April Volunteer Day: Garden Mulching
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April Volunteer Day: Garden Mulching

  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN

Help apply mulch to suppress weeds and protect Garden soil from sun and erosion!

By The Green Farmacy Garden c/o CEI

Date and time

Sunday, April 27 · 10am - 12pm EDT.

Location

Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden, c/o CEI

8210 Murphy Road Fulton, MD 20759

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours
  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
  • Free venue parking

Volunteers will work with garden staff and community members to spread a protective layer of mulch in the Garden beds.

This is an important Garden maintenance task that requires an enthusiastic and conscientious team. Please only claim a registration space if you're able to commit to participating, so we can count on an effective team! We thank you!

Perks of volunteering include access to the garden and our incredible stock of powerful plant allies, refreshing beverages made fresh, plant and knowledge shares, and community!

We have plenty of tools onsite, but feel free to bring your own if you prefer to work with them (a shovel, bucket, a hand digging tool, gloves, kneeling pad or stool if you use them).

**Remember: This event takes place outside. Be sure to dress for the weather and the possibility of encountering insects and skin-irritating plants.**

Potted seedlings and divisions are available for donation at all our public events, as well as seeds and printed or recorded publications from Jim and Peggy Duke and others.

Organized by

Founded by USDA botanist James A. Duke and his wife Peggy in 1997, The Green Farmacy Garden (GFG) is now owned and operated by the Community Ecology Institute (CEI). Located in Fulton, MD, GFG is a sanctuary for approximately 300 native and non-native species of plants that have been used traditionally and/or researched for medicinal applications. The Dukes collected medicinal plants for over sixty years, and in 1997, they transformed part of their pasture land into a teaching garden. Organized in plots that echo chapters of Jim’s book, The Green Pharmacy, the Garden highlights medicinal plants of global herbal traditions.

The Green Farmacy Garden is also a part of the United Plant Savers network of sanctuaries around the country, which strive to educate the public and maintain native plant species that have become at risk or endangered.

The garden and grounds are accessible to the public only by event registration or private appointment. Please visit our website for full details on volunteering.

CEI's mission is Cultivating Communities where People and Nature Thrive Together.

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