Podcasts about gateway greening

Community Gardens // Frisella's All Around the Yard Podcast On this episode of Frisella's All Around the Yard Podcast, Juliana talks with Jackson Hambrick from Gateway Greening about community gardens! Jackson Hambrick is the Community Education Manager at Gateway Greening in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally from Colorado, Jackson came to Missouri to attend college at the University of Missouri-Columbia graduating in 2015 with a B.S. in Food Science and Nutrition, and a minor in Environmental Science with a focus on Soil Science. After college, Jackson traveled throughout New Zealand working on organic farms and vineyards. In 2016, he started at Gateway Greening as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and eventually ran the urban farm program.  When the program ended Jackson transitioned into his current role as Community Education Manager. He facilitates the garden development process for new community gardens, including school gardens, oversees garden expansion process and conducts community outreach with potential partners. About Gateway Greening:   Founded in 1984, Gateway Greening is a 501c 3 organization dedicated to supporting urban agriculture in communities and schools throughout the St. Louis region. Supporting over 250+ community, school and youth projects, and urban orchards, at Gateway Greening we believe that by educating and empowering individuals to grow their own food, we can connect people to the land and to each other. In 2017, the organization partnered with the Kansas City-based nonprofit, The Giving Grove to start Gateway Greening's Urban Orchard program. Now as one of seven nation-wide Giving Grove affiliates, Gateway Greening supports over 40+ urban orchards in the St. Louis area. Gateway Greening is a community of gardeners, farmers, teachers, neighbors, friends, co-workers and volunteers building deeply rooted, resilient urban communities throughout St. Louis. Find out about Gateway Greening's community project by visiting www.gatewaygreening.org. Instagram: gatewaygreeningstl Facebook: Gateway Greening ------------------------------ Please like & subscribe! www.frisellanursery.com Follow us on social media: @frisellanursery #gardens #community #communitygardens #gatewaygreening #gardening #gardenlife #gardenclub

Debbie talks with Matt Schindler Executive director Gateway Greening with advice if you are thinking about doing your own garden during this Covid-19 pandemic.

Scoot over, please, dear tomatoes and peas. Fruit and nut trees and bushes are moving into community gardens. And neighborhood garden leaders are transplanting their "orcharding" skills from Kansas City to St. Louis.     Dean Gunderson, who is Garden Programs Manager for STL's long-growing Gateway Greening, is collaborating with The Giving Grove, based in KC and led by Rob Reiman. These folks are digging nourishing new delights into the urban neighborhoods they serve, while cultivating "edible tree gardens"  into their knowledge base. Hazelnuts, anyone? Music: Cookie Mouth, performed live at KDHX by The Provels THANKS to Anna Holland, engineering for Earthworms Related Earthworms Conversations:  PawPaw, Reviving America's Forgotten Fruit (Sept 2015) EarthDance Farms Grows into Permaculture in Ferguson, MO (April, 2017) A Cinematic Ode to Seed Savers (Nov 2016)

