How can you scratch your itchy green thumb and help feed hungry people at the same time? Head on down to Madison Valley on this coming Saturday, April 24th, from 11:00am to 3:00pm, where City People’s Garden Store is holding a Spring Open House in partnership with Café Flora and Full Circle Farm. The event benefits Lettuce Link!

You can learn how to grow your own heirloom vegetables from Bill Thorness, author of Edible Heirlooms. Learn about organic produce from Full Circle Farm. Take a cooking lesson from the chefs of Café Flora. Get advice on starting your own vegetable garden from City People’s Landscape. Enter the raffle to win a gift basket.

10% of the day’s proceeds will go to Lettuce Link, Solid Ground’s program that partners with the City’s P-Patches to grow/harvest fresh produce for Seattle area food banks.

As an added treat, enjoy Old Time music in City People’s outdoor nursery by members of The Tallboys and Klezmer music by Harvey Niebulski & Sarah Funke & Friends.

For all the details, including the workshop schedule, go to the City People’s Garden Store workshop website.