The Sustainability Series - Part 9

Please join us for the ninth and final installment of The Sustainability Series

Tuesday, November 2

7:00 PM

"Edible Landscaping: Designing a Biologically Sustainable Intensive Garden at Your Home" with Nicholas Gruber

Nick is with Produce Denver:

"We (Produce Denver) believe that healthier resilient communities rise out of healthy local food systems. We envision miniaturizing agriculture and localizing food production. Our goal is to produce and strengthen local food communities by utilizing physical and social resources through the establishment of edible gardens. Time, money, and knowledge are major barriers to individuals producing their own food and Produce Denver will help overcome these challenges by providing labor, resources, and know-how to cultivate urban homesteads."

Nick Gruber has over 17 years experience in landscaping. He received his Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies at at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His degree led to a professional researcher job in a study called "Growing Gardens for Healthy Communities". We interviewed over 1,500 households in Denver in order to explore the social, cultural and ecological experiences and values specific to gardening and how these factors can influence mental and physical health. The research led me to an opportunity to help promote neighborhood environments through increasing and ensuring access to fresh local organic food in Denver by working for Produce Denver.

Sustainability is more important than ever: Please join us and find out more about the many facets of sustainability and how you might get involved in the sustainability movement!