Topic:The Impact Domino Effect: From Neighborhoods to Cities to Regions In This Episode:[01:19] Rachel Deffenbaugh is introduced. [01:29] Rachel shares how she became involved in urban agriculture and why urban agriculture is important to her. [02:15] Rachel states what Gateway Greening is. [02:31] What is the difference between community gardening and urban agriculture? [03:19] How should urban agriculture be looked at in terms of it being a system within a community.=? [04:58] Rachel talks about why we should focus energy on urban agriculture. [07:25] Rachel shares her thoughts on the direct economic benefits of urban agriculture. [10:49] Mike comments that urban settings can make the food system more economically viable. [12:13] Rachel speaks about the consumer side of food. [13:11] Mike mentions the book The Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren and talks about the other things in our economy that are more expensive than food. [14:16] Rachel talks about what Gateway Greening is doing to make St. Louis more of an urban agricultural place. [17:50] Rachel describes the goals and vision of Gateway Greening. [20:33] How can listeners support the work of Gateway Greening? [21:24] Rachel shares resources for those who do not live in the St. Louis area. Guest:Rachel Deffenbaugh managed the Gateway Greening Urban Farm for over 6 years, during which time she developed and implemented dynamic employment and therapeutic programming for individuals struggling with homelessness, mental illness, and/or addiction. She has a diverse background in sustainable agriculture and therapeutic horticulture. She recently transitioned to supervising the Therapeutic Horticulture program at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Organization:Gateway Greening isn’t just about gardens and plants. It’s about working together to create something beautiful — safer, more colorful neighborhoods for our children; food for the underprivileged and opportunities for the homeless; and a city that embodies our vision of sustainability and hope. Gateway Greening is a community of gardeners, neighbors, friends and volunteers. And we believe that by educating and empowering our community through gardening and urban agriculture, we can continue to grow St. Louis into the city we know it to be. Take Away Quotes:“For me, community gardening has a very localized effect. So it’ll be a garden in a neighborhood, or at a church, that is really focused on whatever community is connected to that garden, which is really significant and impactful for that community. Urban agriculture has a much bigger focus. Maybe it’s a whole city that is impacted by the programing and the produce that is grown there, or potentially even a whole region. So it’s really kind of the scale of what you’re working with.” “Urban agriculture can be easily integrated into any sort of community with intention behind it… in the case of where I work, it might look like a big—we have a two-and-a-half acre urban farm in downtown St. Louis; and we operate a lot of different programs and impact people struggling with homelessness; we bring in volunteers from all different walks of life, all different communities; we have a teen-employment program. So that’s a very centralized, kind of top-down approach to urban agriculture, which I don’t think is bad by any means, but there’s also the bottom-up approach that is out there as well.” “Another thing that urban agriculture can be if you’re a city planner or developer or something is tucking in agricultural elements into what you’re already doing. So if you’re redesigning the streetscape in some cute little neighborhood or something, rather than using nonfood-producing trees, use apple trees, pear trees, whatever kind of trees fit your climate best, but some sort of food-producing tree. They take the same level of maintenance and care as any other tree, but the community can benefit that, and it’s no more effort than anything else, and there’s a whole...

"I put a carrot in the ground and all hell broke loose" - Ron Finley In South Los Angeles, a handful of "gangster gardeners" started something beautiful where beauty was in short supply. They planted vegetables in abandoned spaces, along curbs, and in other unused spaces. What grew out of the ground was a whole lot more than fresh produce. Holly Shanks spoke to Gateway Greening's new executive director, Matt Schindler, and Annie Mayrose, volunteer and outreach manager, to find out more about the movie screening and how Gateway Greening brings life to community garden programs in the St. Louis area.

Rachel Deffenbaugh, Urban Farm Manager at Gateway Greening, and Connie Fisher, Director of Mental Health Promotion at Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri, discuss how gardening can be integrated into self-care. They share how a garden can be a place where people enjoy work and exercise, connect with their community through sharing food and flowers, and be spiritually mindful of the life they are living.

Rachel Deffenbaugh, Urban Farm Manager at Gateway Greening, and Connie Fisher, Director of Mental Health Promotion at Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri, discuss how gardening can be integrated into self-care. They share how a garden can be a place where people enjoy work and exercise, connect with their community through sharing food and flowers, and be spiritually mindful of the life they are living.

Rachel Deffenbaugh, Urban Farm Manager at Gateway Greening, and Connie Fisher, Director of Mental Health Promotion at Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri, discuss how gardening can be integrated into self-care. They share how a garden can be a place where people enjoy work and exercise, connect with their community through sharing food and flowers, and be spiritually mindful of the life they are living.

Rachel Deffenbaugh, Urban Farm Manager at Gateway Greening, and Connie Fisher, Director of Mental Health Promotion at Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri, discuss how gardening can be integrated into self-care. They share how a garden can be a place where people enjoy work and exercise, connect with their community through sharing food and flowers, and be spiritually mindful of the life they are living.

  Michael Sorth, Executive Director of Gateway Greening, discusses the rise of community gardens in St. Louis and making the practice more accessible with the upcoming Community Gardening Summit.