Mosaic To Hold Spring Social, March 29th
Posted: March 10, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Community Garden, Environment, Hanover Street, information, Land Trust, Laura Washington, mixer, Mosaic, Mosaic Community Garden, Mosaic Community Land Trust, Pottstown, social networking, spring social Leave a commentGood day everyone!
MOSAIC is excited about Spring 2014! Irregardless of the cold, wet and snowy weather we are experiencing, let us all be happy and content in knowing ol’ man winter’s days are numbered!
And to celebrate, MOSAIC is hosting its first Community Garden Social for the season! The social will be held on Saturday, March 29 from 5-8 PM at 10 S. Hanover Street – the MOSAIC office location.
The Garden Social is a great time to meet new people, share ideas about what to plant along with learning more about the Land Trust initiative. Now is the time! MOSAIC is moving at a fast pace this year and is looking for avenues to grow (literally)! We invite YOU to help lead the way…
Our initial goal of the social is to get everyone excited about the upcoming season! After that, we will share the future plans of the garden and the land trust! Our hope is to educate community garden members on how to develop garden plots and maximize growth in each space, while sharing key points about the entire land trust initiative.
Please plan to attend this fun and educational event! We will uncover what it is like to be on the land trust board, or a member of one of the MOSAIC’s productive committees! If you have ever considered volunteering for a non-profit now is the time! There are great things happening (large and small) by way of the land trust that have long-lasting, positive impacts in our community!
Make plans to attend the Social to find out more!
Please RSVP, via email, no later than March 17 if you will attend this event, also advise how many others will attend along with you. Feel free to bring a spouse, child or friend who is not a member of the land trust but is looking for an opportunity to volunteer – their help is truly needed in the community!
Thank you so much for all you do!
See Ya’ at the Social,
Laura Washington
Garden Manager
MOSAIC Community Land Trust
Upcoming Mosaic Event Information
Posted: March 6, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Brookside County Club, Community Garden, events, Food, Garden, gardening, healthy eating, Laura Washington, meetings, Mosaic Community Garden, Mosaic Community Land Trust, Pottstown, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, seminars 2 CommentsThese events are listed on the monthly activity calendars found on the Calendars/Documents/Forms page on the website. This post is providing detailed information on each event.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 – 5:15 – 8:00 PM
Brookside County Club
850 N. Adams Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
“March into Healthy Eating” Event
The Healthy Woman program at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center will hold a “March into Healthy Eating” event on Wednesday, March 12th at Brookside Country Club from 5:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. This event will feature an informative evening of food, facts, and fun ways to eat green. Tickets are priced at $15 per person.
Scott Bailey, Director of Food and Nutritional Services at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center will present “30 Days to Green Your Diet,” and the benefits of adding something green to every meal. In addition, Laura Washington who represents the MOSAIC Community Land Trust Gardens in Pottstown, will present the benefits of buying local and green.
For more information or to register, visit the HEALTHY WOMAN EVENTS page or call (610) 327-7699.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014 – 6:00 – 7:30 PM
MOSAIC Community Land Trust
10 S Hanover Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Board Meeting
Open to those who wish to learn more or share ideas regarding the MOSAIC Community Land Trust and the Community Gardens in our area.
Please send an email using the “contact us” page on our website to let us know of your plans to attend the meeting: mosaicclt.org
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Saturday, March 29, 2014 – 5:00 – 8:00 PM
MOSAIC Community Land Trust
10 S Hanover Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Community Garden Social
Please plan to attend this fun and educational event! We will uncover what it is like to be on the land trust board, or a member of one of the MOSAIC’s productive committees! If you have ever considered volunteering for a non-profit now is the time! There are great things happening (large and small) by way of the land trust that have long-lasting, positive impacts in our community!
Make plans to attend the Social to find out more about the amazing opportunities!
Please send an email using the “contact us” page on our website to let us know of your plans to attend the social: mosaicclt.org
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 – 6:00 PM
Pottstown Public Library
500 E High Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Small Space Gardening Workshop
Learn the basics in household gardening and fresh ideas on how to maximize your small garden space to reap a hearty and healthy harvest through this interactive workshop!
Make plans to ATTEND this FREE event!
