MAY 2024 Newsletter
KY Gives DAY is Coming!
We’re counting down the days to May 7th and KY Gives Day. We need your help to make our campaign a success, and we’ve included a few easy ways that you can support us.
Share and share alike. Online days of giving are successful because of our own networks. Help us grow our network by sharing our KY Gives Day page to your network and ask your friends to do the same.
Be socially (media) active. Use your social media networks: post on Facebook, tweet about KY Gives Day, and share your love for Seedleaf. Ask others to do the same.
Become a fundraising champion. Everyone loves a champion, including us! We really need fundraising champions to help drive people to our KY Gives Day profile on May 7th. Click on the Donate Now button below and then click the Fundraise button to get started!
KY Gives Day is officially May 7th but the website will be open for donations May 1st through May 8th. If you aren't able to participate on the 7th but would like to help, click the Donate Now button.
Thank you in advance for your support!
summer youth programming
Our Youth programs look a little different this Summer! S.E.E.D.S (for middle school students) is now offered during two week long intervals in June and July. This allows participants to enjoy their family vacations while ensuring that no one misses out on all the fun. All summer program participants will get to learn about traditional gardening practices as well as aquaponics with our friends over at FoodChain. Applications for enrollment are available now. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE! Do not delay on filling out your application today.
FRESHS is back with two separate month long sessions, 1 month (June) with Seedleaf and the 2nd Month (July) with FoodChain. High school youth ages 16 and older can earn up to $1600 in the Summer. Click the link below to enroll. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE!
Seedleaf farms
Seedleaf Farm sites are buzzing with activity. A major source of all the good work are our partners Empucate Refugee Farm Cooperative and ANKA: Association of Nepali in Kentucky America as well as Seedleaf Market Gardeners.
Headwater Farm Planting Prep
Empucate's plot at Headwater farm is getting prepped for 20 of their families to grow on!
Plants & Prints plant sale and natural dye demo at Living Arts & Science Center
Farm Assistant Megan Jean Pillsbury provided a dye workshop and sold summer plants at LASC's Plants and Prints event!
Perennial Flower Bed Clean Up at The Seedleaf Community Farm
Our pollinator buffet got a facelift thanks to the Seedleaf farm staff.
seedleaf gardens
Seedleaf has a new Garden Manager! Haley Adams-Obenauf has made the transition from vista to part-time Seedleaf employee. You will see her in various garden sites throughout the week. If you see her, stop by and say hello.
We are working on spreading mulch, clearing weeds, and tidying the garden at North Pole garden!
London Ferrell received a large compost drop to amend the garden plots and fruit tree orchard. LF will receive a wood chip drop in the near future as well, to mulch pathways and clean up the garden's fenceline border.
We are in search of volunteer garden coordinators to work with Sedleaf during the growing season. Each volunteer staff member will assist in maintaining a you-pick garden by watering, weeding, tidying, and planting. Email haley@seedleaf.org to help.
Seedleaf Agroforestry Program (SAP)
SAP participants hauled two loads of wood chips (approximately 12 cubic yards total) to Headwater Farm for orchard mulch. We also received a final delivery of trees from Warren County Nursery.
In our April session, SAP covered topics such as the layout of an orchard, stacking of plant layers, spacing and arrangements of species, and timing of production. We also began planting our fruit and nut tree orchard, watering and mulching.
We need help with mulching trees!! Can YOU help us?? If so, email sap@seedleaf.org
Seedleaf Volunteers
Come volunteer in a garden with us this year. We have morning and afternoon and weekend slots to fit a variety of schedules. Seedleaf garden volunteer hours are open to all ages but individuals under 15 will need to be supervised by a guardian.
Generous Donations
Did you know that Seedleaf also receives in-kind donations?
Recently, Debby Keen, Dave Cooper, and Jean generously donated items they no longer needed to Seedleaf and we want to be sure to acknowledge their generosity.
Thank you for supporting the work we do!
If you have gently used items that would be useful in the gardens or on the farm, feel free to send an email to admin@seedleaf.org.
Seedleaf Wishlist
If you would like to get involved in ways beyond volunteering in the gardens, Seedleaf accepts in-kind donations. Below is a list of current needs, ranked in order of importance.
Heavy Duty 100 ft Hoses (3x)
Oscillating Sprinklers
Garden Gloves
Large Plany Pots (20+ inches)
Pickup Truck, new or used in good condition
amazon wishlist
Seedleaf also has an Amazon wishlist. Items can be purchased and then shipped straight to our office.
You can click the button below to be taken right to the items on our list.
Did you know that you can also link your Kroger card to an organization and each time you shop, points are earned for that organization. Those points turn into dollars donated to the organization you linked. We would be so grateful to be the organization you choose to link to your Kroger card.
Kroger community rewards
Did you know that you can also link your Kroger card to an organization and each time you shop, points are earned for that organization. Those points turn into dollars donated to the organization you linked. We would be so grateful to be the organization you choose to link to your Kroger card.
NOURISHING COMMUNITIES
Seedleaf values the ongoing connection of people to land, the incubation of healthy community interdependence and the cultivation of growers. We believe that this leads to the development of a robust local food economy and a just and equitable system of stewardship over urban land.
