Excursion: Grow

July 2016

Group looking at plants.
Exploring the greenhouse at the Drew Mathieson Center. Photo by Dashawn Gray.

How does urban food and plant production sustain us, impact community development, and contribute to the economic vitality of people and neighborhoods?

We explored several models of small and large scale agricultural production in Manchester.

Making soda bottle planters.
Creating soda bottle planters. Photo by Dashawn Gray.
Making soda bottle planters.
Planting seedlings in soda bottles. Photo by Dashawn Gray.

We toured the professional greenhouses of the Drew Mathieson Center and made a hydroponic vessel out of a soda bottle.

In a garden.
Students from Manchester Academic Charter School take us on a tour. Photo by Dashawn Gray.

Then we met up with students from the Manchester Academic Charter School for a tour and presentation of their garden which features . Our last stop was Manchester Farms, a large community garden.

Picnicking in the garden. Photo by Dashawn Gray.