Every year, ioby awards the Heroes In Our Backyards awards to those ioby project leaders that exemplify the ioby spirit of community activism. ioby Heroes In Our Backyards are hyper-local, community-based, entrepreneurial and tireless. In 2012, we awarded three groups with this award around the key tool for revitalizing urban centers: reimagining vacant space. The […]
We did several energy-saving sustainability upgrades as part of our Delaware Project restoring a vacant historic home. The most important green upgrade, with biggest bang for the buck, was to better insulate the building. Many older homes, while well constructed, have no insulation in the walls. Installing costly energy-efficient new HVAC systems would do no good without […]
Urban Patch’s Stone Soup Kitchen provides workshops to teach people in the inner city to prepare and preserve their own food. The project is a legacy to the work of the Urban Patch’s founders’ patriarch, Albert A. Moore, Agricultural Director for the Flanner House during the 1940’s. In the photo below, Mr. Moore demonstrates techniques for preserving […]
Tis the season…for holiday baking! Before we leave the garden harvest behind for all practical purposes, we have one more way to enjoy the bounty of autumn: Learn how to simple it is to take a pumpkin and end up with a delicious pie to share with your family this Thanksgiving! The Urban Patch is partnering […]
What better way to brighten your pantry shelves than by making your own jams, jellies, and marmalades to enjoy and share? Just in time for the holidays, please join us and our partner, the Fall Creek Gardens, at Broadway United Methodist Church to learn how to preserve fruits with three different techniques: preparing and canning […]
Urban Patch’s Stone Soup Kitchen will be hosting its first canning workshop this week. The workshop will be located at the Broadway United Methodist Church, 609 E. 29th St., Indianapolis. IN 46205. The workshop begins at 9:00 am and should last about 3.5 – 4 hrs. Each student should bring an apron and something to cover their hair (a […]
