The way to green and garden parties
Summer weekends always get away from me. The nice weather is to blame. This past weekend was no different.
Saturday we attended the first ever Green Route Festival in the Five Points area. The Green Route is a collective of Denver businesses who make a point to be environmentally sustainable and promote better, greener living. The Green Route Festival was a showcasing of these businesses. In addition to numerous vendor booths, the festival featured a stage with local music and beer from O’Dell’s brewing.
The Green Route Festival, while a great initiative and in it’s first year, could have done a lot better. Like any festival, the booths were chock full of vendors looking to sell something. Although there were a few not-for-profit organizations like the Sea Sheperds and Eat Greener Denver sporting their own cause, there wasn’t a whole lot present in terms of educating the festival goers. I think when the festival stands to promote a green and sustainable lifestyle, then more information needs to be present in how an everyday person can make their life a little greener without having to buy into something.
There wasn’t a whole lot of direction in this festival either. Was it about the local music? Was it about business? Was it a celebration of something? Whatever it may have been, it wasn’t blatantly apparent. Then again, the festival is in it’s first year. With some fine tuning I feel it could become a great opportunity to promote and educate Denver residents to be ecologically minded citizens.
A few of the vendor booths at Green Route
Sunday was far more low key: no festivals. Instead, a quiet little garden party with a few close friends and family members. Everyone brought over a collection of veggies from their home gardens to swap with other gardeners. Homemade snacks and cocktails, lots of good conversation, sitting out in the cloudy-yet-pleasant August afternoon. It just went to further prove that gardens create communities; even if it is only because you’re sick of eating zucchini.
Friends in the garden
