A hands on session for learning "How to create a Natueco Farm" at Nana Nani Park

URBAN LEAVES INVITES YOU

TO A HANDS ON SESSION ON NATUECO CITY FARMING

Dear Friends,

For the last one month or so you must have all seen our Urban Leaves volunteers busy making Amrut Mitti in the Nana Nani Park at Chowpatty.

What is this Amrut Mitti?
What is its relevance in our lives?
Why is it important to take the trouble to make it?
How can you grow vegetables for your own consumption in Mumbai?
How can you get involved?

These are some of the questions that must have crossed your mind.

Well, Urban Leaves volunteers are busy helping Mumbaikars to learn to grow their own food and recycle waste.Palak, Methi, Math, Pudina, Dhania, Tulsi, Chillies, lemongrass are veggies and herbs...... to name a few with which you can all get started on your own little farm, be it on the terrace or the little balcony!

Come join us on:On: 9th Jan 2011

Time: 8 am - 10.45 am
Venue: Nana Nani Park, Chowpatty, opposite Wilson College

Spinach

Radish

Agenda: "How to create your own Natueco City Farm"

Preeti and her team will guide and help you.......while at it, make new friends and expand your social circle and join us at Nana Nani park to help create your own friendly neighbood community garden!

Schedule:

7:45 am - Reporting time

8.00 am - 8.15 am - Brief Introduction

8:15 am - 8:45 am - Introduction to Natueco City Farm, Its Purpose and Importance

8.45 am - 9:15 am - Demonstration on Amrut Mitti

9.15 am - 10:00 - Hands-on activity – preparing Amrit Mitti in individual tubs

10:00 am - 10.20 am - plant a sapling in Amrut Mitti - Group Activity

10:20 am - 10:40 am - Tea and Snacks with interaction with the group

10:40 am onwards - Resolving for any Queries - Q & Ans session

Fee for the workshop is Rs.500/- per head –Inclusive of resource materials, tub with making of Amrut Mitti in progress and breakfast

TO REGISTER
Click Here OR
Please Call - Purvita -  or Ubai
E-mail to urbanleaves@gmail.com

We request you to pay fees in advance in cash or cheque. We have kept the fees to a minimum. However a little concession is available to those who need the same. At the same time donations are also welcome.
Cash may be directly paid to Purvita at Chowpatty OR
Cheques favoring ‘Vidya Vaaridhi Trust’ may be couriered to Uday Acharya at Vidya Varidhi Trust, A-101 Mani Bhavan, 11th Road, Chembur Mumbai 400071

Cheers to harvesting!
Best wishes
Urban Leaves Team

Workshop on " How to create your own Natueco city Farm"

Dear Friends

We often think…….

Which is the perfect healthy food for me and my family?

How can I better my relationships with my neighbors?

How can I cope with rising prices of vegetables?

Wont it be wonderful to grow my own herbs?

How can I do my bit to help reduce global warming?

Well….. There is one creative skill which can which help you cope.

Wish to learn the same?

Yes! We all do! But as they say, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Most of the time our best intentions remain just that!  Wishful thinking.

Here’s a chance to learn and act….

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JOIN US AND LEARN TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!

You are what you eat. Come learn how we at Urban Leaves nourish our bodies and souls through the practice of city farming. Natueco Farming and building Amrut Mitti gives us a holistic perspective about how the food we eat is related to all these issues. We hope the workshop will give you both the motivation to start growing your own food and the tools and the network to help you do so. 


 URBAN LEAVES (an Initiative of Vidya Varidhi Trust) conducts workshops on “How to initiate your own Natueco City Farm" at Maharashtra Nature Park ( MNP ) from time to time. The sessions  are conducted by Preeti Patil who manages one of the most successful city farms in Mumbai. Preeti has been in charge of this award winning terrace farm since its inception 10 years ago and today with full grown trees, herbs, vegetables and a variety of fruit trees, it stands testimony to the fact that urban farms are very doable. 

The detailed address of Maharashtra Nature Park (also called as Mahim Nature Park) is

Maharashtra Nature Park Society,

Sion Bandra Link Road,

Near Dharavi Bus Depot,

Dharavi Mumbai 400017

tel: 2407 9939 /  2407 7641

On Central Line one can get down at Sion station and take an auto.On Western line it is close to Bandra and Mahim station.

TO REGISTER FOR FUTURE WORKSHOP  CLICK HERE 

 Pl email to urbanleaves@gmail.com for further assistance.


The Team
Urban Leaves
Vidya Varidhi Trust