Grazing in a Garden
The busy weekend actually starts early, on Thursday, March 22, with a garden party featuring food from a highly diverse assortment of local restaurants, all benefiting a pioneering local food education program.

The Edible Evening is hosted by the Edible Schoolyard program, which incorporates organic gardening and healthy cooking into the school day. It’s held in the teaching garden at the Samuel J. Green Charter School (2319 Valence St.), just off Freret Street, where 30 restaurants set up booths amid the garden beds while wine flows from the Presqu’ile Winery of Santa Maria, Calif., a family-run company that has made major contributions to the Edible Schoolyard.

The cause, the setting and the enthusiasm of the participants made last year’s Edible Evening one of the more memorable food-themed benefits I’d attended in a while, and this year’s edition looks just as promising. The event is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. General admission is $45.

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An Edible Evening 2012 features awesome food from more than twenty of New Orleans' best restaurants, specialty cocktails and wine, music, and conversation with New Orleans' finest...

“Come and enjoy the garden. You'll have a really great time walking through the garden, meeting new friends, and learning more about how the program has grown over the past five years."

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Third-annual garden party under the stars is March 22 at Samuel Green Charter School.

Edible Schoolyard New Orleans presents An Edible Evening, an evening garden party and fundraiser benefiting the organic gardening and educational program featured in five public charter schools operated by FirstLine Schools in New Orleans.  The third-annual An Edible Evening is 6 to 9 p.m., Thurs., March 22 at the Samuel J. Green Charter School, 2319 Valence St., and features more than 20 restaurants, live local music, specialty cocktails and wines presented by Presqu’ile Winery of Santa Maria, Calif. 

Individual tickets are $45 and patron sponsorships range from $250 to $1,200. Tickets and sponsorship information are available at www.esynola.org or by calling (504) 267-9053.

An Edible Evening takes place in Samuel Green Charter’s 1/3-acre Edible Teaching Garden, Teaching Kitchen and transformed cafeteria, The Green Café, and features music by Ivory Coast composer and African drummer Seguenon Kone and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Jazz Ensemble. The musical lineup for An Edible Evening is sponsored by Positive Vibrations Foundation, a New Orleans organization that provides music for community events and music education for teens.

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