We Can Show You How

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Be Part of Maryland’s Food Gardening Campaign!

Our Vision is 1 million Marylanders producing their own affordable, healthy food.

Our Mission is to help people improve human and ecological health by growing their own food using sustainable gardening practices.

Grow Your Own Food

Want to share your own gardening knowledge? Consider becoming a

Master Gardener!

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Do you want to• Eat fresh organic food? • Reduce stress and improve well being?• Be more self reliant?• Have fun?

We can show you how to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, and salad greens in• Community gardens• Youth gardens • Backyard gardens• Container gardens

Go toextension.umd.edu/mg

for more information

Get Connected!

Visit our website. For useful, research- based information from University of Maryland Extension’s gardening experts, go to

extension.umd.edu/growit

Check out our blog. Read about the challenges and successes of gardeners growing their own food across Maryland. Make new friends and swap ideas and recipes for cooking from the garden.

groweat.blogspot.com

Take a class. Go to the Grow It Eat It website and click on “Take a Class” to find a class in your area taught by University of Maryland Extension Master Gardeners.

Send us your gardening questions! Go to

extension.umd.edu/hgic or extension.umd.edu/growit

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Food gardening is a popular activity that many Marylanders enjoy every year. Food gardening helps save money on fresh food, while improving personal and environmental health, as well as quality of life.

Plant your own food garden to• Experience the wonder of nature by

watching seeds grow into plants that you can harvest and eat

• Enjoy delicious, fresh-from-the-garden produce

• Feed yourself and your family nutritious, safe, home-grown food

When you grow your own food, you can have all of these experiences—and more!

We will teach you• How to choose and prepare your

garden site or container• The importance of soil and how to improve it• The best crops for beginners and the best

cultivars for Maryland• Non chemical, earth-friendly techniques to

combat weeds, diseases, and insect pests• How to prevent animal damage from deer,

rabbits, and other rodents• When and how to harvest

Vegetable gardening classes and workshops are taught by Master Gardeners at various community locations across Maryland.

To find a class near you, go to extension.umd.edu/growit

and click on “Take a Class”

Think you don’t have enough space?

• You can grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and berries in a plot as small as 4 ft. x 4 ft.

• Are you an apartment-dweller and/or have no diggable space? A backyard is not required! Grow edible plants in containers that fit on your deck, balcony, or front stoop.

• Go to our website to find a community garden that meets your needs.

Grow your own food - we can help!