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Nature’s Garden Wellness Center: Where Nature Restores Wellbeing

We open October 6th ! We are SOOOO excited! The retreat center, Haven Woods, opens in November, and we can’t wait. If you have friends who may need a month to rebuild, they now have a place to do so. Our list of services and great prices follows the end of this newsletter so you don’t skip everything else! Read on and enjoy all we have to offer. THANK you for the encouragement so many of you give us. Without it, we would not be able to bring this to you! Appointments for all of our services are required, so please call 262-629-4301.

HELP! Kitchen manager NEEDED!

Thanks to my husband Roger’s wonderful matchmaking skills, our kitchen manager took off with one of the great single men that shop here and whala! No more kitchen manager! We have tried to manage without her…but alas, we REALLY need a kitchen manager. Hours will be 20-40, pay negotiable, stress minimal, ORGANIZATION a must, cleanliness an absolute, countenance – happy, knowledge of food and raw foods a plus. Please call Nature’s Garden at 262-629-4300.

Computer Data Needed

We also need someone to input data into our food program (we have a new nutritional program for our kitchen.) This is only a temp job, perhaps 20 hours or less. However, we need this done ASAP. We need to enter data this Wednesday – Saturday ONLY. Any time will work during those days! Please call Nature’s Garden at 262-629-4300.

Thursday’s Class: Sauces, Dips and PERFECT Dressings

Thursday, September 30th at 7 PM learn to make all of your sauces, dips and dressings guilt-free! The only additives are fresh ingredients from your kitchen. We will make living dressings, dips and delicious quick sauces. We will also make a delicious spaghetti sauce that you can use for spaghetti, pizzas, lasagnas and enchiladas. No dairy, meat or gluten! This class will be held UP IN THE CHURCH as we have a rehearsal dinner going on at 7 PM in the café. Who in the world planned that one?


Expo Newsletters

We will be sending out expo news to those on our expo newsletter list. If you do not get an expo newsletter this week, you are not signed up to receive those. Please go to our website and sign up if interested www.naturesgardenspot.com . I have just scheduled the AMAZING-YOU-WILL-NOT-WANT-TO-MISS-ONE seminars that will be held at the Milwaukee Expo this October and we will release those this week!

On Line VIDEO Program

We all know attending all 48 seminars this Expo is impossible so……….our video program will be ready prior to the Milwaukee expo! Most every seminar will be recorded and then available, along with numerous other videos through our video program. For a sneak peek at what videos are up now, visit www.vimeo.com and type in my name, Karen Urbanek, and take a look! You will receive over 100 new educational videos for only $59.95 a year! We want YOU in charge of your health - and education is the key! All videos will lock into a secure site soon, so visit for free today! (we have not told anyone about our videos yet, and there are people from many countries around the world watching them already! EXCITING!)

Organic Donation Dinner October 9th

Our daughter Amy has applied to be an exchange student in Africa starting in January. She needs to raise $7,500 by November. The first thing on the fundraising list: Organic Dinner and night of music. The invitation:
October 9th Serving 5:30 – 7:30 PM Live Musicians while dining and a Fantastic Performance (up in the church) Following!
All Dinners $25.00
Course 1: Soup Creamy Tomato Basil, Savory Vegetable Quinoa, or Harvest Pumpkin Squash
Course 2: Salad Raspberry Vinaigrette Spinach, Celestial Caesar, or Herbed Walnut Garden
Course 3: Entrée 1. Met Opera Pasta Fresh marinated mushrooms, sweet onions, tomatoes, parmesan, and select spices atop delicious rice spiral pasta!
Chicken optional
2. Cape Town Chicken Herbed chicken, fresh garlic mashed potatoes, lightly steamed vegetable medley and homemade bread with honey butter
3. Uptown Marinara. Garden fresh basil, sun-dried and fresh roma tomatoes, and yummy sweet spices delicately mingled with fresh zucchini spirals (This is
a delicious uncooked ”raw” dish!)
Course 4: Dessert Selections
RSVP with entrée 262-629-4411. Located at and catered by ZuZu’s Organic Café 7003 Hwy 175 Allenton, WI 53002. Please enjoy a great evening while supporting Amy!

