BOWL TO BUILD SCHOOL GARDENS with us at Cape Ann Lanes

Join Backyard Growers for family fun at Cape Ann Lanes to support all eight Backyard Growers-managed school gardens in Gloucester this spring. We’ll be planting fresh spring crops with 2,000 students in March and April to harvest together in June, and enjoy in cafeteria taste tests.

Sunday, March 30, 4-6pm

Cape Ann Lanes, Gloucester

Learn more & reserve your lane: https://bit.ly/Bowlingbackyardgrowers

Your ticket will include all-you-can-bowl for two hours and exciting raffle prizes. Make sure you enjoy the on-site arcade and in-house brew pub. We’ll be collabing with Laneside Pub to create a special Backyard Growers brew for the event.

It’s going to be an awesome night!

Hoping to grow your own food in a small or unusual space this year? Join our Container Gardening Workshop and work with us to plan a veggie garden using a range of containers. You don’t need a traditional garden bed to have a bountiful harvest!

Container Gardening Workshop

March 29 OR May 10, 9:30-11am — pick the session that works best for you

Backyard Growers HQ @ 103R Maplewood Ave

Free for Backyard Growers program participants. $20 general admission. Proceeds from our spring gardneing workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.

Purchase tickets or reserve your spot: www.backyardgrowers.org/events-and-workshops

🥕 In this workshop, the Backyard Growers team will introduce you to the Square-Foot Gardening Method, which helps veggie gardeners make the most of often limited growing space to grow the most food possible for a household. We’ll show you how to do this by using gridded square-feet instead of rows.

🍅 You’ll work with us to create your own custom vegetable garden plan for the season.

💚 This is an interactive workshop. All are welcome!

🎟️ Tickets are free for Backyard Growers Program participants (e.g. those who grow food with us in our Community Garden, Backyard Garden, or GrowBag Garden Programs.) Tickets are $20 for the general public. Proceeds from our spring gardening workshops are essential to support our work throughout the year connecting communities with equitable access to the resources, knowledge, and space to grow their own food.

🎉 THANK YOU for supporting our work and being part of our community!

Join Backyard Growers & Sought Interiors for an evening of holiday artistry and merry making in support of local non-profit Backyard Growers. Expertly guided by designer Rochelle Grenier of Sought Interiors, you will learn the artful layers of holiday tablescapes while creating a bespoke centerpiece for your own holiday table. 

Accompanying the workshop will be a curated wine offering and bites from the Cave. 

📍 Sought Interiors, 11 Center Street, Gloucester

📅 Wednesday, December 11, 2024 OR Thursday, December 12, 2024, 6-8pm

🎟️ Tickets for this beautiful evening are a $120 donation to support Backyard Growers’ food equity work in our community, including the new Gloucester farmers market, the Backyard Growcery

This is an opportunity to ignite your creativity this holiday season, and all for a good cause! Discover how to seamlessly blend timeless charm, organic beauty and contemporary sophistication on your holiday (and everyday) table.  Rochelle will cover other essentials like selecting natural elements, incorporating textures, playing with color palettes and combining vintage heirlooms with modern accents.

Thank you for supporting Backyard Growers’ work and joining us to celebrate the season!

Join Backyard Growers at the 9th annual Great Gloucester GrowDown to celebrate another successful season growing fresh food in our community!

Enjoy farm-fresh food & libations by Oak to Ember, live entertainment, and a fund-a-need auction in support of Backyard Growers’ work connecting communities to the resources, knowledge, and space they need to grow their own food.

Learn more & purchase tickets here.

Starting on Wednesday, June 19!

🥬 Stop by Gloucester’s new weekly farmers market, the Backyard Growcery, managed by food equity non-profit organization Backyard Growers.

🐟 The Backyard Growcery is located at Burnham’s Field, an urban park near Gloucester’s thriving waterfront, and features small-scale North Shore farmers, bakers, a seafood vendor, an artisanal pizza maker, and more, throughout the season.

The Backyard Growcery accepts SNAP and Senior Coupons. Burnham’s Field is accessible via CATA bus. It is located near the Sheedy Park stop on the Gloucester Crossing & Business Express Loop.

Stay tuned for a calendar of free food-growing, gardening, and art workshops taking place at the Growcery that are designed to bring our community together. The Backyard Growcery also features a Community Resources area where visitors can access essential services and learn more about innovative nonprofit organizations making an impact on Cape Ann.

 This Saturday, May 4th, Cedar Rock Gardens is donating all profits from plant sales to Backyard Growers! Our team will be there throughout the day (8am – 4pm), ready to answer veggie gardening questions and share stories of our impact in the community. Cedar Rock Gardens is such an amazing partner to us and supporter of our work – we can’t thank them enough for their generosity! All money raised on May 4th will go directly towards our programs in the community and Gloucester’s schools.

Visit Cedar Rock Gardens at 299 Concord Street in West Gloucester on May 4 to support Backyard Growers and pick up some beautiful plants for your garden. We’ll see you there!