[Community_garden] Asbestos in Aurora, Colorado...Yikes!!!!
Friends, It can always get interesting Best wishes, Adam Honigman Lowry Garden ? (CBS4) AURORA, Colo. A construction contractor was digging next to a community garden in the Lowry neighborhood between Denver and Aurora when it accidentally created a major asbestos release last month. Inspectors from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment caught the mishap as it was happening. They said on Aug. 30 a random inspection found chunks of asbestos in plain view and just a few feet from Lowry Community Garden. Inspectors said the contractor, Lowry Assumption, had been working for 3 hours before the inspection began. Officials said the contactor was in violation of state policy that prohibits any excavation at Lowry without a certified asbestos spotter on site. This is why we have the concern, why we have spotter out there, so we know what is exactly in the trucks and what could have been removed, said Jeff Edson of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. He'd been here night before, essentially during the entire demolition, said Brent Anderson of Lowry Assumption. So it was a very small window he was not here. Since there were no air monitors present on the day of the release, the public health risk is unclear. The health department did order Lowry Assumption to notify people who garden in the area. The company said it sent a letter to the city of Aurora. Lowry Assumption has also been ordered to submit a clean-up plan to the health department. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20070914/cd760adb/attachment.html ___ 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: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
[Community_garden] Thinking of Mrs. Astor, Spring the Closing of a Hospital
Friends, I've been under the weather of late,? and like many folks living with the black dog,??misplaced?my sense of humor. ?So I've not been writing much about gardens life on Manhattan Island as I have in the past - the buzzing, booming mass, as the psychologist James brother described an infant's world (and best describes, in my humble opinion, ?life in my fair city without a sense of humor) overwhelms without a a sense of the absurd, or cheerful, Dickensian bloodymindedness.? But tonight, I'll try to manage, because the justapostion of he stars as they shine through the klieg lights of this town have inspired me to - please bear with me, I'm out of practice. My home computer broken, I'm sitting at a rent-a-computer, in a boite called The Coffee Pot, a?entreprenurial two unit coffee seller?near World Wide Plaza on 49th 9th (the former site of the penultimate, ?second Madison Square Garden that?was the New Yorker's Liebling's Garden, inspiration for his magesterial book on boxing The Sweet Science, ) However, the ?heavily muscled gentlemen using this coffee emporium's bank of rent-a-?computers this evening are not pugilists, but gentlemen fresh from the gym, trolling chat rooms and Craig's list for company.? A way of preserving one's liver while persuing Venus, or Cupid.? One is a gardener - I guess his computer is, on the?Fritz, to use?another ancient phrase.?? Washington Irving's Diedrich ?Knickerbocker, the old 9th Avenue elevated railway, the pushcarts of? Paddy's Market, the real Hell's Kitchen ( Hell's a frigid clime compared to this,) as compared to the current fashionable Heck's Kitchen, the old Madison Square Garden, Damon Runyon, and shadows of times pastMad Dog Coll was gunned down a block from where I type. Shadows real among the Starbuck's and cybercafes. That said, it's the cusp of fall, and asters are starting to bloom as the last burst of color in our New York Gardens, along with the burgeoning Dahlia show.? Mrs Brooke Astor, whose grants have enriched out public life here in NYC ( and purchased the gate and irrigation system of the Clinton Community Garden) died a few weeks ago at 105 (none younger should die) in comfort and deeply beloved by all.? I saw our Asters blooming in the CCG as I rushed in to place a bulb order for the spring, an act of optimism that currently amazes me - the future tense is hard for the depressed to parse... The garden is beautiful, new brick paths are growing, there is nothing better than a well established garden - after having put in my bulb order, I walked uptown towards my digs and came across the wake for St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital, the former St. Clare's where my late nurse wife Allegra worked for many years. St. Clare's a voluntary Catholic hospital, founded by the Sisters of Albany ( a largely defunct order, these days) served the poor in Hell's Kitchen, that the grandees at the French? Polyclinic Hospitals (also defunct) would not touch, and were too southern for Roosevelt or?St. Luke's ?Hospital. While?Hell's Kitchen?is renascent, fillled with construction cranes, Broadway Theaters and the like, the?rockit scientists ?of NY State's Berger Hospital Utilization committee deemed the hospital, and its desperately needed emergency room to be redundant - a bad choice. The hospital closed tonight, somone will die tomorrow because the two emergency rooms closest to our neighborhood are about 5 miles apart in one of the densest areas in America - lousy bureaucratic thinking that will cost lives...but there you are, and the Archdiocese will let the hospital become the St. Clares, condominiums - medicine and education, the former mainstays of the church are secondary with emptying pews.? All people decisions are hard, but the closing of this hospital is very, very hard. So what does this have to do with gardening?? Well, my late wife Allegra used to take patients down to the rosebushes she tended, (cursing their thorns) during her lunchtimes, and convinced an Iraqi ward clerk to translate the garden rules into Arabic for our Yemini users and their families, and was remembered for doing this by some of the old timers whom I was taking family pictures of, in the midst of the multi-cultural Irish wake, for a beloved hospital, killed by small mindedness, greed, and short-sighted ( is there any other kind) political decisionmaking. The garden, the folks from Spellman (the?hospital wing?for folks suffering from HIV related disease) who enjoyed the place before going to their rewards in those pre-cocktail days, an unprintable true story about Mother Theresa's visit to the Prison ward, and the sheer stupidity of those with more power than compassion filled my evening.? So many stories, so much caring, the wake blocked 52nd Street between 9th 10th avenues, the EMS guys grilling, the tears, the laughter, resignation, and the stories that will be lost once the wards become
[cg] Cleveland OH: A Cheerful New Volunteer Gardener Group
Gay garden club digs good works, humor Thursday, September 28, 2006 Brian Albrecht Plain Dealer Reporter South Euclid -- Blisters rose with buried debris as members of the newly formed Cleveland Gay Garden Club recently came out of the closet of cultural stereotypes, wielding shovels and a wry sense of humor. For two days, they dug up rocks and rusted metal, recycled old drain pipes for use as planters, and planted flowers and shrubs at the South Euclid/Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. And, yes, in addition to mums and hydrangeas, we're planting pansies, club founder Phil Iannarelli said as he shoveled, in a deliberate nod to the disparaging floral term for gays. He quickly added, with a chuckle, But they're in very butch drain pipes. Renovation of part of the library's landscaping was the club's first community beautification project. The effort represents one reason why Iannarelli formed the group this summer at a time when a gay bathhouse, reportedly the largest in the country, opened in Cleveland. I figured Cleveland should be known for something else, like a gay garden club, to counteract the bathhouse image, said Iannarelli, 64, a garden consultant/designer living in Lyndhurst. He envisioned the club as a way for gay gardeners to share common horticultural interests and tips, participate in such activities as field trips and community projects, and provide fertile ground for planting seeds of understanding. I want us to be visible at flower shows and fairs, to tell people what we do, Iannarelli said. Out of the closet and into the dirt! One of the 35 club members, Kurt Wieser, 50, said the club could show the positive, civic-minded side of the gay community, in response to the stereotyping and politics that has driven a less-than-supportive climate for gays in Ohio in recent years. Iannarelli also noted that the club will be raising more than social awareness. The club is going to be different, not because it's gay, but because of what we do, he said. We'll do things with imagination and creativity. And if it's not fun, we won't do it. For the library project, the club got donations of plants from nurseries including Gale's, Petitti's, Highland Floral, Grande's and Klyn's. It's lovely. I love the color, said Vicki Adams Cook, branch manager, regarding the formerly overgrown area that she now hopes the library can offer as a reading garden. Iannarelli said other possible club activities could include plant sales for charity, or consulting on community landscaping and garden projects -- sort of a Queer Eye for the Straight Guy/Gardener, as Iannarelli quipped. And members need not even be gay, he added, unable to resist another quip: If a straight guy wants to join the CGGC, he can. If he's drop-dead gorgeous, he MUST! Club membership already includes several women. Phil [Iannarelli] said I could be straight and join, just not straight-laced, said Ann Abid of Cleveland Heights. The club sounded like fun, and interesting, and not involving tea, she added. Another member, Sara Jane Pearman of South Euclid, had previously thought about joining a garden club. But the only ones I know are filled with little old ladies who have gardeners, she said. I think this will be a fun group because these are people who are really into plants. As for joining a group that some might pejoratively pan as pansy-planters, Pearman bristled, Pansies happen to be very nice! For more information, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 216-999-4853 Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. __ 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
Fwd: [cg] USDA Awards $4.6 Million in Grants for Community Food Projects