HUGE Rummage Sale

While speaking of Amy, please start collecting anything you can donate to a fundraising rummage November 18-20th. We need everything: clothes, furniture, you name it! And please tell your friends about the INSIDE rummage that week Thursday – Saturday! (this rummage will be held up in the church so bring whatever good gently used items you have! Lot’s of room!) We can start receiving donations at the end of October. THANK YOU!

Lisa and John: Dirty Laundry

Saturday night I attended a wonderful women’s conference. This story was told by President Monson: Lisa and John had moved into a new city. Each Saturday the neighbor across the street would hang up her laundry and Lisa would comment on how dirty the laundry was. Each Saturday, John listened to Lisa complain. One Saturday Lisa exclaimed, “it’s clean! Our neighbor finally has clean clothes! John, how did that happen?” John simply said, “I woke up early and cleaned the window…….” - Ah, a simple story with a great moral: please don’t judge others! You may not have a beam in your eye, but you just may have dirty windows!

On that note…..

I really do not understand what our family does to dryers but……we have not had one again all spring and summer! Not that we mind, we LOVE our laundry outside on the line (and no, it’s not dirty!) but with winter here….we are looking for a dryer! I have lost count as to how many dryers we have bought, rebuilt, and resurrected, but we need another one! Anyone have one for sale?

Plastic Bag Drive

For the expo we need bags! Bring them on in so we can be green for this expo as we were the last one! Everyone got a kick out of reusing plastic bags at the Washington County Expo, so we will do it again, saving our non-profit a pretty penny as well! THANKS!

GMO FREE

Besides a few gluten free items remaining in our end cap freezer….we are now COMPLETELY GMO FREE! It is estimated that 80% + of items found in conventional stores have GMO ingredients and 30%-80% in “health” food stores. (Remember, GMO ingredients are used in many vitamins as well…) We are happy to have cleaned our own store up. HOWEVER we had to say good buy to some very yummy goodies. It was surprising to us, as many of the products said All Natural on them……ha! What marketing can do. Oh well, we are busy looking for more items to replace those we put out to the wayside…..well the front entry on sale…..and thank you to all of you who have stood by this transition! Many of you were sad to learn those products we GMO based, but said you would not eat them any longer. Yeah! Our dollars WILL speak, along with millions of other people standing up to GMO promoters.

Jenna’s Mission Call!

Our oldest daughter has been called to serve a church mission for 18 months in Nevada and CA! The Las Vegas West Mission is where Jenna will spend December 2010 to June 2012. The whole family is very excited for her, and she is thrilled! Jenna has an incredible love for people, and is anxious to serve the people there. We will miss her!

BarbieVille

I walked into the youngest girl’s room today and found all of the Barbie’s dressed up and sitting on furniture in a row. Lilly explained that they were playing Cinderella…and all the Barbie’s needed to try on the shoe! (I didn’t have the heart to explain they all had the same shoe size!)

Wellness Center Continued:

Nature's Garden is happy to provide advanced breast and full body Thermal Imaging and offer Lymphatic Therapies using such technology as the ST-8 Light Beam Generator. Taking the lead with the equipment, Teresa Lopez LPN CC offers years of research and experience testing and setting up healthy protocol. Teresa owned and operated a larger therapeutic business in Florida, and has come back "home" to WI. Nature's Garden also offers: Raindrop Technique, Far-Infrared Amethyst Quartz Technology, Cardio Vision, Castor Oil Press Compresses, Ionic Foot Bath, Our own Freshly made line of Herbal Tinctures and Super Greens, Whole Food and Lifestyle Consultations, a FULL SERVICE Organic Grocery Store that is 100% GMO Free, Raw Living Cuisine made in our Licensed Kitchen, Weekly Health & Cooking Classes and Weekend to Month long Retreats at Haven Woods.We will be adding chiropractic, massage and cleansing protocol as time goes on!
Prices and detailed explanations of all we do can be found at: http://www.naturesgardenspot.com/wellness.html

Quick Healthy Food, Herb Walk

Making QUICK Healthy FOOD

I bet that you are ALL BUSY. No wonder we are having so many thyroid problems in America…we are running on adrenaline! To help ease the stress in your life over what to eat when you get home after a busy day….we have created this class! Come tonight, Thursday September 16th to our Healthy Foods Made Easy class at 7:00 PM. You will not believe how easy it can be to feed the family in just minutes! Find out what foods to prep early, and how long they last fresh.

Never get sick AGAIN!

