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Our garden grows from a desire to reconnect with nature by revitalizing and securing community food systems. The garden is designed for both sustainable food consumption as well as educational opportunities. Raised beds have been hand-built from trees downed in the winter’s storms, twisted branches have been turned into trellises, and marble and granite stones were repurposed from the former church to create a ‘wheel’ pathway in the 25 foot circular herb bed. These organic elements of design and structure bring a natural aesthetic to our urban setting. Vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers are all grown in the Alchemy Urban Farm. Three hives of bees are pollinating our gardens and producing honey and nearly a dozen chickens bring life (and fresh eggs) to our farm. Our gardens will be the focal point of community workshops. Topics for Alchemy Initiative’s workshops will include backyard gardening, seed saving, food preservation methods, raising chickens, keeping bees, the use of herbs for nutritional and medicinal purposes and many more. *** Alchemy Initiative is an urban model of sustainability and community. As an intentional community and meeting space for our neighbors, we work to promote the principles of holistic living, including health and healing, art-making, and sustainability. The Alchemy Initiative is a project that uses food, art, and music as a catalyst for social change; that fosters individual learning and collective reflection; that acts as a meeting space for motivated minds and bodies; that inspires new ideas, partnerships and action; that builds and unites community; that cultivates alchemy by empowering people to transform the common into something special.
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