Taproot Collective

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'Tools and Tunes and Taproot' event connects gardeners with gardening resources Rochester gardeners met for “Tools and Tunes and Taproot,” blending live music with local gardening resources. Organizers say it’s about growing food and community in neighborhoods hit by injustice and disinvestment.

🌸 Watch it come together. Then take it home.

During Tools & Tunes at Taproot, our Youth Leaders will be building beautiful garden beds for ABC Head Start, right at the event - and one lucky guest will win one through our raffle!

See how they're made and enter for a chance to bring home a ready-to-grow planter.

📅 Friday, June 12
🕠 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 First Market Farm

It's one more way we're celebrating the joy of growing food and flowers, and building community together.

🌱 Live music in the garden
🎟️ Raffles & merch
🛠️ SEAC Mobile Tool Shed tours
🪨 Garden activities
❤️ Support community gardens and youth programs

🌦️💦Every Drop Counts. Join us Saturday, June 13th for an informative (& FREE) workshop on water and irrigation!

Learn efficient watering strategies that conserve resources while keeping crops healthy during Rochester’s hottest months. From simple drip systems to smart scheduling, this session will help you reduce waste and protect plant health. This workshop is for both water-source and dry gardens.

📲Register using the link in our bio
https://tinyurl.com/TaprootWorkshops

🗓️ Saturday, June 13| 10 AM - Noon
📍441 Ministries Beechwood Community Garden
corner of Parsells and Stout

Taproot Collective offers free monthly gardening workshops for people of all skill levels in Rochester, NY.

🛍️Representing a Community Garden? You’ll head home with some garden supplies!

Does your garden capture water? Share in the comments!