The flu and cold season is right around the corner. If you want to avoid catching all the forms of sickness, come learn how at our Living with Energy class on Tuesday September 21st at 7 pm. Find out the tricks and wonders your body holds to keep your immune system CLEAN, HAPPY AND WORKING! This really works! Ask all of us who work and live here. Everyone complains they can never call in sick….because we know they would not be telling the truth!

This weekend at Natures Garden….

ALL Organic PRODUCE 10% and you MUST come grab one of these delicious watermelons….YUM! The local organic kale is larger than our shelves, and we wish we were a museum because you have NEVER seen kale like this before! What does Chuck (our organic farmer) feed those seeds? Come stock up on acorn and butternut squash, onions and potatoes, avocados, cabbage, HONEYCRISP apples and more!

Next Week: Take a Walk with Herb Master Chris

Thursday September 23rd join us for an herb walk and see what grows wild in your garden and front lawn. Discover what healing powers those “weeds” hold! 7 pm!

NEW CLASS DESIGN!

Well LOOK at our AWESOME new class area!!!!! Last class was on making RAW taco's, salsas, and other yummy mexican food! Be sure to sign up! These are classes you DON'T want to miss!!! Also, we are video taping our classes and they will be up online for you to view and share with your friends, just for a small monthly fee, so stay tuned for more information!!! Hasta Luego! To your health, Karen and the Nature's Garden Team.

Surprse!

RAW Delicious Living Mexican Food

Come join us for a TASTY Class on Raw Mexican Foods! This Thursday at Nature’s Garden Health Center. Learn the tricks of making GREAT RAW FOODS as "sour cream", "refried beans", pesto’s, guacamole, fajitas, and limegaritas! And all for $15.00?! WOW! We want you to take control of your kitchen and ENJOY LIVING foods!
Come enjoy the company of dozens of people eating more raw foods. Our NEW fancy show kitchen is great, and this will be the first class we have with all of our new shelves in place….and it will even be decorated this week! FUN!

Class Fees

We made a change in class payments. You can make monthly payments instead of two month increment payments, so come enjoy a month of classes for just $35.00!

We have a BIG surprise coming next week….

Nature’s Garden Health Center is finally getting the Health Center at the end of our name. We have re-painted our brides room and have a wonderful room we can use for Reflexology, Thermal Imaging, Muscle Testing, Lymphatic Drainage, and Rain Drop Therapy which will all be available VERY soon! (And may I add, at the best pricing around….that’s what we do…..help YOU!)

Volunteer Day

We will have a meeting October 9th from 9-11 am for anyone interested in helping with the Tasting Safari or Healthy Living Expo October 22-23rd. If you volunteer for a 4 ½ hour time period you will receive: a 2 day pass to the expo or 2 class passes to NGHC classes. The Saturday meeting is mandatory. If you are not able to come on Saturday the 9th, please let us know ASAP. We need many volunteers to help the children get through the Tasting Safari, so please ask your friends and family! We will also be contacting high school national Honor Societies and Volunteer organizations. This will be great!
THANK YOU!

Classes Start TONIGHT!

Join us in our NEW Fancy Class Kitchen! As our classes are videotaped, available on-line and will be made available live in the future, we thought we would add some color and class. New paint, new cabinets, new lighting! Now, I DON’T decorate (we just get by), so we could use some finishing touches! Feel free to offer suggestions and help on that one!

Class tonight: Preserving the Garden: FRESH. Fruit roll ups, refrigerator pickles, canning applesauce, canning and freezing tomatoes, beans, pears and making fresh grape juice! You will enjoy the samples and learning how easy it is to put up your garden….and your neighbors’ garden too!

NOTE: Our classes are for everyone. If you are unable to attend due to finances, please let us know. You can help clean up afterward, prepare, or in other ways “pay” for the class. We do NOT want you to stay home because of money matters. That is not how we operate here at Nature’s Garden, as we will not turn people away because they can not afford to come. How awful that would be!

20-25 # Tomato Flats $18.00

Pre order your flats of local certified organic tomatoes! Please call in your order to 629-4300 and start canning today!. Thanks for the deal Chuck! Full Harvest Farm, we LOVE their produce (and so do you….we sell it in our store while in season!)