Amazing - some of our tax dollars spent on life - instead of the taking thereof. Thank you, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 2:51 PM Subject: [cg] USDA Awards $4.6 Million in Grants for Community Food Projects Thanks to this awards ACGA will be creating a national database of community gardens, a web-based youth garden wizard program, and supporting Garden Mosaics (www.gardenmosaics.org http://www.gardenmosaics.org/ ) Congratulations to the other grantees. A good number of the projects include a community gardening component. To view this article online, visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2006news/community_food_projects.ht ml http://webmail.puyallup.wsu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.csrees .usda.gov/newsroom/news/2006news/community_food_projects.html . USDA Awards $4.6 Million in Grants for Community Food Projects WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2006 - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced today that 32 grants totaling $4.6 million have been awarded to community organizations to help low-income Americans to eat healthfully. These grants give more Americans access to nutritious foods, Conner said. They are innovative programs that increase self-reliance of communities by giving them the opportunity to create partnerships and programs to meet their own food, farm and nutrition needs. Community Food Projects (CFP) awards will aid non-profit organizations in 19 states and one territory to carry out projects to help low-income communities. This year, for the first time, small grants of up to $25,000 were awarded for planning projects to help communities assess local needs and build collaborations that will lead to community food security projects. The grants are administered through USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES). The CFP grants, first administered in 1996, help eligible private, nonprofit entities that need a one-time infusion of funds to carry out community food projects. Projects are funded for one to three years in amounts ranging from $10,000 to $300,000. The grants require a dollar-for-dollar match in resources. The matching amounts come from a variety of sources including the grantees, partnering collaborators or local agencies. Funds have been authorized through 2007 at $5 million per year. The fiscal year 2006 grant awards are: * Jones Valley Urban Farm, Birmingham, Ala., $145,000. * Girls 2000, San Francisco, Calif., $280,000. * Whittier Area First Day Coalition, Whittier, Calif., $25,000. * Thai Community Development Center, Los Angeles, Calif., $20,000. * Middle Way House, Bloomington, Ind., $280,000. * Mid North Food Pantry, Indianapolis, Ind., $6,560. * New Orleans Food and Farm Network, New Orleans, La., $265,000. * Red Wiggler Farm, Clarksburg, Md., $11,010. * United Teen Equity Center, Lowell, Mass., $290,000. * Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville, Mass., $25,000. * Groundwork Lawrence, Lawrence, Mass., $24,435 * Warren/Conner Development Coalition, Detroit, Mich., $299,884. * Allen Neighborhood Center, Lansing, Mich., $240,000. * West Michigan Environmental Action Council, Grand Rapids, Mich., $24,100. * Youth Farm and Market Project, Minneapolis, Minn., $25,000. * Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Columbia, Mo., $73,898. * Open Harvest Natural Foods Cooperative, Lincoln, Neb., $275,982. * Taos County Economic Development Corporation, Taos, N.M., $280,900. * Farm to Table, Santa Fe, N.M., $199,924. * City Harvest, New York, N.Y., $288,793 * Lower East Side Girls Club of New York, New York, N.Y., $270,000. * Broadway Market Management Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y., $25,000. * Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, Kinston, N.C., $90,735. * American Community Gardening Association, Columbus, Ohio, $150,000. * Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, Athens, Ohio, $94,000. * Toledo Area Ministries, Toledo, Ohio, $25,000. * Legacy Cultural Learning Center, Muskogee, Okla., $13,895. * Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Fredericksburg, Texas, $124,000. * Lynchburg Grows, Lynchburg, Va., $299,912. * Garden-Raised Bounty, Olympia, Wash., $269,972. * Cascade Land Conservancy, Seattle, Wash., $25,000. * Growing Power, Milwaukee, Wis., $132,000. CSREES advances knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities by supporting research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizations. For more information, visit http://www.csrees.usda.gov http://webmail.puyallup.wsu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.csrees .usda.gov/ # Media Contact: Jennifer Martin, (202) 720-8188 This article is a service of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. News on other topics can be found on the CSREES newsroom at
[cg] Community Garden Content Advisory: NYC: Harlem Negotiations to Save Community Gardens
Reader content advisory: For persons interested in reading about how committed people in communities of color and their allies engage with the representatives of the elected officials and the development communities to create win-wins for this inner-city constituency - housing AND gardens. These minutes from Aresh Jehadi of MORE GARDENS! Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 2:16 AM Subject: Meeting of HUG (Harlem United Gardens), Councilmember Melisa Mark Viverito, and Director of GreenThumb Edie Stone Meeting of HUG (Harlem United Gardens), Councilmember Melisa Mark Viverito, and Director of GreenThumb Edie Stone September 1, 2006 HUG met at Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito's office, with Director of GreenThumb Edie Stone, and More Gardens! Coalition. The HUG community gardens present were Nueva Esperanza, 116 Block Association, Pueblo Unido, El Gallo Social Club, Magic Garden and La Cuevita. Melissa Mark-Viverito presented a list of 19 GreenThumb gardens under HPD and HPD plans for development. HUG working with alongside with More Gardens! gave to the Councilperson the request from all the gardens. The list included most endangered gardens and those recently bulldozed. Melissa with the assistance of Edie went through the gardens on the list and identified the developers and the best strategies to preserve them. The Councilperson stated that was important to maintain the gardens which are functioning according to GreenThumb rules and separate them from those that do not. Aresh Javadi displayed a map of all the council districtbs green spaces including community gardens which are endangered, permanent, bulldozed as well as vacant land. In conversations with the HPD the priority will be to preserve and maintain the gardens where they are. The challenge will be with the gardens where there are developers already appointed. Melissa will be requesting meetings with the developer, and negotiating with HPD. One alternative is to build higher buildings and preserve the gardens where they are. These are the meetings she will be requesting: 1.b Nueva Esperanzab and the African Museum of Arts. 2.b 116 Block Associationb / b Flower Garden # 1b and Yuco Development 3.b Young Devils Inc.b and 4.b El Gallob and Hope Developers 5.b La Cuevitab and Vac 2000/Loewen 6.b Magic Gardenb and EDC 7.All remaining gardens to be kept with the development. Aresh Javadi, gave an example of the Melrose community gardens and their preservation in the South Bronx. He also explained how they published the Homes with Gardens book, and how the HUG gardens are working to create a similar portfolio as well. Melissa will be asking HPD about the list of the GreenThumb gardens not included on the list. The six gardens are: Carrie McCracken Garden/TRUCE, Jirasol Association, Magic Garden, Perla del Sur Grupo PonceC1o, Pueblo Unido, United Block Association Garden. Aresh Javadi will coordinate the actions and conversations between the councilperson and the gardeners. Melissa will request a map of all the vacant HPD lots. HUG Benefit Party: October 21, 2006 Oda Jilberto of More Gardens! requested Melissa to obtain a space for celebrating this event. Melissa reports that the Julia Burgos Latin Cultural Center would cost $400. Olga Seijo will enquire about another Center. Councilperson next meeting with HUG is on Wednesday October 4th, at 6:00 pm at her office. Melissa offered her office for future HUG meetings, especially in Autumn and Winter. = Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/rtf which had a name of Councilperson Meet Note .rtf; charset=UTF-8; charset=UTF-8] __ 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
[cg] Community Gardening for Senior Citizens, Too! -
Residents at Applewood Estates reap what they sow Keeping active found to provide them with health, social benefits After spending much of their lives tilling New Jersey soil, Bill Black and Lloyd Van Doren have revived their interest in farming, turning it into a fruitful hobby in gardening. The two men are members of the Applewood Garden Club at Applewood Estates, a life-care retirement community in Freehold Township that is part of the CentraState Healthcare System. This past year, the club's membership has tripled in size to 135 members mostly because residents enjoy reaping what they sow - homegrown vegetables and flowers - as well as the chance to stay active, according to an Applewood Estates press release. Gardening is an activity that can make a difference in the lives of older adults by offering them a physical, social and recreational opportunity with their neighbors, according to the press release. On any given day, Black and Van Doren can be found cultivating a well-manicured, 40-foot-by-100-foot patch of land, according to the press release. The two men find it rewarding to use their many years of farming experience to yield a variety of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants and squash, as well as an array of flowers, the press release said. The dog days of summer don't faze them a bit, Lucille Zaayenga, an Applewood resident and club member, stated in the release. They're just plain used to it from many years of farming. As a result, the garden is a popular feature at Applewood Estates, where a $38 million expansion/renovation is under way, according to the press release. Van Doren, the club manager, stated in the press release that last year he decided to make it a community garden by allowing members to join for a $5 fee to cover the club's expenses. In exchange, residents can volunteer in the garden or simply share in its fresh produce and flowers, the press release said. Gardening is not only engaging and fun, but it's also very therapeutic, explained