Mutual Aid Garden Club

08/24/2022

Rents are coming due in just over a week, and Central Florida Mutual Aid is working with multiple individuals and families struggling to meet the full amount. If you can kick in a few dollars to the CFLMA Rent Fund, we'll be able to help people avoid missing a rent payment. All funds received will go toward keeping people housed. https://tinyurl.com/CFLMARentFund

06/29/2022

For folks interested in getting more involved in local mutual aid efforts, our next organizing call is today at noon! DM for Zoom link.

05/12/2022

Today we finished deconstructing pallets and are ready for the next phase of building a 3-stage compost bin for community compost!

05/09/2022

BIG NEWS!!! Thanks to the generosity of a member of our community along with the fiscal sponsorship of Foundation Beyond Belief, the fundraiser to get unhoused mutual aid activist Robin Harris into a home has a $1500 matching grant! Every new donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar. If you donate $10, Robin's fund will get $20. If you donate $25, the fund will get $50. If we are able to raise another $1500, our donor will match that and we will exceed our goal! We'll be able to get Robin into a home AND kick start our Central Florida Mutual Aid Fund! Please help us share the news, and if you're able to give, every dollar counts double!!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-robin-harris-into-a-home

05/07/2022

We had a great morning working with Blue Trunk Community Garden to prepare some of their community garden beds and harvest pigeon peas. Blue Trunk is a wealth of information and generously shared seeds, plant starts, and clippings with our brigade. Follow them on Facebook for tons of gardening resources and opportunities for building community!

05/05/2022

Making seed sprouting cups from used packing paper! Just cut strips, roll around a tomato paste can, fold the bottom under and press. Fill with dirt and add your seeds! These can be planted directly into the ground once sprouts are ready to be transplanted.

05/04/2022

We’ve been busy this week! Snagging and deconstructing discarded pallets to use for building compost bins and other community garden projects; planting seeds to grow plant-starts to share; tending our shared gardens; and offering free seeds at community events… Give, gain, grow!

04/26/2022

There is now a GoFundMe up for Robin Harris, the mutual aid activist with Central Florida Mutual Aid who is herself facing homelessness. Please give what you can and share widely. Robin has been an incredible supporter of our Mutual Aid Garden Club and the work on the Mutual Aid Pet Food Pantry. She's a really inspiring person with endless energy to help others. Any money raised beyond what is needed to get Robin into an apartment will go to the Central Florida Mutual Aid Fund. https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-robin-harris-into-a-home

Robin Harris has been a lifelong activist and advocate for people struggling for housing, he… Serah Blain needs your support for Get Robin Harris into a Home

04/25/2022

Hey, check it out! As a Foundation Beyond Belief Food Security Project grant recipient, we won photo of the month! https://foundationbeyondbelief.org/march-2022-bbn/

Volunteer network teams reported 50 events, serving 12,724 beneficiaries!

04/24/2022

We were thrilled to be a part of an Earth Day Urban Gardening Pop-Up today with the Eatonville Community Nook and Orlando DSA!

04/05/2022

We were able to distribute 100+ vegetable and herb seed packets to Apopka residents at a plant swap last week! Thanks to Propag*te Social House for hosting! We'll be at Earth Day in Eatonville with Orlando DSA to share more seeds along with seed starting supplies and crafts for kids on April 23. Hope to see you there.

04/03/2022

We'll be at the Community Nook in Eatonville along with Orlando DSA to celebrate Earth Day with free seeds and seed starter supplies; workshops; vegan food; crafts; and more! Join us for this family friendly event supporting community food security!

03/26/2022

We were at Oakland Nature Preserve this morning removing invasive Caesar W**d and taro to help restore the ecosystem around Lake Apopka. Both plants are detrimental to the local environment -- but both are wild edibles if cooked (don't eat either raw).

Taro root is toxic if eaten raw, but if cooked, the root is delicious and very healthy roasted, baked, or boiled. The natural sugars give a sweet, nutty flavor. It's often described as a sweeter alternative to potatoes. Young leaves are also eaten as potherbs but also must be cooked.

Caesar W**d is a famine food, or an addition to the herb pot when foraging is scarce -- for some people, it causes nausea, so it's not a first choice option, but will work in an emergency. The young leaves, flowers, calyces, seeds, can be eaten cooked; flowers can be eater raw. The seeds are a substitute for flax and are used to thicken soup, porridge.

Learn more about wild edibles at https://eattheweeds.com/

We were also able to bring home some bird pepper plants to grow in our gardens. A beautiful morning with a beautiful community!

03/20/2022

Had a great time farming with Fleet Farming on Saturday! We met great folks, learned a lot about what to grow and how in Florida, and got plenty of plant starts, seeds, and cuttings to grow in our own gardens. Thanks, Fleet Farming, for the opportunity!

03/13/2022

Thank you to Foundation Beyond Belief for the swag grant that enabled us to buy envelopes and bulk seeds to make 500 seed packets to distribute in the community! We’ll be sharing zucchini, watermelon, tomato, cilantro, and jalapeño seeds.

