Three Sisters Garden — Three Sisters Diversity-Circle Demonstration Gardens
  Project Homepage — http://chears.org/gardens
  Project Coordinator — Maggie Cahalan

On a per acre basis, urban runoff contributes twice the excess nutrient and toxic load to the Bay that agrcultural areas contribute. Aided by Permaculture principles a CHEARS strategic objective is to significantly reduce urban and suburban run off by changing our dominant monoculture lawn-based form of landscaping.

CHEARS was awarded a $1500 grant from the Greenbelt Community Foundation for the Three Sisters Demonstration Garden project. The grant which will be matched by CHEARS funds will go to holding educational workshops on Chesapeake Bay friendly home edible and native plant land care practices; and to support the purchase of fruit and nut trees and the establishing of demonstration gardens in each of the three major geographic areas of Greenbelt (center, east and west). CHEARS also hopes to do some fun raising with the gardens!!

CHEARS has been working with the city of Greenbelt to obtain permissions to site the gardens on public land near community and recreation centers. CHEARS hopes to establish outdoor classroom gardens that are multi-generational, handicapped accessable. The gardens will provide an opportunity for combining gardening with artistic expression and co-learning about sustainable landscaping.

The Greenbelt Three Sisters Diversity-Circle Demonstration Gardens sponsored a series of events. .
March 28—-Square Foot Gardening:
April 25---Bio-intensive Gardening:
May 8--Three Sisters Gardens
June --Garden Maintenance
July 25--Eco-Circles and draught tolerant plant tips


Contact Maggie@chears.org

The Greenbelt City Council has approved space on City property to be set aside for demonstration gardens, but their success will depend upon how much interest there is in creating and maintaining them. Please join us for events to make this happen.
Bring a dish to share, along with your ideas and hands to get dirty! Let’s put them to work in creating gardens for all, with our fellow green-growing wanabees throughout Greenbelt. Contact Maggie@chears.org
Contact Maggie@chears.org
Click HERE to see flyer. Click HERE to see a power point presentation on Three Sisters Garden goals and plans. As presentation is long it will take a few minutes to load.

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Robert Cahalan Maggie Cahalan Jean Newcomb Eugenia Kalnay Ellen W. Atkinson Darrel Frey Ann Dunne Gabriel Cahalan Cathy Webb Joan Falcao Richard McMullin Lore Rosenthal Steve Kane Joan Clement Joel Cahalan