Heleyne Gladstein, director of sales and marketing, in the press release. It's an easy way for residents to stay active, and physical activity helps older adults stay healthier and happier, she stated in the release. Van Doren, who once owned a 192-acre hay farm in the Somerset County community of Griggstown, stated in the release that he tries to make farmers out of residents. I don't mind getting my hands dirty, he said in the release, but the greatest joy for me is giving the vegetables away. Black and Van Doren like getting on their hands and knees to plant and pick produce, but still appreciate the help they get from Applewood staff member Bernie Dzurella and teenage volunteers from the area, according to the press release. The garden at Applewood Estates is designed so that everyone, regardless of mental or physical challenges, can fully enjoy its beauty and bounty, the press release said. Some club members prefer picking, packing and delivering to digging in the soil, but everyone benefits from the handpicked vegetables, the bright bouquets of fresh flowers and the opportunity to socialize with fellow residents, the press release said. They enjoy getting the fresh fruit, and it's free, Black stated in the release. Residents who help are very much into it, and they do a good job. Black continued in the release, When we have an abundant crop, we share with residents who are not members. Last year was a good year. At one time, he grew 85 acres of tomatoes for Campbell's soup at his farm in Upper Freehold, and today he grows 95 tomato plants for Applewood, according to the press release. It's something that keeps me happy, he stated in the release. It's what I can contribute, and I'm glad to do it. Construction is ongoing at Applewood Estates to add 20 upscale cottages and 50 deluxe apartment homes in addition to a number of social and recreation areas to the existing 44-acre community. In addition, the community is undergoing a complete remodeling of all public and common areas, and the residential health-care unit and health-care center will be remodeled as well, according to the press release. The new expansion phase is expected to be completed in early 2007, with reservations currently being accepted for apartments and cottages. Hard-hat tours are now being offered, and a model cottage is expected to open soon, according to the press release. Applewood Estates is a nonprofit, all-inclusive, life-care community sponsored by the CentraState Healthcare System. Residents age 65 and older can enjoy a quality lifestyle with all the amenities of retirement-living today while ensuring that their long-term health and financial future are secure. A full continuum of care is available to residents on one campus, ranging from independent living homes, on-site health care, assisted living Check
[cg] UK:Youth Save and Restore Senior Garden
Garden project grows trust between young and older generations Published on 07/09/2006 Celebration: As the garden is re-openedJohn Story YOUNG people from the Phoenix Youth Project have injected life into Stafford Court gardens for pensioners. With the assistance of Home to Work and Home Housing, the young people cleared, planted and restored the gardens. And now the gardens of Stafford Court, Cleator Moor have been offically re-opened by the mayor of Copeland, Willis Metherell. The Phoenix Youth Project was approached by Olwen Lamb (Stafford Court Scheme manager) to inject some well needed life into the gardens. The project gave the residents of Stafford Court a garden they can enjoy for many years to come but another aim was to break down barriers between the younger and older people of Cleator Moor. This was part of The Phoenix Youth Projectbs Rewards for Actions Scheme, which is an innovative project that involves young people aged eight to 19 years working with adult volunteers carrying out a range of community based tasks/projects. For every hour, worked, points are awarded which can be exchanged for the equivalent in brewardsb. The Rewards 4 Actions project promotes young people through their own efforts whilst addressing personal, social, academic and health issues. It also hopes to create positive community involvement of young people. The rewards are trips and activities of the young peoplebs choice. This summer they have been on a number of trips: go-karting, the Hawse End Activity Centre, white water rafting at Tees Barrage, bowling and a trip to Alton Towers. Points are awarded for community tasks, such as the garden project, carrying out tasks at home and engaging in youth centre activities. This summer The Phoenix Youth Project has carried out a number of community tasks including litter picks, leaflet drops, refurbishing, painting and cleaning the centres where the project runs its youth work sessions. The youth project has now doubled its provision in the area with the following regular youth club sessions: Cleator Moorbs Crossfield Community Centre each Tuesday and Thursday; Frizington youth centre each Monday and Wednesday and Arlecdonbs Adams Hall on Thursdays. The sessions at all centres start at 6 pm for eight to 12-year-olds and at 7.30pm for 13 to 19-year-olds. However the project needs further support from the wider community and is seeking volunteers to help with the running of the three youth centres based in Cleator Moor, Frizington, and Arlecdon. For further details contact Paul Rowe, Youth Development Officer on 01946 814555. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. __ 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
[cg] Vancouver, BC: Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens
Social Fertilizer The big growth potential of urban agriculture. View full article and comments here http://thetyee.ca/Life/2006/09/12/UrbanAgriculture/ By Amanda McCuaig Published: September 12, 2006 The Peak It was 2003 when Jason O'Brien got sick of watching binners and crows rip through the large blue garbage container in the vacant lot outside his kitchen window -- the vacant lot underneath the SkyTrain on Commercial Drive. It couldn't be used for either residential or commercial space, but O'Brien had bigger outcomes in mind for the aesthetically displeasing piece of land anyway. Imagine if he could turn his backyard mess into a rehabilitation centre, a mechanism to reduce crime, promote community, give recreational space and produce food? It may sound like a lofty goal, but anyone familiar with community gardens will mention the above benefits. Hence MOBY was born. MOBY, an acronym for My Own Back Yard, is one of the newest community gardens in Vancouver. Community gardens like MOBY are primarily hobbies here in Vancouver, but internationally they are known for their ability to feed entire cities. This form of inner city food production is known as urban agriculture, a widely discussed topic at the recently held 2006 World Urban Forum in Vancouver. No veggies in the city The term urban agriculture is relatively new, as is the acceptance of urban agriculture as a viable form of sustainable food practice in the city. As few as 20 years ago, putting the words urban and agriculture together would have been unheard of. In the past, urban agriculture has been viewed by governments as a form of squatting in which people used land that they had no right to be on in order to obtain some form of food security. But food shortage crises and rising concerns about declining oil supplies have begun to give urban agriculture some legitimacy in the eyes of municipalities all over the globe. The David Suzuki Foundation estimates that much of our food travels over 2,400 kilometres just to get to our dinner table. What's even more astounding is that the production of the food needed to feed a family of four, including packaging and distribution, releases up to eight tons of carbon dioxide annually. Add to that the current migration of the world's population to cities -- with nearly 50 per cent of people in the world living in urban environments -- and urban food security becomes a huge issue. The city -- our beautiful construct of industry, services and the arts -- must be reconceptualized. Where it was previously a place where citizens could live entire lives without realizing that food comes from somewhere other than a grocery store, it must become a place where we integrate agricultural knowledge and urban life. Urban dirt Urban agriculture encompasses production, processing, and marketing, not only of vegetables, but of eggs, meat, flowers and dairy products as well. It was estimated by the United Nations Development Agency in 1996 that 15 to 20 per cent of the food produced in the world is produced by some 800 million urban and peri-urban farmers and gardeners. Many cities in the world have already taken the plunge and are accepting and promoting urban agriculture. Cities like Havana, Cuba; Kampala, Uganda; and Rosario, Argentina have done so in response to desperate food shortages, which forced them into accepting innovative ways of managing food needs. Due to such a food crisis following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Havana, Cuba, has become a fully self-sustaining city. Before 1991, Cuba had been importing as much as 50 per cent of its food from Eastern Europe under special trade agreements. The documentary Seeds in the City: The Greening of Havana explains that Havana also had a gasoline shortage, which kept trucks from importing food from rural Cuba into the cities. This combination of events left Cuba with a dire food shortage. In response to the food shortage, Cubans began to grow their own food within cities, despite strict laws against urban agriculture in places like Havana. Spaces such as rooftops, balconies and vacant lots were used for food production. The government soon warmed up to the idea, and grants of land were made to any person who promised to grow food on it. Markets were opened and urban food production not only helped to feed citizens, it eventually became profitable for urban farmers. Follow Havana Havana has set an example for the success of other cities wishing to adopt formalized versions of urban agriculture. John Ssebaana Kizito, former mayor of the city of Kampala in Uganda, boasted of urban agriculture's success in his city at the World Urban Forum. Kampala farmers not only provide fruits and vegetables, they also supply 70 per cent of the poultry products consumed in the city. In addition to food security, agriculture in the city of Kampala has opened up new job opportunities for people migrating to the urban setting.
