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Garden School & More at CommonWealth Urban Farms

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.      — Mary Oliver Garden School: Herbal Balms Saturday, July 13 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie $10 per person, $15 for couples/pairs. Free to volunteers. Pay upon arrival. Note: There is an additional $5 per person material fee for this workshop. […]

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Flowers, Food & Fun This Week at CommonWealth Urban Farms

“Participate in food production to the extent that you can. If you have a yard or even just a porch box or a pot in a sunny window, grow something to eat in it. Make a little compost of your kitchen scraps and use it for fertilizer. Only by growing some food for yourself can […]

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Seedling Sale this Friday & Saturday

Weekend Seedling Sale  Friday, May 25th, 4-6 pm Saturday, May 26th, 9 am – 1 pm 1016 NW 32, OKC (in front of hoop house) Looking for sweet potato slips? We’re planting sweet potatoes on the farm this week, and we ordered extra so you can get some too. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and […]

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Planters Paradise at CommonWealth Urban Farms

“Hands in the Soil” Lunch at CommonWealth Urban Farms “Eat regularly and carefully in appropriate environments and, whenever possible, in company. Plan your time to make food and eating important in your life.” —Brazil’s National Dietary Guidelines Garden School: The Food ForestMay 4 11 a.m. to noon 3310 N. Olie $10 per person, $15 for […]

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Beautiful Growings at CommonWealth Urban Farms

Garden School: April 27: Plant a Bouquet Garden Fill your home with flowers all summer long! Learn about the easiest flowers to grow in central OKC, from old friends like zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds and snapdragons to lesser-known beauties such as Asiatic lilies, lisianthus and ammi. We’ll show you how to plan and prepare your garden […]

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Spring is Bursting at CommonWealth Urban Farms

Dewy Pear Blossom Petal  Pear Tree Offers Up Couples—Cardinals and Ring-Necked Dove ccuples— sang from her empty branches all winter. When Mockingbird showed up three weeks ago, the tunes changed. And in two warm days, green nodules exploded in white blossoms. Birds have given the tree to the bees, mostly. I draw close in the […]

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Growing Strong at CommonWealth Urban Farms

“The industrial eater is, in fact, one who does not know that eating is an agricultural act, who no longer knows or imagines the connections between eating and the land, and who is therefore necessarily passive and uncritical—in short, a victim. When food, in the minds of eaters, is no longer associated with farming and […]

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Get Involved at CommonWealth Urban Farms

“The soil stewards of generations past recognized that healthy soil is not only imperative for our food security—it is also foundational for our cultural and emotional well-being. Western science is catching up, now understanding that exposure to the microbiome of a healthy soil offers benefits to mental health that rival antidepressants. After mice were treated […]

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A New Year at CommonWealth Urban Farms!

 It’s 2019: A New Year “If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.” Robert BraultSeven years ago, a small team of people began a tiny urban farm. We had less than one-eighth of an acre, which we planted intensively, then took a deep breath and put out […]

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Smashing Autumn Days at CommonWealth Urban Farms!

“The principles of neighborhood and subsistence will be disparaged by the globalists as ‘protectionism’—and that is exactly what it is. It is a protectionism that is just and sound, because it protects local producers and is the best assurance of adequate supplies to local customers…The principle of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of […]

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  • 2022: A Festive Year in the Making at CommonWealth Urban Farms

    2022: A Festive Year in the Making at CommonWealth Urban Farms

    Garden School 2022! We are excited about our new offerings this year, including CommonWealth Fests! In collaboration with some of our newer and younger volunteers, we are mixing up the garden school schedule to provide three free, family-friendly, educational festivals starting with our Wildcrafting & Herb Fest on May 14. In addition to providing a new […]Read More »

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