03/11/2022

Mutual aid efforts bring people with opposite ideas together to share a common purpose, to see a reality, one outside of the divisions and falsehoods that colonialism has imposed on us.

03/10/2022

Regrow your veggies! Celery, bok choy, and green onions are just a few of the many grocery store veggies you can add to your garden after popping the ends in water for a few a days. Once they develop a bundle of roots, they’re ready for the dirt!

03/02/2022

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more trees.

03/02/2022

By participating in groups in new ways and practicing new ways of being together, we are both building the world we want and becoming the kind of people who could live in such a world together.

02/28/2022

02/28/2022

Mutual Aid Garden Club is working to increase independence, food security, and well-being for our community and for ourselves. Please join us and give what you can, share what you know, and find what you need!

02/26/2022

means solidarity — and power *with* rather than power *over.* It means breaking free of profit-before-people. It means building lasting systems that honor human dignity. Will you join us?

02/25/2022

Save the dates! The Plant Sale at Harry P. Leu Gardens is coming! March 12 & 13, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and it's free admission.

02/24/2022

This Sunday, Feb 27, North Orlando Oasis is having its monthly g*thering — a celebration of humanity and community! We'll have speakers, music, food, beer, and we'll build relationships with other folx who care about improving our world together. Hope you'll check it out! https://www.meetup.com/north-orlando-oasis/events/283618340

Sun, Feb 27, 10:00 AM EST: Enjoy awesome speakers and music celebrating humanity, reason, and compassion! Hosted in person as well as live on Facebook AND Zoom conference (link will be posted shortly

02/24/2022

This is not a gentle world. But we can build something better by working together in new ways.

02/23/2022

Thank you, Seed the Stars, for the free seeds! Head over to their Etsy shop to find locally adapted seeds and plants from a Florida urban farm committed to ecological gardening and sustainable growing methods: www.etsy.com/shop/seedthestars/

02/22/2022

Are you following Blue Trunk Community Garden? This is an awesome Central Florida Sustainable Living & Food Sovereignty information network working to bring community gardening, trade & barter economy, and other resources to improve and empower our individual & community's needs. The network has a wealth of information and opportunities to participate in community transformation. Give 'em a like and see how you can participate! https://www.facebook.com/bluetrunkgarden

02/21/2022

We know we can build a better future — and we know we can rely on each other in building it.

02/21/2022

Hey, what even is mutual aid, anyway? This book is a great introduction to mutual aid as a radical act of caring and societal transformation. Sometimes it starts with a garden! You can buy it at AK Press or read it online here: https://www.are.na/block/12085085

http://www.deanspade.net/mutual-aid-building-solidarity-during-this-crisis-and-the-next/

02/20/2022

TODAY (Feb 20) from 3-4:30/5(ish)pm in Winter Park, Orlando DSA is hosting a free Gardening Workshop to show what grocery store produce can be regrown instead of discarded! Many of these plants can be grown from a sunny windowsill. You'll get to take some of the examples home, plus they'll have plants, seeds, planters, soil, and composters for you! Register here for the workshop: https://forms.gle/3czLFb56kUsHDDVU7

02/19/2022

Looking forward to seeing everyone this afternoon! We'll be working on our plans for the coming months, talking about what learning opportunities people are most interested in, organizing the infrastructure for tool/seed/plant/knowledge swaps, and just enjoying each other's company. Don't be shy, join us! ttps://www.meetup.com/north-orlando-oasis/events/283617486/

Sat, Feb 19, 2:00 PM EST: Community. Food security. Gardening. Volunteering. Mutual aid. If any of these interest you, this is your Meetup! The purpose of the Mutual Aid Garden Club (MAGC) is to g*t

02/18/2022

Don’t throw that away! Labels such as Best By, Use By, Sell By and Expiration (EXP) are not food safety dates — they’re established by food manufacturers for “peak quality.” They’re not regulated or required by the government (except dates on infant formula, which are regulated by the FDA, and pack dates on eggs). Use your eyes and your nose: if a food looks spoiled or smells off, breathe a sigh of sadness and add it to your compost pile.

Save money and reduce food waste by shopping smarter, re-using leftovers and re-organzing your fridge, plus more easy tips.

02/18/2022

It's been a busy first month at Mutual Aid Garden Club: we had our first Meetup and learned how to grow plants from seeds. Folkx shared vegetable plants, herbs, seeds, and tools. We put in 64 square feet of gardens to grow vegetables to share, and planted 8 fruit trees. We also started this here page and a Discord! Our next Meetup is Saturday, February 19 at 2PM when we'll get a lot more activities on the calendar, so stay tuned! Event details here: https://www.meetup.com/north-orlando-oasis/events/283617486/

02/18/2022

"We must imagine and build ways of eating, communicating, sheltering, moving, healing, and caring for each other that are not profit-centered, hierarchical, and destructive to our planet."

02/17/2022

See you Saturday at Propag*te Social House!

https://www.meetup.com/north-orlando-oasis/events/283617486/

Sat, Feb 19, 2:00 PM EST: Community. Food security. Gardening. Volunteering. Mutual aid. If any of these interest you, this is your Meetup! The purpose of the Mutual Aid Garden Club (MAGC) is to g*t

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