The Burning Kumquat

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The Burning Kumquat

The Burning Kumquat is a student-run urban garden at Washington University in St. Louis. We welcome those who want to get dirt under their fingernails.

Founded in the fall of 2007, The Burning Kumquat is an entirely student-run organic farm located on the South 40 of the Washington University campus, next to the Alumni House. Our purpose is to commune and self-educate with the shared experience of practicing sustainable urban agriculture. The farm is a place where Washington University and the surrounding community can reconnect with and care for

the land. Through the work and joy of growing food, we hope to inspire responsible food practices and to provide local produce in our community. Site operations include seeding, harvesting, composting, and maintenance, with workdays taking place every weekend. Meetings every other Tuesday focus on thinking about and eating our food: documentary screenings, speakers, and discussions help us understand the impact of food on sustainability and justice; cooking and preserving food let us enjoy it in unique ways. Over the years, we have cultivated over sixty varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, from okra and tomatoes to strawberries, carrots, turnips, and thyme. Through markets both on campus and in North City, the Burning Kumquat works to provide access to fresh, responsible produce and to spread awareness about sustainable agriculture.

12/06/2022

Some moments from last week’s Green Gala set up by where we gave an epic speech and Chethan modeled the BK suaveness🥂

11/30/2022

Our new farmigarchy members for the next year!!! Welcome to the garden reign :)☀️🌕🐉💩☁️🌧️🕷️🎨🧌🧑‍🍳🐰💵

11/29/2022

🌻ROOM CHANGE🌻
we’re in duc 245 instead of 248!!!
(+ scroll for info on more exec positions)

disclaimer: clouds are a vital part of the bk ecosystem ☁️

11/29/2022

the time has come for suns to set and moons to wane, for new dragons to hatch and baby party animals to cut loose!

ascension is TOMORROW and we want anyone even remotely interested to come by and join the exec board 🥰🪱🧑‍🌾

11/21/2022

Successful BK cooking day! We made some delectable tomato sauce and tomatillo salsa with the last harvest of the season 🍅🌶️

thank you to all of our lovely chefs, and look out in the groupme for our next impromptu cooking session :)

Lastly, we hope you all have a wonderful break and get some well deserved rest
❤️Farmi

11/01/2022

Happy Halloween!!
❤️farmigarchy

Also thank you to all who came to our Halloween bonfire! We loved seeing all the costumes, but I guess no one dared to dress as our biggest fear, the rabbits in the garden 👀😧❌🐇❌

And you know the drill, swipe for more garden memes

10/26/2022

We’ve got a spooky bonfire for you tomorrow night!! What better way to prepare for Halloween than scheming around a fire and eating s’mores 🎃

costumes are highly encouraged!!

excited to see you all at 6 tomorrow 😘

10/23/2022

New art installation! Plus swipe for our impromptu cat photo shoot…I guess we should start growing catnip for our guests🍃

10/14/2022

🤩FARMI FRIDAY🤩

Today we are introducing our 🎨 artichoke 🖌️ swipe to learn more about our lovely resident artist!

10/07/2022

Here are some gorgeous gorgeous birds in the garden to start off your fall break! If you want to learn more about how to help, please swipe to the end for more information :)

All of exec wishes everyone gets their well deserved rest during the break wherever you fly off to

10/02/2022

Busy week for the garden: tinkering in the garden 🔨working the civic engagement fair 🥬 and our beautiful harvest🍅

Reminder that we are not running workdays next weekend because of fall break. Stay tuned for our epic annual garlic sowing workday the weekend after though 🧄

if you need any motivation for workdays swipe to the end!

09/30/2022

Our next farmi Friday is a double feature: Dragon 🐉AND Sh*thead💩Tommy really does it all🤩 if you want to join our feasts come to one our workdays! And if you want to learn more about the 💰money💰behind the scenes stop by at one of our farmis!!

09/23/2022

🌕Farmi Friday🌙

This week we are showing off our moon🌝 swipe through to learn more about the role and more about the fabulous Rosie herself🌹

Farmi meetings are a great way to meet exec and learn more about the behind the scenes so feel free to stop by one of our meetings 4:30-5:30 every Friday!! (location will be announced in the groupme)

09/16/2022

👩‍🌾Farmi Friday!!🌿

Every Friday we are going to introduce our farmigarchy (exec board) so today we are starting with our 🌞suns🌞

Swipe through to learn more about our radiating suns for this year, and come to a work day sometime to meet us! We can talk about plants for hours!! this is a warning

09/11/2022

Beautiful shots from todays workday! Stop by sometime for your own free photo shoot with our friends living in the garden 📸🐛🕷

09/09/2022

Need something extra to spruce up our room? Stop by our GBM/ workday at 2:30 and plant your own houseplant!

Address

Wallace Drive (behind Alumni House, Across From Butterfly Garden)
Clayton, MO
63105

Website

http://burningkumquat.wustl.edu/

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