The EARTH Center Garden Field Day/Open House

On Aug. 18, The EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, New Jersey will host their Garden Field Day/Open House from 9 AM to 3 PM. The event will take place in
Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave. South Brunswick, NJ and is great day of fun for the family in a beautiful park setting.

The Extension Agriculture Department as well as Rutgers Master Gardeners will be on hand, offering sound advice on horticulture and environmental stewardship while guiding visitors through their various teaching gardens and learning projects. Examples of their work include the Children’s Garden with Green Roof playhouse, an enormous vegetable display garden, environmentally conscious rain garden and the popular Butterfly House.

New to the day for 2012, will be the Walk-A-Farm & Feast to Fight Hunger, an organized walk around the park to raise funds for the New Jersey Agricultural Society’s Farmers Against Hunger Program. The

Available Food at the event will be in the form of a Feast to Fight Hunger. Applebee’s of Milltown will donate grilled items and a staff to cook and serve the food. Side dishes will be donated by local farms
and prepared by Elijah’s Promise culinary program.

The EARTH Center’s Garden Field Day attendance is free, however, prices to participate in the Walk A-Farm & Feast Against Hunger and receive its benefits are as follows:

Walk-A-Farm :

Adult   $12 (T-Shirt included with Pre-Registration)

Child   $12 (T-Shirt included with Pre-Registration)

Child   $ 5 (T-Shirt not included)

Family 2 adults + one/two children $25 (2 shirts included with Pre-Registration)

Feast Against Hunger :

Adult with Walk-A-Farm registration $7 without Walk-A-Farm
registration $10 Child with Walk-A-Farm registration $3 without
Walk-A-Farm registration $ 5

Pre-Registration ends on Aug. 12. Attendees can register on the day of the event, however, T-Shirts will not be guaranteed. Register by contacting Kris Guttadora at 609-462-9691, e-mailing
farmersagainsthunger@gmail.com or visiting the Farmers Against Hunger booth at the Middlesex County Fair. Registration fees will benefit Farmers Against Hunger program Society.