Do you want to win a prize for your best squash or salsa recipe? Win the biggest tomato or best melon prize? Calling all gardeners to enter our food contests this weekend at the Harvest Fair and Community Garden Tour this weekend. We will have eight community gardens on tour from 10am-2pm, two free classes and food contests on Saturday. Here are the details. Hope to see you there.
Saturday, September 15 from 10-2pm
Church of the Servant & Milagro Community Garden
Rodeo Road and Legacy
Come see 8 community gardens, play children’s games, win a contest for your vegetables, learn about planting garlic and tying chile ristras.
Enjoy the harvest season!
Schedule (all events at Milagro Community Garden)
6pm-8pm Friday contest entries
8:30am-9:30 Saturday contest entries
10am Garlic Planting Class, Home Grown New Mexico how to plant and enjoy garlic
– See Contests and Play Children’s Games
-Start the Community Garden Tour on your own as you choose your own adventure
11am Go on a Tour of four community gardens with carpool or bike
1:30pm Chile Ristra Class from Home Grown New Mexico. Learn to tie the ristras.
2:30pm Contest Winner Announcements
Events
Food and Drinks:
Buy local items to enjoy
Children’s Games
Outside of church for ages 4-10
Contests:
- Pie Eating Contest
- Magnificent Melon Contest (largest)
- Tremendous Tomato (biggest and smallest)
- Harvest Basket (most beautiful vegetables)
- Zucchini Recipes (recipe and taste of food)
- Salsa Recipes (recipe and taste of food)
- Best In Show
Local Santa Fe contact will judge contests
Sponsored by Home Grown New Mexico, Church of the Servant, Milagro Community Garden
Contact 473-1403 or homegrownnewmexico@gmail.com
Community Gardens on Tour
1. Sunny Slope Community Garden
2. La Familia Community Garden
3. Maclovia Community Garden
4. Frenchy’s Community Garden
5. Railyard Community Garden (ONLY OPEN 10am-11am)
6. Milagro Community Garden
7. Earth Care has a Youth & Community Garden on Country Club and Jaguar. Plaza Contenta has planned a community garden in the future. You can visit their park on this tour.
8. The El Dorado School Community Garden
Map of Community Garden Tour 2012 Click to download and print map