Re: [cg] Garden layout, rules and democracy questions
Here goes for Don and folks generally interested in community gardens? Layout: First, on community garden layout. Though there are zillions of variations, I think I've seen 3 styles of plot layouts, basically - 1. a jumble of differently sized plots; 2. grouping like-sized beds together (all the 10x10s (3mx3m) here; all the 20x20s there, etc), and 3. nested plots, where a standard sized square (I've seen 50x50 (Hilton Head SC) and 25x25, that can be subdivided - for instance, one 25x25 module can be 4 'small plots' each 10x10 plus path space, the next one family 'large plot' 25x25, etc). Which approach does your garden use? Answer: To paraphrase the late great House of Representatives Speaker Tip O'Neil, All community garden layout is local - it really depends on the needs of the local community and luck, By this I mean, successful community gardens, in my experience, are never planned, from the top down, but evolve - a prime example being the Clinton Community garden whose founders said, the community wants a clean safe lawn and garden to be able to quietly enjoy- so it planted really attractive perennials and when it could afford it perennials near the gates, to draw people in, and a glass, dog feces and glass free lawn, sectioned by red brick paths and flower beds for the community of Hell's Kitchen. Then...when the community, which was more used to 24-7 drug dealing and prostitution and the mad traffic of folks trying to get to Times square, got the idea that hey, a community garden is a nice thing, then and ONLY THEN, were individual garden plots placed in the rear of our third of an acre space to accommodate 108 gardeners. To get the most, on the least amount of space, these beds were roughly the size of queen sized mattress. This kind of hybrid, combination viewing garden, which has mastergardener types maintaining it, and the rear family type plots is wildly successful, having over FIVE THOUSAND KEY HOLDERS. Here is the link to the garden: http://clintoncommunitygarden.org/ There are not many of this kind of hybrid community garden out there, but I think more folks should think of hedging their bets in terms of cg programming. Plot size will be larger in places with more acreage - key to this is making sure that all of that square footage, ( or square foot gardening) is active. On your governance question, Don, I strongly suggest that the textbook for the ACGA's Growing Communities from the Ground Up be used as a way of organizing garden governance - lots of wise community gardeners from all over the US Canada worked on that one. Best wishes, Adam Honigman (running off to Saturday part time job two) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 1:46 PM Subject: [cg] Garden layout, rules and democracy questions Hi, all, Congrats, Libby and Philly, on that wonderful garden story. Likewise, the post from NYC, Adam. Now, two questions - of course, you all know me, I have my own strong opinions on the following questions. But I'm always very interested in what other folks think, especially based on their experience, and thought I'd ask the list before I start writing and drawing. Besides, after that excellent rat discussion, who knows what you all will come up with? First, on community garden layout. Though there are zillions of variations, I think I've seen 3 styles of plot layouts, basically - 1. a jumble of differently sized plots; 2. grouping like-sized beds together (all the 10x10s (3mx3m) here; all the 20x20s there, etc), and 3. nested plots, where a standard sized square (I've seen 50x50 (Hilton Head SC) and 25x25, that can be subdivided - for instance, one 25x25 module can be 4 'small plots' each 10x10 plus path space, the next one family 'large plot' 25x25, etc). Which approach does your garden use? Also, about paths between plots...Is there a 'minimum' size? 2 ft? 3'? 4'? (or metric equivalent, 60 cm, 1m, 1.2 m)? And how about a 10ft/3m wide access path for emergency vehicles for the entire garden, I know some places insist on it (Austin?)? The meta-question in all this is, does plot layout really matter all that much? Paths? Second, on garden rules. Our Park and Rec Dept has created a guidebook for community gardens, but it is very much oriented toward staff not gardeners. I know Adam has a good example of rules, etc, from Clinton St, and there are many other good examples - my question isn't so much about good models as it is about how to set down the rules: First, do cg organizations, public or private, tend to have two guidebooks, one for gardeners, one for garden managers? And what is the best process for coming up with rules and a guidebook? Especially, how do you get citizen (and gardener) input into 'garden rule books' that an agency insists on doing strictly 'in house' (even when staff know little about community gardens and, in fact, are pretty
[cg] {Disarmed} Magnolia, TX: Community Garden Heals
Garden Helps Healing Process Thu Sep 14, 11:23 AM ET A garden in Magnolia is a labor of love that has grown through volunteers with a purpose. For the director, Judy Rose, the Helping Hands Community Garden was at first a way to deal with a loved one's illness. When my daughter was first diagnosed with anorexia, and pleading, bribing, begging didn't get her to eat, I had to deal with that kind of frustration, Rose said. Rose chose to deal with her frustration by getting her hands dirty. The day-to-day coming out in the sun, putting your hands in the soil, watching a little seed under tons of pressure break forth and come into new life, I was thinking that is the way it will be for her, she said. But when her daughter died, Rose said, she needed something more. She said it was God who led her to forming the community garden in Magnolia, located at 31355 Industrial Park Road. There were mornings I would be out here every day, and my quiet time would start and end here, Rose said. That (was a) place to put all that energy and that grief. Rose said it was hard in the beginning. At times when I felt I just could not go to another politician and ask again for land and someone would come along and say, 'Don't give up,' she said. And she didn't. After three years, the little garden came into its own. The community garden offers plots to anyone who wants one, including three with easy access for those with disabilities. I spend a lot of time weeding and planting, Rose said. It is great to see those little seeds come up and produce, said Carol Stephens, a master gardener volunteer. The community garden depends on volunteers, although some admit it can be tough during the summer heat. It's unbearable, volunteer Marshal Ferguson said. But Ferguson said it's worth it. He and Aaron Coleson are using their time in the garden to earn a community service scout badge. Just to see what you have done already and see how much better it looks when you are done, Coleson said. You look at it afterwards -- that was easy, but while you are doing it, it was just like, 'Man this is hard work,' Marshall said. The unclaimed plots of land are used to grow vegetables for the Society of Samaritan's food shelter next door. Even if you don't know a thing about gardening, whatever skill you have, it can be utilized in one way or another. It really makes you feel good to come out and help, volunteer Carol Stephens said. In the end, Rose has found her peace and in the process, offered it to many others. Anyone can get a plot of land in the community garden and use it to grow whatever they want. The community garden has a wish list of things and resources that they need. Interested gardeners Tar paper (used for walk paths) Hay Rotted manure Mushroom compost Wooden lattice (scrap pieces are fine) Seventy-five feet of garden hose Steel edging Newspapers, junk mail and phone books for the recycled paper Dumpster For more information or to donate, visit www.magnoliatexas.org/helpinghands or call Rose at 281-356-8743. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. __ 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
[cg] Troy, Montana: Garden Takes Root In Troy
Garden takes root in Troy Roger Larsen looks over his plot in the Troy community garden. By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter Some folks in Troy are attempting to reintroduce the word community back into the community. What better way than with a community garden. We all have plots and it's bringing people together, said Troy's Roger Larsen, one of the garden's three founders. Now in its fourth year, the garden has grown from five plots to 11. It's located on a 10,000-square-foot, fenced-in lot at Kootenai Avenue and Fourth Street. Property owner Connie Boyd, whose business, Medicine Tree Primary Care, shares the property, donated the use of her land and water for the garden. Connie has been so kind about it, said Becca Martin, who every year has participated in the community garden. I was carrying leaves with my hands and she said, 'Becca, I've got a wheelbarrow.' Larsen came up with the idea for the garden because he had one at his former home in Portland, Ore. Steve Bowen, whose family owns Gambles Store in Troy, and Roxie Rubier helped Larsen get it started and find a location. We were looking for plots and a friend talked to Connie, Larsen said. Volunteers cleaned up the lot, which has been used for horses. It had been vacant for 10 years and was a pile of weeds, Larsen said. Gardeners do not need to pay rent, just abide by two rules. Everything has to be organic and legal, Larsen said. It's very simple. Putting in the garden involved volunteers and donations. Steve Garrett used his tractor to plow up the garden at no charge. Someone donated a rototiller, and someone donated a grill for cookouts. Another person provided a picnic table. Cecil McDougall donated one of his storage units near the garden for tools. Bowen, who doesn't have a plot in the garden because he has a garden at home, gives his time to mowing, weeding and running the rototiller. Becca Martin and her husband, Ralph, appreciate the garden. We have cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, beans and spaghetti squash, Becca Martin said. Of course, my husband has to have his potatoes and onions. The Martins choose to drive the 7 miles to Troy from their home on Bull Lake Road because the soil in the community garden is better than their soil at home. Also it's easier for Ralph Martin to get around in his wheelchair. He's gets out there, digs and weeds, and gets it all ready, Becca Martin said. I think it's good therapy. And, it's better to work with people, she continued. We have so much fun. I met somebody new, and she told me all of these natural remedies to keep ants away and how to have tomatoes be sweeter. People head for the garden at all hours. Becca Martin's favorite time is the morning. I usually have my breakfast munching through the tomatoes, my beans and broccoli, she said. Sometimes I just go down, get my mocha and sit in the garden to start my day. Rubier also likes the idea of the garden bringing people together. We've had some new faces every year, she said. It's fun to share ideas about gardening and sometimes we share recipes. Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} Thoughts on Terriers and Non-Poisonous Rat Abatement
