Community Create Night: Vertical and Indoor Gardening
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Eden Hall Campus
Cost: Adults: $10; Students with ID: $5
Liven up your winter with indoor growing systems of your own design after hearing about innovative systems from some of Chatham's current sustainability students. Also featuring, a sneak peek at the 2-story tall green wall in the Eden Hall Campus' new Commons dining hall, opening in April. Local landscape design firm, Plantscape, will host the green wall tour and will be available as our community partner expert to answer questions as you build your own system.
Come to Chatham’s Eden Hall Campus for a night of creativity with your community. Experts from Chatham and from the community teach you both the technical aspects and the social context behind topical sustainability projects around food, ecology and energy. Then, we provide materials for you to be creative and experiment with your new knowledge. This event is intergenerational, and open for all ages. Materials will not be sent home with participants unless otherwise noted.
Meet your instructors!
Adam West is a property manager for Howard West Properties and a full time student in Chatham's Bachelors of Science in sustainability program. He has an associates degree in Welding and Metal Fabrication, a background in alternative fueled vehicles and he helped build the company that converted Pittsburghs city trucks to run on waste vegetable oil. He loves biking along Pittsburghs rivers, kayaking, skiing, cooking, designing, and leaving the city as often as possible to be out in the country. He also placed third in his first formula racing championship at Infineon Raceway.
Angela Emala is the Manager of Horticultural Services at Plantscape, where she has worked since 2000. She has been involved with the maintenance and technical training for the new two-story tall living wall in Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus new Commons Dining Hall. Plantscape Inc. is located on Liberty Ave. in the Strip District and is well known in the region for leadership in both interior and exterior green wall installations.
Recommended for ages 12+
Registration
Fee : Adults: $10; Students with ID: $5Registration has closed. Please contact Kelly Henderson at khenderson@chatham.edu for additional information.