#mesaurbangarden

Happy Weds HOMEee’s (get it?) Turn off the news and build a garden. As the years have gone by, founding the Mesa Urban Garden with a group of willing dreamers, has continually resonated in my mind as an important piece to my life and development. The community that came together around educating and learning sustainable practices, what it means to grow food and building a place for community is becoming ever more necessary. I am lucky to have parents and family members who are very able and hands on, do’ers and teachers. I’ve seen some countries, during times of crisis issue bikes to everyone, issue seeds and tools along with maybe some sort of stimulus. I’ve let my personal garden go over the years as all my gardening went to the Mesa Urban Gardening and really I’m just a bystander and supporter of what it’s become thanks to Laurie Butler and David Crummey and lots of volunteers. Turn off the news and build a garden. Get a chicken or two. Learn to build and sew some things. Any small way to supplement your family and your community. You’ll be surprised what becomes currency in hard times. This weekend I’ll be getting my home garden back together. Thank you all for inspiring me. The internet has just about every instruction you could ever want. Include your kids. Soundtrack for this post https://youtu.be/MPrPtDoaB3s Support your local urban garden. www.MesaUrbanGarden.org #mesaurbangarden #iheartmesa #urbangarden #foodsecurity #mesarising #RyanWinkle #commUNITY #prepper #covid19 (at Mesa Urban Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ccSfTjPdr/?igshid=8pl1x45j1q2h

Let's get it on! Art Battle 2019 at Mesa Urban Garden. May 25th, local artists will go head to head with a fast paced tournament of live painting! All ages welcome. You vote for the Winner! All work will be auctioned. Art Battle Phoenix - May 25, 2019 @Mesa Urban Garden 6:00pm - 10:00pm 212 E. 1 Ave, Mesa. Tickets at Eventbrite: artbattle.com/mesatix Regular tickets are $25, and special Mesa Urban Garden Gift tickets are $30, with 100% of the proceeds of these going to the Mesa Urban Garden. Tickets at Eventbrite: artbattle.com/mesatix #MesaUrbanGarden #iheartmesa #ArtBattle Thank you to all who are making this become an awesome event: What’s Up Arizona? News with a Cause, Media Frost, Derrick Arizona Washington, RAILmesa: Retail, Arts, Innovation & Livability, Mesa Urban Garden, Mesa Artspace Lofts, Innovative Urban Solutions, Mesa Arts Center, Absolute Capital LLC, Joan Greene for Congress, Lisc Phoenix, Mesa Artspace Lofts, DT Mesa Fest & Artists Emporium, Downtown Mesa, Arizona, CR Business Solutions, Asia Town Mesa - Az's Asian Business District, Wealthwave Phoenix (at Mesa Urban Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxzvevEh4fJ/?igshid=7nea1htwbwxe

Do you do walking audits of the usability of your public space? Once again the RAILmesa (previous NERDco) team with the Mesa Arts Center, Artspace And Mesa Urban Garden have done another walkabout / walking audit of the neighborhoods around downtown Mesa. This time we chose the neighborhood by 2nd Avenue and Mesa Drive. The South side of the street is drastically different then the north side of the street. There are connection issues crossing broadway rd and some of these blocks are owned by absentee landlords. On the positive side there are a lot of great things coming and I hope that some of these things will inspire redevelopment of some of this blighted land. #RAILmesa #MesaArtsCenter #MesaUrbanGarden #Downtowesa #iheartmesa (at Mesa Artspace Lofts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAlYzzBFeB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=155pwm90z98ek

This Sunday! Enjoy a nice walk with neighbors and friends around Mesa Urban Garden and Mesa Artspace Lofts through the neighborhood to identify areas in need of renewal and share your ideas for solutions. Mesa Prototyping Project Walking Audit Sun, 04/07 - 10:00AM @ Artspace Lofts Bring the Kids! The weather will be great. Refreshments will be provided. No need to RSVP; just come by and join the fun! *All workshops lead up to a big Community Celebration at Artspace on Sat, 04/13 from 10:00AM - 2:00PM THANK YOU to our incredible sponsors and partners: CORE Construction, Mesa Urban Garden, Artspace, and National Endowment for the Arts #iheartmesa #mesaurbangarden #railmesa #walkingaudit (at Mesa Urban Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2m5kghGQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1z53im4558mf

Although I should have done a lot more this year, the annual progress report of the activity in Mesa Urban Garden is IMPRESSIVE. When we started this garden in 2012 we were growing food. With every year we exist we continue to grow community with our events, our classes, our outreach and our mere presence in downtown as an organically growing, all volunteer organization. We need new board members who care about sustainability, community organization, gardening and healthy communities. Is this a fit for you? Call me: 6027416465 Support your local urban garden. Www.mesaurbangarden.com Mesa’s longest running, all volunteer run, community garden. #mesaurbangarden #commUNITY #iheartmesa #downtownmesa #mesaaz #urbangarden #garden #healthyneighborhoods #volunteer (at Mesa Urban Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdfkJ7BFL0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hb4vcym6vu98

Thank you to all those who joined us for Luna Llena. It was a cozy group. Big ups to A.C. Rigz for serenading us and Steve Caballero and David Morgan for painting live. #MesaUrbanGarden #commUNITY #iheartmesa (at Mesa Urban Garden)

@mesaurbangarden appreciation on Val Vista and Southern! Thanks @starbucks for all of your used ground Coffee for our soil! #mesaurbangarden #starbucks #garden #urbangarden #coffee #coffeegrounds #usedbeans #iheartmesa #commUNITY (at Starbucks)

I am a very lucky person. I started my day at 8 am here at Mesa Urban Garden. Some really neat people put this here and I’m lucky that I get to enjoy it. Thanks MUGgers! Support Az’s longest running, all volunteer run, urban garden. Www.mesaurbangarden.org #MesaUrbanGarden #iheartmesa #peace #commUNITY #placemaking #innovativeurbansolutions #urbangarden #garden #treebathing (at Mesa Urban Garden)