Friends, From ancient Roman days to the onset of the creation of large chemical concerns in the 19th Centuries, poison was considered too valuable to use on mere vermin, but was a rare substance, fit for Political assasinations by the likes of the family of Julius Caesar and the Borgias ( this is a good excuse as any to take out the I Claudius, BBC series for a video orgy of good TV at home.) The abatement of rodents, in houses, farms and gardens was handled by owls, cats and our friends the terrier family of dogs. Yes the cute ones. Humans bred them to go to ground and kill vermin. Waste precious poison on a rat? Never. An interesting link: http://www.terrierman.com/dogsrats.htm In the spirit of Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal, but more seriously, and humanely, I sincerely suggest that garden organizations interested in non-toxic, organic rat abatement consider approaching the local Kennel Club for a group that does field trials for terriers. You will find a hunter type, who will be delighted to have the basements, gardens and parks of your community as a place to train his terriers in the traditional art of rat catching. And you'll find that often, many of these folks, who engage in traditional skills are amusing, humane people, who are crackerjack gardeners. Best wishes, Adam Honigman Organic Community Gardener -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 4:38 PM Subject: RE: [NYC-GardensCoalition] Re: [cg] rats,solutions to - Jack Russell Terriers - Not Lunchtime Reading Adam Boy do I wish your Lord Ratman was still around. Much better than trying to lure owls or keeping a ferret Illegally to take care of the rats! It's precisely because the rats are looking for water that they eat the nice juicy tomatoes. And not just those close to the ground, either. You can also watch rats climb the stalk of a sunflower to get at the seeds.Filling in the burrows with stones often only leads to a new dig right next to the filled-in spot. Even putting a nasty packet of poison all the way down before closing the burrow doesn't help for long. Do you suppose someone might come forward to take the place ot the aforementioned Ratman? Or is that too much to hope for? Good luck to all who are infested. Renata (Rockwell Pl. Garden) - Original Message - From: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9/12/2006 2:05:12 PM Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] Re: [cg] rats,solutions to - Jack Russell Terriers - Not Lunchtime Reading Friends, Remember the Jack Russell terrier on Kelsey Grammer TV series Frasier,? Adorable, no? Well...the Jack Russell terrier, traditionally trained is the ultimate mad-dog killer, of rats and other small vermin. They are truly vicious, when their are discouraged from being cute, and are their natural Cujo selves. For this the Jack Russell Terrier was bred. The ultimate rat killing machine. Year ago on the lower east side, Chinatown, Harlem and certain select parts of the yet ungentrified Upper West Side, there was a rather droll Welshman who trawled the streets in an old Volvo with six, count 'em six, Jack Russell terriers, looking for scouts, usually kids or street people who would tip him off to basements and apartments to clean out with his troop. Known as, that crazy dog man, that white man with the killer dogs, or Lord Ratman, and variants thereof, this guy wore a tweed jacket, cap, always carried a hip flask, had a wildly veined alcholic's nose that I swear shone like something out of the Pickwick Papers, thick deerskin gloves, smoked a pipe filled with Balkan Sobranie. you cannot make up someone like this - God or the Devil sends these people to walk the earth... Lord Ratman, a valuable service for several communities - organic, non-poisonous rodent abatement (earth friendly, as some of our Kumbaya singing comrades might say) in persuit of blood sport. And the cute, Frasier, type Jack Russell terriers were as vicious as pirahna or Vice President Cheyney. I saw one Jack Russell down a hole in the old Liz Christy garden, the earth literally shook above the hole, and watched it pull up a Norway rat larger than it was to praise ( and piece of raw liver) from Lord Ratman. In retrospect, Lord Ratman, had to have been a semi-pathological individual, but he was loved on certain streets of NYC, where the city's rat patrol, feared to tread. And for weeks after he had left a building, nobody's baby got bitten - As Martha Stewart would say, a good thing. Thinking of MAD DOGS, Welshmen, rat abatement and gardens, Adam Honigman Gardener, Hell's Kitchen New York -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL
Re: [cg] rats, solutions to - Jack Russell Terriers - Not Lunchtime Reading
Friends, Remember the Jack Russell terrier on Kelsey Grammer TV series Frasier,? Adorable, no? Well...the Jack Russell terrier, traditionally trained is the ultimate mad-dog killer, of rats and other small vermin. They are truly vicious, when their are discouraged from being cute, and are their natural Cujo selves. For this the Jack Russell Terrier was bred. The ultimate rat killing machine. Year ago on the lower east side, Chinatown, Harlem and certain select parts of the yet ungentrified Upper West Side, there was a rather droll Welshman who trawled the streets in an old Volvo with six, count 'em six, Jack Russell terriers, looking for scouts, usually kids or street people who would tip him off to basements and apartments to clean out with his troop. Known as, that crazy dog man, that white man with the killer dogs, or Lord Ratman, and variants thereof, this guy wore a tweed jacket, cap, always carried a hip flask, had a wildly veined alcholic's nose that I swear shone like something out of the Pickwick Papers, thick deerskin gloves, smoked a pipe filled with Balkan Sobranie. you cannot make up someone like this - God or the Devil sends these people to walk the earth... Lord Ratman, a valuable service for several communities - organic, non-poisonous rodent abatement (earth friendly, as some of our Kumbaya singing comrades might say) in persuit of blood sport. And the cute, Frasier, type Jack Russell terriers were as vicious as pirahna or Vice President Cheyney. I saw one Jack Russell down a hole in the old Liz Christy garden, the earth literally shook above the hole, and watched it pull up a Norway rat larger than it was to praise ( and piece of raw liver) from Lord Ratman. In retrospect, Lord Ratman, had to have been a semi-pathological individual, but he was loved on certain streets of NYC, where the city's rat patrol, feared to tread. And for weeks after he had left a building, nobody's baby got bitten - As Martha Stewart would say, a good thing. Thinking of MAD DOGS, Welshmen, rat abatement and gardens, Adam Honigman Gardener, Hell's Kitchen New York -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 4:12 PM Subject: RE: [cg] rats, solutions to Conventional wisdom is that rats need 4 things - food, water, harborage (place to burrow), and cover. Remove any or all of those things, and they tend to go away. That means: - Don't have any standing water in your garden - no containers that will collect rain water, for instance. - Harvest crops when they are ripe, and keep them off of the ground. Don't let spoiled fruits sit on the ground. Grow crops vertically as much as possible. - Elevate composters about a foot and turn them often. Chop materials before you add them to the composters. Line composters with hardware cloth. - If you find rat burrows, break them up and/or fill them with soil or other materials. Pick up pieces of wood, etc. that provide good protection for burrow entrances. - Pull, kill, or remove weeds, particularly along fence lines. Try to keep an area clear of cover about 200 feet beyond the edges of your garden. Most of these are just good garden hygiene. You can get fancier. Remember that gardens don't cause rats. They have to come from somewhere else. Your real problem may be outside the garden, particularly if you are good about cleaning out the garden before winter. Good luck. JH Jack N. Hale Executive Director Knox Parks Foundation 75 Laurel Street Hartford, CT 06106 860/951-7694 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emily Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 4:53 PM To: BQLT Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] rats, solutions to The community garden I belong to has recently developed a problem with rats around our compost bins for the first time in many many years. We're trying to find out what other community gardens have done to successfully get rid of rodents - hopefully without using poison or traps (we have other wildlife, squirrels, a resident cat, small children, birds, etc.) that we'd like NOT to negatively impact Emily __ 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 __ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners.
