Volunteer Opportunities @ the Wyckoff Farm

The Wyckoff Farm programs are in full swing this summer, with new veggies and berries popping up every day. We have lots of ways to get involved, with volunteer opportunities for every skill set and interest. Please see our list of current volunteer opportunities below, and if you have something else you really want to help out with let us know about that. Please contact the Wyckoff Farm Director, Lizzie Ayer, 718-629-5400 or email Farm@WyckoffAssociaiton.org

Garden:
Want to play in the dirt? We need volunteers to come and help us in our garden, from weeding, mulching to making signs and bean poles. Come out for one of our set dates, or let us know if you want to come out on regular basis at another time. We can also schedule specific dates if you have a group who wants to volunteer.

Tuesday Volunteer Days
Come volunteer in our community demonstration garden, every other Tuesday from 10am-2pm with our Youth Entrepreneurs. (7/3, 7/17, 7/31, 8/14, 8/28). We need help weeding, planting mulching and harvesting all summer long and into the fall.

Thursday Workshop & Volunteer Days
Please join us for a quick hands on lesson on organic gardening techniques, and then apply what you’ve learned in our garden. Thursday evenings from 4-7pm June 24th, July 26th and August 28th.

Market:
Market Helper
Want to help the Wyckoff Farmers Market? We would love some help during out market, tracking attendance passing out flyers in our neighborhood and general help with set up and taking down. Our market runs every Sunday from 1-4 pm, with clean up usually taking till about 4:30. You could come early and help us set up the market and pass out flyers, and hang out and have fun with us during the market. Our market is very chill, always with people hanging around, kids playing in the park and of course snacking on fresh produce.

Outreach & Publicity:
Artist Needed Graphic Design & Artistic Endeavors:
Like making flyers, designing ads, drawing veggies or making logos? We need some general graphic design work, helping us create flyers and posters and designing ads for local newspapers. We also are looking for a new logo for our market and garden, have some ideas? We are also interested in help with making signs to put around our garden, labels for veggies and information on the plantings. Contact Lizzie Ayer at 718-629-5400, or email Farm@wyckoffAssociation.org

Writers needed
Can you write short articles, press releases, or even haikus? We are looking for someone to write about our programs and gardens to submit to local papers, blogs etc. We also need press releases to send out and stories about our gardens for our blog, www.WyckoffFarm.BlogSpot.com

Outreach & PR
We are looking for someone to help us get the word out about our garden and Farmer’s Market, from putting up flyers to faxing local community calendars to adding our events to city wide email lists. Come chill in our hood and put flyers around.

Farmer's Market, Every Sunday 1-4pm

June 24th: Cooking in Season & Container Gardening!

Farmer’s Market Opening Celebration! Plus Cooking Fresh & Container Gardening!

Sunday, June 24, 2007 1-4PM

Farmer's Market First Day!
Fresh, local, healthy foods for sale in the M Fidler Wyckoff Park, with rotating workshops and demonstrations on gardening topics. Join us this week for our first Market of the year, selling fresh organic food grown onsite by local high school students.

Cooking Fresh & Container Gardening Free Workshops
We will be cooking at the market, using fresh produce available at the market! Come by to learn some new recipes and a delicious treat! Also, Johanna Willins, Herbal Garden of East New York will be giving a workshop on easy container planting, 1-3pm.

Wyckoff Farmers Market and Garden, 5816 Clarendon Road, (at the corner of Ralph ave, next to Footprints Cafe) East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Directions: Take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph, then walk one block south. Or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave., B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east

Call Lizzie Ayer for more information: 718.629.5400

Volunteer Day this Sunday! Plus Composting Workshop 12-4pm

Please join us, this Sunday for a fun work day in the Wyckoff Community Demonstration Garden. The Volunteer day will kick off with a workshop on composting with Just Food’s trainer Eric Thomann from Backyard Garden/TwigCraft. We will then focus on using what we have learned to fix up our compost system and build some new garden beds.

Workdays are kid friendly. RSVP is suggested but not necessary. Bring clothes that can get dirty, a water bottle and gloves if you have them. Also please bring a bag to take home some garden fresh produce!

Please email Farm@WyckoffAssociation.org, or call 718-629-5400, for more information.

Please note that heavy rain will cancel this event.

Directions: take the #2 or 5 train to Newkirk Ave., B8 bus to Ralph, then walk one block south Or take the A/C or #3/4 train to Utica Ave., B46 bus to Clarendon, then walk 8 blocks east