The Kingston Land Trust will host a very special tour of the African-American Burial Grounds in the city of Kingston on Wednesday, August 11th at 2:00pm. The group will meet at the South Wall Street cemetary and will be led by Kingston Historian Ed Ford, who will take participants through the history of both sites… [Read more…]
July 19, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kingston Land Trust Announcement July 19, 2010 Kingston Land Trust Names Rebecca Martin Executive Director The Kingston Land Trust named community leader and board member Rebecca Martin executive director of the Kingston, N.Y.-based non-profit, effective immediately. Martin has stepped down from the board of directors of the trust and replaces Arthur Zaczkiewicz… [Read more…]
July 5, 2010
By Arthur Zaczkiewicz The Healthy Kingston for Kids Project, which aims to reverse childhood obesity in Kingston via environmental and policy change is humming along as the four committees – complete streets, after school food environment, safe routes to schools and parks, and school and community gardens – are busy assessing current policies as well… [Read more…]
July 2, 2010
Last year, with the support of the Garden Committee through the Kingston Land Trust, the children at the Everett Hodge Center started seeds to grow their own food garden. A raised bed was built and added in the front to what they had begun with the Forsyth Nature Center many years ago. The kids became… [Read more…]
May 23, 2010
Check out the community and school garden map here, created by Kevin McEvoy.
May 18, 2010
Residents, community groups, non-profits, community leaders and anyone who is creating or wants to create community gardens in Kingston as well as shape its policy is encouraged to attend a meeting to form a “City Gardens Coalition” on Thursday, May 20, 2010, 6 p.m. at the Kingston Point Park Pavilion. Attendees can bring a potluck… [Read more…]
May 3, 2010
Jesica Pascual, volunteer garden manager of the City Hall Victory Garden, will lead a free workshop to on square foot gardening one Saturday, April 17 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The garden is located on the west side of City Hall, which is located on Broadway across from the Kingston High School. The workshop… [Read more…]
April 6, 2010
Students from the Woodstock Day School helped clean up the grounds at the historic Senate House recently as part of a community service program organized by the school and coordinated with the Kington Land Trust.
April 6, 2010
Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County’s free “Learning in the Garden” workshop series is set to begin this month. Here are the detail: Learn how to improve your gardening skills in a real garden classroom! Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s (CCEUC) Master Gardener Program is very pleased to announce a new workshop series which is set… [Read more…]
April 6, 2010
We’re pleased to announce a new fund raising program with the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Check out this note from Steve Noble:
July 29, 2010
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