[cg] THE ACGA RESEARCH COMMITTEE EXISTS TO AID THIS KIND OF QUERY
Dear ACGA, the Research Committee and Amanda, Vinnie Bevine looks like he has the opportunity to change lives in a community by community gardening and needs help, asap to get it done. We should have the research - can we get it to him via e-mail attachment so he can have the matter at hand as he's writing the proposal - in real time, in about a week? Thanking you in advance for your cooperation, Adam Honigman Grantwriting ACGA rank-and-file member. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 2:04 PM Subject: [cg] Community gardening and gang / prevention Dear community gardeners: I wanted to know if anyone out there could share some information regarding community gardens and gang or violence prevention. I am writing a proposal for a grant for the funding of a community garden, and it is asking me to specifically describe how the project will contribute to a safe and gang-free community. Does anyone have any research or anything concrete that I could use that shows that community gardens reduce community violence? Thanks a whole lot! Vinnie Bevivino Community Garden Educator The Engaged University Initiative Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program 1231D Tawes Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 office - 301/314-2744 cell - 202/360-1805 fax - 301/314-2533 __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
ATTN CG RESEARCH GROUP: [cg] Kingston Food Miles Study [ON, Canada]
Looks like a great study - there's an ACGA group that's collecting Community Garden research for the purpose of arguing for community gardens - a quick glance makes this look like a great candidate. Thanks Sunny!!! This is EXACTLY what many interested community gardeners are looking for as part of the content mix on this listserve. Best wishes, Adam Honigman Dues Paying Rank-and File ACGA member -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 7:07 PM Subject: [cg] Kingston Food Miles Study [ON, Canada] Ladies and gents, I did not have the chance to say that it's good to hear of all the things you speak of on this list serve.In this I felt like contributing in hopes that it might help someone somewhere - maybe for arguing for more community gardens? I've done a small side research project in addition to my main project report on urban agriculture on food miles in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In addition, the link to the companion study from Waterloo, Ontario is within it. Feel free to download it from: http://qlink.queensu.ca/~0sol/ KTfoodmilesreport_final.pdf My last test indicated it wasn't in error - please do correct me. The sun smile on all of you, Sunny Lam Graduate Student Masters of Environmental Studies School of Environmental Studies Biosciences Complex Rm 2112b Queen's University Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada Phone: +1 613 531-0260 Office Phone: +1 613 533 6000 ext. 78576 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} Fwd: [NYC-GardensCoalition] NYCCGC 2006 Gardeners Forum report -- please distribute
Please let me know if you can't get the PDF file opened, or if the ACGA system cut off the PDF attachement. I guess you can ask Magali Regis to send one to you if you request it from her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best wishes, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:01 PM Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] NYCCGC 2006 Gardeners Forum report -- please distribute Greetings! Hope you all had a great summer...still 21 days left! I meant to send you this earlier but I had some technical difficulties sending emails from this account in Europe for the past couple of weeks. Thanks to Jon Crow for the design and production of the enclosed newsletter. Take time to read it. Most likely, it will answer the many questions you have about New York City Community Gardens. _ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jon Crow Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CyberGardens Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] NYCCGC 2006 Gardeners Forum report -- please distribute widely!! On Saturday, April 22, 2006 the New York City Community Gardens Coalition sponsored the second annual Panel Discussion and Open Forum on the status of NYC Community Gardens. Once again held at ManhattanCBCb,Cbs CUNY Graduate Center, the event featured keynote speaker Elliot Spitzer, invited speakers from the New York State Attorney GeneralCBCb,Cbs O-ffice, GreenThumb, NYC ParkCBCb,Cbs Dept, HPD, The New York Restoration Project, Bronx Green Up, and the American Community Gardening Association. Attached, please find the NYCCGC 2006 Forum Report. PLEASE HELP US DISTRIBUTE THIS TO ALL YOUR LISTS!!! If you're not able to access the file, please email the address below. More information: 212.402.1121 x7 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the discussion: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ A note from Haja Worley, New York City Community Gardens Coalition Dear Gardeners/Guardians: I hope you will appreciate the Forum Report, and that it will inspire ideas and plans as we go forward. The 2006 Community Gardeners Forum is an example of just how far the community garden movement has come. The questions asked and issues explored are indicators of all weCBCb,Cbve accomplished as well as all that lies ahead of us. We each need to take into account how extraordinarily valuable community gardens are to the social, environmental, and economic fabric of this city. As we face politicians and policy makers it is critical that we know ourselves not only as CBCb,CEgardeners,CBCb,CB but as guardians of the land; we are grassroots developers. Our contribution to our cityCBCb,Cbs infrastructure is huge. If one were to assign a dollar amount to all the CBCb,CEcommunity developmentCBCb,CB we as gardeners have accomplished, and the impact we have had on the development and maintenance of the CBCb,CEurban forest,CBCb,CB the figure would be staggering. Our challenge, as we go forward, is to arm ourselves with the history of our achievements and the numerous ways in which we have positively impacted our neighborhoods and the city at large. Unity is key to our future success. We need to work toward solidifying policies and building legislation that will secure our existance and recognize the magnitude of our contributions. Please help us prepare for the 2007 Community Gardeners Forum. Remember that the agreement between the City of New York and the State Attorney General expires in 2010. We should take advantage of the time we have to ensure our permanence. The fact that many gardens are under the auspices of Parks and Recreation does not in itself guarantee their permanence. As evidenced in the Bronx, CBCb,CEeminent domainCBCb,CB is being used to take over parkland for a new Yankee Stadium, and a water filtration plant is being imposed on Van Cortlandt Park There is much to do. I invite you to work with us; stay in touch; come to meetings and other events. Give us your feedback! Keep it green! __ Ackwowledgements: Special thanks to the following volunteers and organizations for their contributions to the 2006 Community Gardeners Forum: NYCCGC GreenThumb Green Guerillas CUNY Graduate Center More Gardens! Integral Yoga Gardeners' Forum Committee: James Austin, Jon Crow, Efrat Eizenberg, Rebecca Ferguson, Aresh Javadi, Magali Regis, Karen Washington, Johnese Wilson, Hannah Riseley White, Haja Worley Gardeners' Forum Panelists: Tom Congdon, New York State Attorney General's Office William Curtis-Bey, New York Restoration Project Rebecca Ferguson, American Community Gardening Association Todd Forrest, Bronx Green Up Karen Hu, HPD Jack Linn, New York City Dept. of Parks Recreation Edie Stone, GreenThumb Keynote Speaker: Elliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General last
[cg] A 30 Year Old Community Garden!!!! One of the Few In Captivity!!!!