Non GMO Crusade

After the new information released these past few weeks with MORE studies and information on Bio Technology, we have decided to remove ALL products that have any GMO ingredients. Thus, we may very well be one of the first stores in WI, or America, with NO GMO’s. I have never been in a health food store or store anywhere that has made this claim, because it is hard to do! You will find a few products in the clearance section that hid their GMO’s quite well. We have been very careful to not have them, but they are in our store. At the same time we are looking for products to replace them. We can always make even more of our own organic products, but we lost our kitchen manager thanks to Roger! He set her up with a man who shops at our store and wala! They ran away together! So happy and sad are we at the same time……

Please suggest items you would like us to sell, or make. If you have time and want to spend a few hours doing some research on products for us, come on in. We want to offer you great healthy products, so please contribute ideas!

Co-Op

We have been tossing around the idea of making our health food store a large co-op. These types of stores are scattered around the US, and we are looking at becoming one of them. However, we have no idea if that would take here in Wisconsin. We want your feedback. We will have a meeting to discuss this possibility on Tuesday September 14th at 7:00 PM. Please RSVP so we know who is attending. All are welcome! A few features of a Co-op: Lower pricing on products, more local products, more bulk offers and orders, each adult in a family works 4-6 hours a month, and small if any yearly dues. We could offer bulk on produce as well, organic and non-organic, as well as get local farmers involved. Thoughts?

A Story that will make you SMILE!

We took the children to Wind Lake to see where I grew up last week. We visited the old home, the lake, the bike trails, and Heg Park. We then went to see the church I attended when growing up, St. Clares. They had built a new church, and where my old church was stood a MOUNTAIN SIZE pile of gravel. Lilly, our six year old, gently took my hand upon entering the new church and said in a quiet voice, “Mommy, I am sorry they ground up your church….”

If Your Home Was on Fire, Would You Call a Carpenter or a Fireman?

(I found this analogy and wanted to share it!)
If you want the fire out, you would call the firemen. They would come and soak your home with water, perhaps kick in a door or two and smash a few windows. Within time, the fire would be out. Then, you would call the carpenter. The carpenter would know how to fix the doors, walls, windows, floors and lay new carpeting. He could even make the home more prepared, by making sure fire alarms were set and working. If he had the correct knowledge, he would apply fire protection to your home. Analogy: Allopathic doctors (medical doctors who treat with pharmaceuticals) are the fireman. They can put a fire out, but the medications and treatments they use often leave their unnatural mark and toxic medications can be prescribed for years if not for life. Holistic Health Care and Naturopaths are the carpenters. They rebuild the body and help make them fireproof. They know what starts fires, and can build the body so these triggers are not pulled. They use foods, herbs, vitamins and minerals to do so. These are safe and natural.

Please build up your body and “fire proof” it by using the best foods. You CAN have a disease resistant body, and great immunity. Want to learn how? Attend our classes and just ask!

We believe life begets life and organs are needed in the body. We help people avoid ever having them removed. Cancer is a fungus, and can be fought, stopped and many times wiped out completely, even if on deaths’ bed. Diabetes (Type II) can be cured with food alone. WE HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN within weeks! ADD, ADHD, Acid Reflux, Arthritis, Low libido, you name it! ALL ailments are helped with proper tasty life-promoting foods. Can it really be that easy? YES! But changing a diet and ones’ eating habits is not an easy thing to do, unless they believe the changes will make a difference. We are here to assure you they WILL make a difference!

EXPO UPDATE

We met our designer and had a big meeting at the WI Expo Center at State Fair Park yesterday. We will be able to serve 1,500 children and adults at the Tasting Safari. We will be sending flyers home to thousands of Milwaukee and surrounding county area school children in a few weeks, so reserve your spot soon!

We will have an area at the expo amongst the hundreds of exhibitors for key note speakers as well as dance/yoga/martial arts demonstrations. Our four seminar rooms are quite classy and we are VERY excited for you to see who we have speaking thus far!

We will begin sending out expo information and updates to our Expo Group. If you wish to receive detailed Expo updates in the near future, please sign up for those newsletters at our website www.naturesgardenspot.com or www.vibrantlifevibrantchild.com . You can also becoming a fan on Facebook! Thanks Jenna for getting our fan page up!

We are in need of one more person to help make phone calls for the Expo and Milwaukee area Health Directory. You may do this from your own home, and must have an energetic personality and excitement for the expo! This is an enjoyable position, as so many have not heard of what we are doing and get VERY excited. Please call 629-4301 and speak to Rita if interested.