Victory Garden in LaPlace Neighborhood

Lafayette's LaPlace neighborhood recently launched Victory Garden. Photos and updates on the TownFolk Facebook page and the LaPlace Coterie Facebook page. It is wonderful to see community gardening spreading throughout our city!

Freetown Neighborhood Cleanup 11/8/15

Freetown resident Tyler Davis has organized a volunteer cleanup day for our neighborhood.

The event is scheduled for Sunday, November 8, starting at 2 p.m.  Meet at the Blue Moon Saloon to get supplies and instructions. (Feel free to bring your own gloves and garbage bags if you have them - it will help the donated supplies go farther.)

Check out the Freetown Neighborhood Cleanup event on Facebook for details.

The Big Event - UL African Student Association

A HUGE thank you to the organizers of the Big Event and the wonderful volunteers from the UL African Student Association who came out to work with us on Saturday!

We had a fantastic crew who helped us with several projects: emptying the compost bins, adding the finished fertilizer to garden beds, and, of course, weeding!

Check out the great images in the ASO's photo album on Facebook - we had a blast, and got a lot of work done. We even signed up some new member gardeners! :-)

Permaculture Talk This Saturday 10/17/15

Brock Barker will conduct a free public talk on Permaculture at the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center this Saturday at 10 a.m. Brock helped start the Freetown Community Garden in 2014, providing advice and helping to dig our garden beds. He's awesome! :-) This talk is sponsored by the Lafayette Parish Master Gardener Association. Bring a lawn chair (and a sun hat!). More information is available on the main page of the LPMGA site: http://www.lpmga.org/ The Ira Nelson Horticulture Center is located at 2206 Johnston St. in Lafayette. The talk will take place at the Demonstration Gardens behind the Center.

Free Talk This Evening: "Slow Gardening - Cajun Style"

The Lafayette Parish Master Gardener Association is hosting a free public meeting at 6 p.m. this evening at the main branch of the Lafayette Public Library Downtown. Author and radio host Felder Rushing will speak on the topic “Slow Gardening - Cajun Style”. For more information, please visit the Lafayette Parish Master Gardener Association site: http://www.lpmga.org/http://www.lpmga.org/