Forest Heights Blueberry Festival Set for June 26
The first-ever Forest Heights Blueberry Festival is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, 2021!
Time to Start Watering the Blueberries
With spring arriving, it’s time to begin caring for the community blueberry patches we planted a couple months ago in Forest Heights and Newtown.
71 Blueberry Bushes Planted in Forest Heights and Newtown
Eighteen volunteers pitched in last weekend to help plant 48 community blueberry bushes in Forest Heights. Combined with 23 bushes planted in Newtown, the project resulted in a total of 71 bushes and dozens of new community connections.
Volunteers Needed to Help Plant Blueberries
We’re organizing to plant nine blueberry patches around Forest Heights on the weekend of February 6-7.
Blueberry Sites Selected for Forest Heights
Community blueberry sites have been flagged and mapped.
Big Turnout for Winter Solstice Sunset
Approximately 75 people—including at least one adorable toddler—and a few good-natured dogs showed up for the Winter Solstice Sunset Celebration on Monday evening.
Community Blueberry Project Enters Phase II
The donation phase ended on November 30 with a total of $870 dollars raised in Forest Heights and $425 in Newtown.
Winter Solstice Sunset Celebration (and Tongue Twister)
The sun sets at 5:28 p.m. in Athens, Georgia, on the Winter Solstice this year (Monday, December 21, 2020).
13 Miles Paddled, 327 To Go
I’ve set a goal to paddle 340 miles in our Oconee and Altamaha River basins between now and July.
Blueberry Donations Tally, Week 1
In the week since the community blueberry project launched, neighbors in Forest Heights have donated enough money to install approximately 18 blueberry bushes!
Blueberry Project is Rolling to a Fast Start!
Less than 48 hours after launching the community blueberry project in Forest Heights , 17 people have already signed up via the volunteer form! And another six expressed interested via Facebook, email or phone.
All of the 17 people who filled out the volunteer form so far said they are willing to host blueberry patches. So we definitely have a lot of site options already!
Regenerators.earth Launches with Local Blueberry Project
Regenerators.earth launched this week in conjunction with a project to establish shared perennial food sources in two Athens, Georgia neighborhoods. The aim of the Regenerators website is to share information about how land and communities can be regenerated through intentional design. The site also aims to highlight and support regenerative projects in the Southeast bioregion, known as the Dixon bioregion.
The community blueberry project is the first project featured and supported by the site. Organized by Clyde Yates of Hungry Gnome Gardenscapes and Regenerators.earth founder Bart King, the project will use donations and volunteer labor to plant blueberry patches alongside roads in the Forest Heights and Newtown neighborhoods of Athens. Once established, the blueberries will be available for any passerby to pick and eat during season.