101 Ways to Celebrate
National Garden Month

It's About Good Food

Try "edible landscaping" by incorporating attractive edibles such as blueberry bushes and dwarf fruit trees into ornamental beds. Click here to read one gardener's experience with edible landscaping.
Start an herb garden indoors. Click here for "sage" advice on growing herbs inside.
Plant a fruit tree or berries to provide your family with nutritious, healthy fruit. For inspiration, click here for an article about growing blueberries.
Have a "slow food" lunch featuring locally grown, seasonal produce, and regional cheese and meat specialties. For more information about the Slow Food movement, click here.
Become an informed consumer by learning about food-related issues, such as genetic engineering and food irradiation.
Plant extra vegetables for freezing, canning, or storing.
Seek out neighbors from various ethnic groups to learn about their native cuisine and gardening techniques.
Buy local honey and support a beekeeper or start keeping bees yourself! Click here for a beekeeping primer.
Organize a drive to collect excess garden produce from neighbors and donate them to your local food shelf.
Seek out and purchase locally grown foods.
Buy local produce and freeze or can it to use out of season.
Go to a pick-your-own berry or fruit farm.
Grow a salad garden with a child. Click here for some suggestions on getting started.
Encourage local schools and restaurants to purchase locally grown produce. Learn more about the Farm to Cafeteria initiative by clicking here.