Dear Carola Clasen, yes the Liz Christy Garden is closed due to the construction, we will reopen to the public again in late 2006 or sooner(we hope). I was so happy to hear you wanted to visit our garden, I will give you a tour of the garden the next time your are in NYC, just email me a day or two before you arrive [EMAIL PROTECTED], I will also be available to take you on a tour of other Lower East Side gardens. You may like to look at our website www.lizchristygarden.org.
Donald Loggins Liz Christy Garden On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > FYI - > > From a gardener visiting a lower east side garden. The complete > message is attached,so you can see that you can't make this stuff > up.... > > "We walked a few blocks to 6th and AVE. B. I was so > excited when I saw the eclectic tower and realized > this was a garden I'd read about in "People with Dirty > Hands!" BUT, it too was closed. There were a few > people inside (and two wonderful parrots), but when I > called out to them I was first ignored and then told, > from a distance, that "when the gates are closed, > we're closed." They wouldn't even come close enough > for me to explain that I was an inner-city > community/school gardener from California. I felt like > crying. I banged my head on the gate a few times, then > took photos through the fence. > It left me with a negative feeling about the NYC > gardeners, though still admiring the gardens." > Come on, guys!!! > > We don't even let community gardeners into our saved East Side > Gardens when they ask nicely to see gardens?????? > > I mean, guys, I hear these apocryphal stories from rat-copulating > real estate developers, and poverty pimps who want to develop > alleged social service crony-friendly "programs," on our gardens > about how you can't get into LES community gardens, and I discount > them. > > But this was from the list serv of the American Community Gardening > Association. Ten Thousand Community Gardens in the US and Canada > belong to this organization. http://www.communitygarden.org > > > We need to do better, guys. Our gardens exist because we serve our > communities and are perceived to be open and welcoming to our > communities. We should never say, "when the gates are closed, > we're closed." > > Adam Honigman > Volunteer, > Clinton Community Garden > > From: Carola Clasen <> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:43:08 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [cg] Wish I'd seen Clinton Gardens! > > I just read Adam's message about the Clinton Community Garden in > NYC. It lifted my spirits. I just returned to California from a few > days in NYC. The thing I looked forward to the most was visiting > community gardens there, but, because I was there with three other > people (non-gardeners), I had only one afternoon to fit them in. It > was very disappointing. Liz Christy was closed due to construction > (not their fault, of course) so we walked a few blocks to 6th and > AVE. B. I was so excited when I saw the eclectic tower and realized > this was a garden I'd read about in "People with Dirty Hands!" > BUT, it too was closed. There were a few people inside (and two > wonderful parrots), but when I called out to them I was first > ignored and then told, from a distance, that "when the gates are > closed, we're closed." They wouldn't even come close enough for me > to explain that I was an inner-city community/school gardener from > California. I felt like crying. I banged my head on the gate a few > times, then took photos through the fence. It left me with a > negative feeling about the NYC gardeners, though still admiring the > gardens. Adam's message took some of the bad taste away... I just > chose the wrong gardens. Next time! Carola Clasen Long Beach, > California ______________________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one > of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the > ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http:// > www.communitygarden.orgTo post an e-mail to the list: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
