Building community and training farmers to grow food where we live

Ways to Get Involved

If you're new to UP -
...fill out the short New Participant Form to let us know you're interested in learning more or receiving our notifications!

To see what days we're in the field or at events -
...check out the Calendar where you can sign up directly for an event.

Help coordinate a new farm in your area -
...by contacting us through the New Participant Form so that we can help you start a Community Conversation in your neighborhood.

Donate materials, sponsor a project, or help financially -
...by contacting our director at paige @ urbanpatchwork.org.

Seasonal Notes

#5 Neighborhood Tree RX – Mulch Basins and Swales!

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Workshop #5 – Save neighborhood trees and learn how to save yours! Permaculture instructors and designers in our area will be on hand for a hands-on tree rescue and teaching day about permaculture principles such[read more]

Tour The UP Gardens on Sunday, April 28th!

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Stop by during the 2012 Austin Community Gardens Tour and get a guided tour of two of our most bustling and creative Urban Patchwork farm plots! For more information and a list of all the gardens on the tour visit[read more]

#4 Chicken Keeping 101

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Tour and Learn: Basics of Chicken Keeping Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 2pm-5pm Curious about keeping chickens?! Join us April 22nd for a workshop on raising and keeping backyard chickens while touring a yard with coops[read more]

In The News

#3 Rainwater Cistern in Hand Formed Plaster

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2012 Monthly Workshop Series with Urban Patchwork Saturday, March 24th and Saturday March 31th, 2012, 8-4 12 Class Spots Available Join us for a very special workshop led by Dani Slabaugh of Yard to Table Gardens [read more]

How urban farming can end hunger: Meet Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Urban Patchwork Neighborhood Farms

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http://austin.culturemap.com/newsdetail/10-07-11-18-48-how-urban-farming-can-end-hunger/ BY SHELLEY SEALE for austinculturemap.com 10.18.11 | 01:45 pm Urban farming is pretty big in the grassroots-friendly city of [read more]

Paradox Players Benefit Performance – Oct 20th

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We are thrilled and honored to announce that the Paradox Players, one of Austin’s premier community theater groups, is generously donating one performance of their final production of the season to Urban Patchwork as [read more]

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