The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host its annual E.A.R.T.H. Center Garden, Arts, and Music Festival on Saturday, August 24, from 11 am to 4 pm at the E.A.R.T.H. Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick.
Attendees can enjoy various family-friendly activities such as live art displays, local music acts, and activities for kids like “The Recycling Magician” and a “Paint a Pot” activity. A Food and Ice Cream truck will be available onsite, but carried-in picnic lunches are also welcome.
Visitors can learn more about the Rows for the Hungry Project, which has grown and donated nearly 30 tons of fresh, first-quality produce to local food banks in Middlesex County in recent years.
The Arts Institute of Middlesex County will also offer a Share Your Foodways kitchen demonstration with the season's bounty.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable item to be donated to the County food bank, REPLENISH, and the best homegrown item from their garden to enter the Greatest of the Garden contest.
The E.A.R.T.H. Center is the headquarters for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, which offers programs such as the Master Gardeners Environmental Stewardship program, 4-H Youth Development clubs and federally funded nutrition classes for limited resource families. Rutgers Cooperative Extension uses the knowledge of university faculty to offer programs and research to serve Middlesex County’s diverse population. To learn more about the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, visit: www.middlesexcountynj.gov/extension.