Please send an email using the “contact us” page on our website to let us know of your plans to attend the social: mosaicclt.org
Community Garden Spring Social To Be Held March 29th At Mosaic Office
Posted: March 6, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Community Garden, Environment, Land Trust, Laura Washington, mixer, Mosaic, Mosaic Community Garden, Mosaic Community Land Trust, Organizations, Pottstown, spring social Leave a commentGood day everyone!
MOSAIC is excited about Spring 2014! Irregardless of the cold, wet and snowy weather we are experiencing, let us all be happy and content in knowing ol’ man winter’s days are numbered!
And to celebrate, MOSAIC is hosting its first Community Garden Social for the season! The social will be held on Saturday, March 29 from 5-8 PM at 10 S. Hanover Street – the MOSAIC office location.
The Garden Social is a great time to meet new people, share ideas about what to plant along with learning more about the Land Trust initiative. Now is the time! MOSAIC is moving at a fast pace this year and is looking for avenues to grow (literally)! We invite YOU to help lead the way…
Our initial goal of the social is to get everyone excited about the upcoming season! After that, we will share the future plans of the garden and the land trust! Our hope is to educate community garden members on how to develop garden plots and maximize growth in each space, while sharing key points about the entire land trust initiative.
Please plan to attend this fun and educational event! We will uncover what it is like to be on the land trust board, or a member of one of the MOSAIC’s productive committees! If you have ever considered volunteering for a non-profit now is the time! There are great things happening (large and small) by way of the land trust that have long-lasting, positive impacts in our community!
Make plans to attend the Social to find out more!
Please RSVP, via email, no later than March 17 if you will attend this event, also advise how many others will attend along with you. Feel free to bring a spouse, child or friend who is not a member of the land trust but is looking for an opportunity to volunteer – their help is truly needed in the community!
Thank you so much for all you do!
See Ya’ at the Social,
Laura Washington
Garden Manager
MOSAIC Community Land Trust
Mosaic Community Garden Plots And Membership Application
Posted: February 19, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Chestnut Street, community gardens, fresh produce, garden plots, Laura Washington, Mosaic Community Garden, Mosaic Community Land Trust, Pottstown, urban gardening 1 CommentHappy Day Gardeners!
We know most of you are currently set to shovel yet another batch of snow while salting sidewalks and driveways – we also know how much you would rather be shoveling dirt in order to make way for planting the most awesome vegetable seeds for a healthy harvest this season!
It is time to get excited about the 2014 growing season at the MOSAIC Community Gardens located on Chestnut Street in downtown Pottstown! Let us begin by daydreaming about tending to our garden and our neighbor’s garden on sunny days while chatting with a fellow garden member!
Next, sign up today in order to reserve and guarantee your space at the garden! Garden plots are available again this year at both 423 Chestnut and 615 Chestnut Street. We will have approximately 50 plots available for community garden growing this season. Keep in mind, these garden plots are in high demand and will go quickly – so act fast! All you need to do today is fill out the attached application and email or mail it to our office location listed below.
MOSAIC garden plot members from the 2013 growing season have preference in applying for a garden plot this year. Growers from 2013 have until March 15th to submit a completed application. After the deadline, all unreserved plots will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis to new and previous member applications alike.
REMEMBER*** Any one who submits a garden plot application is automatically offered a MOSAIC Community Land Trust membership at no additional cost!
MOSAIC wants all its gardeners to get to know more about the land trust and encourages you to fill out both applications attached. As a member of the Land Trust you can participate in discussions as well as nominate and vote for board members at the annual meeting held on May 22. Full members also have an opportunity to become a member of one of the land trust committees. Committee membership allows participants to transfer skills used at work and home or tap into undiscovered talents to benefit the overall well-being of the land trust and our neighborhoods!
In becoming a community gardener you are counted as a full member of the community land trust. We are enclosing both a garden application and a land trust application.
CLT_application_2014 (2) and MOSAIC – Garden Application 2014
If you complete the application for the community garden, please also complete the application for the land trust. If you do not wish to be a member of the land trust, you do not have to complete that application. Please return the completed application(s) with the appropriate payment to the Mosaic office at 10 South Hanover St., Pottstown.
Kindly considering becoming an active member in the entire organization – the MOSAIC Land Trust welcome’s YOU!
Thank you for your support!
