Planting a Food Forest at Browns Mill Atlanta Food Forest

Atlanta’s first Food Forest will become a designed and managed public park that grows a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and mushrooms and makes them available for public consumption. Located in an area identified as a food desert, the site was a working farm as recently as 2000. Neighbors in the Browns Mill area still talk about the land’s former owners, Ruby and Willie Morgan, who left excess produce from their farm on fence posts for neighbors to claim and enjoy.”
– Courtesy of Aglanta

Volunteer to continue Ruby and Willie Morgan’s legacy of feeding the Browns Mill Community with EarthShare of Georgia.

On October 28, 2017 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, EarthShare of Georgia, The Mayor’s Office of Resilience, and The Conservation Fund have teamed together for the 3rd Annual Fall Volunteer Day.

Volunteers will get a chance to:

• Stain picnic tables
• Complete community garden beds
• Harvest plant materials on site
• Create mulched pathways

Optional: Form a team to compete for EarthShare of Georgia’s “Green Umbrella” Award, which recognizes the team raising the most money to benefit local EarthShare of Georgia member groups working to conserve and protect out air, land, and water. The winning team will receive an EarthShare of Georgia green umbrella and showcased on EarthShare of Georgia’s social media, website, and newsletter!

Refreshments and tools will provided. Register now to make a difference in the Lakewood/ Browns Mill community. Children 10 and under must be supervised by an adult.

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