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After a greatly successful spring 2012, IKNG Missoula will be breaking for the summer. Because we are a University of Montana student group, the majority of our volunteers and lead organizers leave town/take internships/work summer jobs during the summer months. We would love (and it would make great sense) to install gardens during the summer and we are brainstorming solutions!In the meantime, share your gardening experience with a ning blog, visit local garden shops and nurseries for tips on…See More

Missoula Specific Resources Missoula Urban Demonstration Project: A great resource for workshops, low-cost tool/truck rentals and a hands-on demonstration site The Montana State University Extension Agency: A resource for everything you wanted to…

Hear the birds chirping? See your soil thawing? Confused by alternating sunshine and snowstorms? It's springtime in Missoula and time for 1,000 New Gardens' first spring semester dig day! This Sunday, April 15th, grab your work gloves, water bottle and warm layers and meet us at Kiwanis park at 12:00 for snacks, coffee, warm-up games and tool training (we will be the group with the big orange carrot). From there our dig day organizers will group volunteers and disperse to our different garden…See More