Rochester's Urban Farm Tour continues Sunday, May 18th
sponsored by Slow Food Rochester

 

 

This monthly tour will be held on the 3rd Sunday of each month (except for June when it will be the 4th Sunday, June 22 - to avoid Father's Day), with a rotating schedule of gardens.  Each garden will be open for one hour, so the homeowner can go visit the other gardens.  There is no charge for this garden tour.  Join us for one garden or all of them.  To be on the Slow Food Rochester email list for other events, email Michael - Michael@SavorLife.com.

May 18th schedule: (check back before Sunday, more gardens may be added)

12:00noon - Plant exchange & coffee at Boulder Coffee at the Rochester Public Market's 2nd Flower City Sunday.  Lunch is available too, although lunch and coffee are not free!  The plants are free, but don't bring them into Boulder - please.

1pm - 216 Linden Street, South Wedge (Julie White)
www.mapquest.com/maps/216+Linden+Street+Rochester+NY/

2pm - Ellison Park - We will meet at the NW corner of the large parking lot adjacent to Blossom Road, and look for edible wild plants.  We'll Stalk the Wild Asparagus!
www.monroecounty.gov/File/EllisonPark.pdf

 

Past tours:
April 20th schedule:

12 noon - 19 Trafalgar Street, directly behind Wilson Magnet School on Genesee Street (Michael Warren Thomas)
Located , Michael's family has 50 edible plant species, which doesn't include 30 heirloom tomatoes that are grown on his flat roof.  There is a pond with toad tadpoles, grapevines, apple trees and much more.  A neighbor has hardy kiwi and a paw paw tree.
Mapquest link

1pm - 51 Raeburn Avenue, between Thurston & Genesee Park Blvd.  (Marcy Lloyd)  Marcy has been growing edible things for years and loves experimenting with new ideas.  Her favorite book is Rodale's 1001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas.  Her gardens grow under 60' Black Walnut trees, with some things in containers.
Mapquest link

2pm - 282 Winchester Road, off Dewey just south of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Joahn Fox).  Joahn had chickens and goats "Back in the day", and still has fruit trees and lots of vegetables after 40 years of gardening this City lot.  Mapquest link

3pm - Highland Park
See the many edible plants in Highland Park, from nut trees to perennials.  There is a small grove of Paw Paws, and other interesting fruit trees.  Meet in front of Conservatory on Reservoir Avenue.  Mapquest link

4pm - Children's School of Rochester (#15), 494 Averill Avenue, behind Monroe High School at Pearl Street.  The garlic is growing and the snap peas and radishes are starting.  Strawberry plants fill the island in front of the school.  Mapquest link

 


 Email me at Michael@SavorLife.com or call 328-8300.