Baltimore City Sprouts Project

After the Flood: Losing The Farm And Dancing In The Street – Ian Marvy, Founder Of The Red Hook Community Farm, On Surviving The Surge In Red Hook

Long before the dawn of the rooftop farm era, there was the Added Value Red Hook Community Farm. Founded in 2003 on the site of an abandoned two and a half acre playground, it was one of the city’s earliest urban farms, and is still one of its largest.

Two years ago, the farm lost their fall harvest to a freak hailstorm that shredded the produce to pulp in a matter of minutes. This year, they suffered another late season loss when Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge sent the waters of Erie Basin and Gowanus Bay roiling up to meet atop the field.

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A new resource, put out by Baltimore City Schools, lists different resources for greening school facilities, educating about food, and building gardens. Inside you will find Baltimore City Sprouts! To see guide click here.

An excellent PDF about general seed collection. Look up your specific plant you wish to collect from to make sure you don’t have to do something plant specific like introduce a bacteria. Collect those seeds and share them!

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lmw/downloads/42321.pdf

As I walk into the Baltimore City Detention Center for my weekly garden class, a guard remarks on how big the plants are getting. I place my belongings into a bin and get patted down, and another employee tells me about her own garden. I tell her about the direction of the program, and for better serving the juveniles locked up there, facing adult charges. When they get out, I hope to be able to provide them with community service options or assist them in getting jobs in the field of horticulture.

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