Congratulations Libby Thirty Years!!! What an achievement. Thanks for showing us all that it can be done! And it's great that you've invited and acknowledged the support you've had from your local elected officials from both sides of the aisle. Community gardens ARE a baby that politicians of both parties should kiss, and support with legislative support and maybe a few grantshint, hint. Best regards, Adam Honigman NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 8:04 PM Subject: [cg] 30th on the 30th SOUTHWARK/QUEEN VILLAGE COMMUNITY GARDEN will be celebrating its 30th year of growing together on September 30, 2006. From 11 AM to 2 PM there will be an open house with light refreshments prepared and served by the gardeners. Everyone is invited to join us for garden tours and conversation. Check out our easy do it watering system and our solar electric system for powering our tools and even some lighting as well as the wide variety of herbs, vegetables, fruit and flowers grown by our 70 community gardeners. All of our many supporters from Mayor Street and Governor Rendell to Senator Specter and members of city council and the Pennsylvania legislature have been invited. (We wouldnt be here were it not for them.) Visitors might even be able to grab them for a brief private conversation. If people want to hang around for more substantial food, our 30th ANNUAL BARBECUE with a whole roast pig and all manner of vegetarian side dishes will begin at 2 PM. Barby tickets are $10 for grown-ups and $5 for kids under 12. If you're in the neighborhood, do come by! __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Libby, Nebraska: Organic Community Garden Overflows
Organic community garden overflows Diane Rode, left, and Paula Schauss work in a community garden in Northwood. (Photo by Gwen Albers) By GWEN ALBERS Western News Reporter Two Libby women with help from friends, neighbors and co-workers have cultivated a community garden overflowing with vegetables and flowers. It all started when retired carpenter Bill Johnson in April moved to a home in Northwood. The yard at one time had a garden, which Johnson's daughter, Paula Schauss, and her co-worker, Diane Rode, wanted to resurrect. What's funny is neither of us had a place for a garden, but when my dad found this place, I went to Diane and said, 'I found your garden,' said Schauss. It's been a great year, Rode added. We got a real early start and didn't get hailed on. They couldn't have done it without help from many including Schauss' sister, Gloria Byrnes, and Johnson, who grew up on a farm in Wisconsin during the Depression. Rode had her own expertise; she once managed an organic produce department in Helena. We work full-time and it was a long process to get it planted, said Schauss, who like Rode is an administrative support employee for CDM. CDM is one of the contractors hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the multi-million dollar asbestos cleanup in Libby. We inherited an asparagus patch, Rode said. It took Paula and I five days to weed it. A neighbor graciously offered to rototill the 125- by 30-foot plot, while a local farmer donated manure for fertilizer. Another friend donated poles for building a high enough, deer-proof fence. It all turned out so beautiful, Rode said. We wanted a beautiful garden. With the river and Cabinet Mountains, it's one of the most beautiful gardens. The organically grown garden has not been treated with pesticides or chemicals - just manure from cows and mink. The women planted Napa cabbage to trap insects. The bugs love it and ate that and not everything else around it, Rode said. The garden has carrots, spinach, lettuce, beets, turnips, peas, broccoli, onions, cantaloupe and watermelon. The are three varieties of kale, five varieties of Swiss chard, eight types of summer squash, six varieties of winter squash and green beans, and numerous herbs. To brighten up the garden, a mix of perennial flowers with annuals were planted. They also created a prayer wheel with flowers. This is a place where you can give thanks to all, Rode said. You can come in the middle and give thanks to people we know, people who are ill. It's a special place. The gardeners give away a lot of their produce and flowers. We have friends who come and pick, Rode said. On Wednesday nights, they have garden dinners. We pick from the garden and make our meals, Schauss said. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Santa Cruz, CA: Great Community Garden Project for Santa Cruz
A garden in Freedom Grows thousands of pounds of veggies for the hungry By Emily Saarman Sentinel Correspondent FREEDOM b Volunteers from Second Harvest Food Bank in Watsonville harvested almost 900 pounds of crisp cucumbers, glossy chili peppers, squash and corn from a local garden Saturday. The garden belongs to Carol and Barry Wallace of Freedom. Inspired by the nationwide Plant a Row campaign, which encourages gardeners to plant a row for the hungry, the Wallaces began donating produce from their garden in 1999. I was upset by the statistics of how many hungry people there are in the county so I decided to plant a garden for them, said Carol Wallace, who works as a deputy fire marshal in Aptos. The Wallaces soon found that their busy work schedules made it difficult to cultivate the land so they turned the garden over to volunteers from the food bank three years ago. Over the years, the Wallaces and the food bank have figured out what grows best on the rich land surrounded by apple orchards. Summer and winter squash are especially prolific, as are corn and cucumbers. I think it's important for food to be interesting so we grow things that are fun and enjoyable, not just the basic nutrition, Carol said. Squash plants produce lots of food very quickly. Considering the 2.2 million pounds of produce the food bank distributes to 43,000 hungry people Santa Cruz and San Benito counties each year, the 3,000 pounds that comes out of the Wallace's garden is a mere drop in the bucket. But Lee Mercer, the food bank's outreach director, says it's an important piece of the puzzle. We try to grow culturally appropriate food that we don't often recieve as donations, Mercer said. Tomatillos, tomatoes and chili peppers, which grow readily in the garden, make a special treat for the hungry. Mercer sees every day in the garden as an opportunity to educate volunteers about nutrition and get people excited about fresh fruits and vegetables. Many of his volunteers are recipients of the food bank's bounty. Saturday, the volunteers were mostly high school girls putting in community service hours for their school. In return for their pains they received a cookbook called Fast Meals and Quick Snacks: a Cookbook for Teens. Just as often we'll have middle-aged men and women who have worked in the fields or gardened back in Mexico, Mercer said. We often learn as much from them as they learn from us. Mercer said a volunteer taught him that purslane, a common garden weed, was good to eat and helped him save sickly peppers with a little extra water. During the past few years, the volume of produce harvested from the garden has been slowly increasing. Last year volunteers pulled 3,500 pounds of food from the garden and Mercer said this year is looking even better. All the plants are grown organically and many of them are donated by local nurseries or sprouted in the Wallace's greenhouse from seeds harvested the previous year. The Wallaces till the land once a year, maintain the irrigation system and spend about $5 per month on water. In return, they enjoy a burgeoning garden and a strong connection to the community. The Food bank's organizational effort is funded by a grant from the California Nutrition Network, a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Stamp Nutrition Education program. The grant also helps the food bank distribute seedlings and seeds to help hungry people grow a garden of their own. Where we'd love to go from here is a community garden where people could grow their own food, Mercer said. The city of Watsonville has a plot of land but unfortunately we don't have staffing or funding for the project right now. Contact Emily Saarman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] lFt. Wayne, Indiana: Sometimes Community Gardens Don't Work Out....
