We humbly ask for your support in our effort to rehab our greenhouse. Read befor below, and vote if you’re able and so inclined.
For many years now, I've been fortunate enough to care for a magnificent structure known as the Quell-Davis Community Greenhouse. This greenhouse is the center of our work at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road and it's the center of our community; it's where our season starts, it's where food sprouts, and it's the place where people from all over the world come together with one goal- to grow food. We share this greenhouse with twenty other market growers. We share the space, they share the cost of utilities, and we all get what we need. The farmers that use our space move their plant starts back to their farms, grow them out, and take to farmers markets all over #KansasCity including Brookside Farmers' Market, Overland Park Farmers Market, Parkville Farmers Market, Liberty Farmers Market, Merriam Farmers' Market, The City Market - Kansas City, Ophelia's Blue Vine, and some even sell at our own market on Wednesdays. We grow our own plant starts for our farm, we grow plants for other market growers, we grow some to sell to home gardeners, and we grow thousands to give away to our Let's Grow Wyandotte members growing in their backyards. We host field trips in the greenhouse. We host workshops. We host yoga and jumble swaps, we cure our garlic and our sweet potatoes there, we host our fall farmers markets inside, it's awesome event space, staff uses it for overflow meeting space, and we store everything you could think we might during the off-season. This greenhouse deserves some love. It's 40 years old and most of it is original. If you haven't seen it, please come visit! We've recently been awarded $10K from Kubota Tractor Corporation to rehab the greenhouse. We're so excited! Even better, we're up to turn that $10K into $50,000 but WE NEED YOUR HELP. Would you take a minute TODAY (and maybe EVERY DAY through August 14) to vote for us to win? Here's the link- https://lnkd.in/gFrstu2s If we win the $50K, then we'll revamp our heating and irrigation systems, add shadecloth, replace the walls, and install a hydroponic learning station. Thank you for voting. We appreciate it so much. #goodgrowsatgibbs #growingcommonground #greenhouse #onfarmhandson #actionisthesolution
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