Laura Washington
Garden Manager
MOSAIC Community Land Trust
Thai-Inspired Warm Cole Slaw
Posted: January 30, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Bell pepper, Canola, Cook, Fruit and Vegetable, Laura Washington, Mosaic Community Garden, recipe, Red cabbage, Rice vinegar, Salad, Sweet potato, Thai 3 Comments
We’ve paired a super-tuber with red cabbage and other colorful vegetables to provide an excellent source of flavonoids such as beta-carotene and vitamin A. This dish dumps an arsenal of high-tech, high-caliber essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B and niacin. Eating these and other vitamins daily play a key role in achieving peak performance in the body’s metabolic process = HIGH ENERGY!
The warm slaw can be served as a vegetarian entrée or to compliment grilled salmon, chicken or other lean meats!
2 tb of canola oil
1 tb white rice vinegar
2 tb honey
2 tb sesame oil
sea salt to taste
½ tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp natural peanut butter (substitute with almond butter or sunflower butter)
1 tsp fresh ginger or ½ tsp ginger paste
1 tsp fresh garlic chopped
½ lb of sweet potato diced
1 lb red cabbage chopped
½ c red peppers chopped
½ c yellow pepper chopped
¼ green pepper chopped
¼ red onion chopped
Serves 2 as an entrée or 4 as a side dish
Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 8 mins
Add canola oil to a non-stick pan. Heat on med-high, add sweet potatoes. Cook for approximately 4 mins. Whisk rice vinegar, honey, sesame oil, sea salt, red pepper, peanut butter, ginger and garlic. Pour over sweet potatoes and stir gently. Cover and allow to cook for approximately more 2 mins or until tender. Add cabbage, peppers and onions to the pan and sautéing on high for approximately 2 mins or to desired texture. Serve immediately.
Truly, a joy to make and eat!
Healthy Winter Salad Recipe
Posted: January 7, 2014 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Beet, Fennel, Food, Gardens, Health, Kale, Mosaic Community Garden, New Year, Pears, Salad Leave a comment
Good day Gardeners!
Now that most of us have happily gorged our way through the last few months while giving thanks in November, remembering in December and celebrating the New Year, it‘s time to create and cook up menus that not only please the palette but boost our body’s wellness and supports good health.
In our region, few of us can grow super-fresh, superfood ingredients right now however, many whole food stores stock up on what we grow at the community garden all summer long! Let’s get back on track – with ingredients that have good health and more energy written all over them!
I love this salad because packs the power of vitamins A, B and C along with iron, fiber and folic acid. In short, the salad assists in purifying the blood stream and the liver. Aside from all it’s benefits, the salad tastes great.
The blend of colorful fresh vegetables paired with a light citrus dressing that I found totally enjoyable – tired of eating the same ol‘ things – eat THIS! Keep in mind, I’ve eaten it without the dressing as a sweet-tooth-quencher and it continued to blow me away! Let me know what you think…Enjoyment x10 – EAT up!
Kale Salad with Blood Oranges, Fennel and Pears and a light Citrus Dressing (serves two)
4 cups kale chopped, all stems removed
1 cup medium beets sliced
1 cup blood oranges peeled sliced (membrane removed)
1 cup pear cut into ½’ pieces
½ cup fennel small and large parts thinly sliced
¼ cup petite red onions sliced
¼ cup parsley chopped
For the dressing,
¼ cup lemon
¼ cup lime
2 Tbs light olive oil
Pepper (to taste)
1 tsp agave nectar or honey (optional)
Wrap each beet in foil and cook at 375 degrees for 45 minutes until slightly tender, remove foil and place in cool water immediately to protect color and density then peel, cool in refrigerator for 1 hour or until ready to serve. Blanch kale in hot water for 30 seconds, remove immediately and place in ice water to cool, then drain – kale can be cooled along with beets until ready to serve. When ready to serve, layer the kale at the bottom of each individual serving plate or bowl, then onions, beets, pears, blood oranges, fennel and parsley. Whisk all dressing ingredients and you have yourself one amazingly, healthy salad to serve!
See Ya’ at the Gardens,
Laura
Mosaic Tree Sale Pictures
Posted: December 16, 2013 Filed under: Housing | Tags: Christmas Tree, fundraiser, holidays, Laura Washington, MOSAIC CLT, Mosaic Community Garden, Pottstown Leave a comment-
- The gang :)
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- Laura surveying the sale.
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- Making a fire to stay warm!
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- O Tannenbaum
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- Christmas trees seeking good home :)
