottetown, PEI ANC and the Upper Room Food Bank, Inspired Farmers will install “The Inspired Garden Demonstration Site” at the Murphy Community Center on Richmond Street in Charlottetown.

We invite you to participate as we come together as a community to imagine and create this Inspired Garden space. We will be planting the gardens, creating art, and designing the space. There will be food available (chili and chowder) as well as live music. This will be a great activity for families and children.

Inspired Farmers will also be at the Murphy Center during the week leading up to our installation day to prepare the sites and construct the beds. If you are interested in learning more about constructing raised garden beds, accessibility gardens, self watering containers or vertical gardens feel free to stop by and give a hand.

Following is a list of the times we will be meeting and what we will be working on:

Tuesday, May 29 – 6 – 8 pm – Constructing raised garden beds and accessibility gardens

Wednesday, May 30 – 6 – 8 pm – Building self watering containers

Thursday, May 31 – 6 – 8 pm – Building vertical gardens with gutters, pallets, cinder blocks and other recycled material

For more information, please contact Karen Murchison at karenmurch@gmail.com or Mitch Cobb at mitchacobb@gmail.com