Friends, Sometimes when community gardens are started from the top down, they fail when Mom, or Dad, isn't intimately involved - this from the A good idea, recycled Glenn Voris hopes the community appreciates a new park more than his neglected community garden By Cindy Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voris puts the final touches on a plaque honoring the late b Miss Virginiab Schrantz, who helped care for the homeless and needy. Photos by Steve Linsenmayer of The News-Sentinel Glenn Voris, left, is giving up on his neglected community garden project at 1424 E. Creighton Ave. in favor of a park in honor of the late b Miss Virginiab Schrantz, who ran a mission house in the neighborhood. Garden founder and caretaker Voris and volunteer Randall Conliff stand near a vandalized sundial. Glenn Voris is about to spit in the eye of failure, sucker-punch defeat, and defy bitterness. The man who created a community garden on Creighton Avenue, only to see it grow into a forlorn-looking, overgrown weed patch, is starting over again. Plans this time call for a low-maintenance, grassy park-like setting on three lots he owns in the 1400 block of Creighton Avenue. Voris sowed the seeds of Atlas Community Gardens in 2001, when he converted the property to a community garden, complete with raised beds. The idea was to provide space for area residents to grow their own vegetables. b I thought, bBoy, that will be the most beautiful thing in the world,bb he said. The community threw its support behind Voris, with several foundations donating money to the cause. A cookout in the spring of 2001 attracted dozens of neighbors. b Our garden that year just took off with all this enthusiasm,b he said. But Voris, who lives in North Manchester and is an avid gardener, found himself at the community gardens from morning to evening about six days a week during the summer. Finally, people started telling him to let the community take care of its garden. Thatbs when the problems started. b I overestimated peoplebs interest in gardening,b he said. Once he relinquished control, the property started going downhill. People would help themselves to ripe tomatoes, and someone even stole the sundial in the center of the garden. b It just went from bad to worse,b Voris said. Today he finds it an embarrassment. b Itbs a jungle. (Neighborhood Code) is all over me like a wet blanket.b But hebs not bitter, and he doesnbt blame anybody but himself. b I feel Ibm the one thatbs failed them all,b he said, referring to neighbors, city officials and the foundations that gave money for the community garden. This spring he sent out letters to all the original gardeners establishing a clean up date, b but no one showed up.b But with the announcement earlier this summer that the city was undertaking a massive urban renewal effort in the Hanna-Creighton area, Voris got motivated to try a new approach . b Ibve got the biggest eyesore in the world,b he said b but not for long. He plans to enlist the help of a contractor to excavate the raised beds, level the ground and turn it into a small green space. He would like to use crews from Community Corrections to keep it mowed. Voris plans to name the park in honor of the late Virginia b Miss Virginiab Schrantz, who operated a mission house nearby that provided food, shelter and other care for the needy. A plaque bearing a portrait of Miss Virginia will be mounted near an entrance to the park. Asked how he felt about the community abandoning the gardens, Voris said, b I guess it broke my heart.b But he was quick to add, b Ibm not whining. All Ibm going to do is change the course, and webll still have something nice for the community.b Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Toledo Ohio: Community Gardens - Urban Greenewal: Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers are thriving in lots throughout the city
COMMUNITY GARDENS Urban greenewal: Fruits, vegetables, and flowers are thriving in lots throughout the city Taylor Howard, 6, left, and Nazhiere Taylor, 6, check to see whatbs growing in the garden at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Toledo. ( THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER ) Zoom | Photo Reprints By KARAMAGI RUJUMBA BLADE STAFF WRITER Jennifer Dennis vaguely recalls playing in her mother's garden as a little girl. But in the past couple of years, the 15-year-old Whitmer High School 10th grader has discovered the joy of tending plants in a small community garden in her West Toledo neighborhood. I love it. It's a lot of fun, she said on a recent summer morning, hunched over a raised vegetable bed pulling dew-covered weeds from soil in a garden enclosed in the courtyard at Washington Junior High School. Cucumbers are abundant for harvesters Taylor Howard, 6, left, Maria Dee, 4, second from right, and counselor Shevis Harris, right, at the Frederick Douglass Community Center garden. ( THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER ) Zoom | Photo Reprints She is among many people who enjoy spending a few hours a week in the late spring and summer working in recreational community gardens across the city. Community gardening on vacant city lots and on school, church, neighborhood, and civic organizations' grounds has been booming for the past couple of decades in many cities across the country. In Toledo, about 37 community gardens have sprouted up following the creation of Toledo GROWs in 1995. A gardening outreach initiative of Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo GROWs was started by the Ohio State University extension office. Kathy Striker tends plants in the garden at the Ten Eyck Tower apartment complex near downtown Toledo. ( THE BLADE/HERRAL LONG ) Zoom | Photo Reprints We function as a plant library. We provide resources like gardening tools, wood chips for gardens, seeds, and - most of all - education on how to improve soil quality for a garden, said Michael Szuberla, director of Toledo GROWs. He said community gardens make an impact in many cities, increasing the value of homes in some neighborhoods and promoting resident stability in apartment complexes where people generally don't have green space. Jennifer Dennis uses shears to trim a bush in the garden at Washington Junior High School. ( THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT ) Zoom | Photo Reprints On a sunny Saturday morning, Mr. Szuberla pulled weeds in the community garden at the Ten Eyck Tower apartment complex at Jefferson Avenue and 21st Street near downtown. He worked with a group of teenagers in the Community Integration and Training for Employment Program of the Lucas County Juvenile Court system. The group is among five summer programs partnered with Toledo GROWs to work on community gardens in the city. One of the challenges of urban gardening is the breaking of the ground, Mr. Szuberla said. In most cases, we end up just piling a lot of dirt and manure on the lot, and that is how we start the garden. At Washington Junior High, community gardening has opened the eyes of students who never really thought of gardening as something people do for fun, said Scott Michaelis, a math teacher and special projects educator. The garden was started in 2002. It is in an enclosed compound that was once an empty floodplain that students barely frequented. With a row of raised garden beds, a gazebo, and wooden benches, the garden is now a popular student hangout. It has a manicured lawn and shade from a few cherry and apple trees, Mr. Michaelis said. Every year, the students add to the garden, which has gone from a few simple beds to an area featuring a range of flowers, along with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, spearmint beds, and a rock garden, he said. During the academic year, the garden is run by the school's student council. In the summer, it is maintained by students and former students. Drew Kidd, 14, a ninth grader at Whitmer, said he loves spending some of his summer mornings working in the Washington Junior High garden. It's fun, he said. I like working in the garden because it gives me something to do and I also like to have something to do outdoors when the weather is good. For Shirley Tucker, a longtime Ten Eyck Tower resident, the community garden in front of her building is not only for recreation, but for her health. I have multiple sclerosis and I am limited in my exercise. Gardening is my exercise, she said, noting that she likes to rise early in the morning to work in her raised-bed section of the garden, where she grows squash, collard greens, potatoes, okra, and red and white onions. The most exciting thing for me is when I come into the garden in the summer and look under a leaf or a bush and see something new, Ms. Tucker said. That's one of the reasons I love gardening because I am often surprised by what will grow. Contact Karamagi Rujumba at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 419-724-6064
Re: [cg] Suggestions for Flower Show
Hmmm... To show a community garden in 400 sq feet at a garden show, in miniature- Elements that I'd have would be a small raised bed with a plank like seat, long handed tools, and perhaps a crutch or wheelchair next to it, with a colorful garden bag slung from it with a worn, but cheeful garden hat, and an Desert fatigue slouch hat with badges from the 82nd Airborne, or a Marine Outfit And a stack of brochures on the bench from the American Horticultural Therapy Association, and Disabled American Veterans - and very colorful flowers - a cheerful knockout. And I'd have a children's bed, with a Raggedy Ann/Andy Scarecrow, and seed package plant markers, and signs written by a child in crayon, but hit with water enough to look like it had been out in the season. If you can get a sunflower to bloom for the show, that would say, kid, with signs that say GROW CARROT GROW!! And I'd have a small section of veggies, in a row, called GROW A ROW FOR THE HUNGRY , with some bell jars, and a crate, and perhaps a flyer from a food bank and some pictures and statistics about hunger in America And I'd show a garden bench - with and a bulletin board, with news of a garden, the American Community Gardening Association, and some inspirational news articles on community gardening, like the kind we share here on the listserv ;) And maybe the phrases, community gardening is 50% gardening and 100% politics, growing community from the ground up. And I'd show a garden fence - On one side would be syringes, broken bottles, crack vile and an overturned garbage can, with perhaps a television set playing riots, fires, hunger and urban problems in a video loop., And on the other side of the fence, there would be a virtual riot of hollyhocks roses, irises, a few sunflowers, the garden sign and the legend, Community Gardens Save the World. But whatever you do Fred, it will be great, because you are the best. Regards, Adam Honigman Gardener from this small island on the Right Coast -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 8:11 AM Subject: [cg] Suggestions for Flower Show Say, every once in a few years i do a community garden exhibit at the Southeastern Flower Show. it's a ton of work, you have to design and build a 400 square foot garden in the middle of February and the show has lots of rules about seasonal appropriateness and borders to contain mulch and so on and so forth. mostly it's a great opportunity to educate the public about community gardening, since 40,000 gardeners visit the show each year. also, they provide a subsidy that makes it affordable. i'm writing because i've done the show five times over the years and i'm looking for suggestions about creating an exhibit that looks fresh and new and different than the ones i've done in the past. with only so much space to work with, it's kind of hard to replicate a particular garden or fit in all the amenities OR to make it look different after you've done it five times! if anyone has built or seen a good CG display garden anywhere... i'm not above copying success. if you've seen gardens at other Flower Shows that you liked, if you've got ideas about how to miniaturize (is that a word?) a community garden... talk to me! fgc Fred Conrad Community Garden Coordinator Atlanta Community Food Bank 732 Joseph E Lowery Blvd, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 ph: 678.553.5932 fx: 678.553.5933 [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.acfb.org Our mission is to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Wingham, Australia: Community Garden Gets the Go Ahead
Garden gets the go ahead Tuesday, 29 August 2006 A COMMUNITY garden will be established behind the Wingham Court House following Greater Taree City Council's approval of the scheme at their August meeting. The garden will come under the auspices of Manning Valley Neighbourhood Services which lease two areas within the court house and provide a variety of community services. It will be developed using organic principles using compost and avoiding chemicals for example. In years gone by this area has been used as a garden with the remnants of six beds already on the site. According to one of the coordinators of the project Kevan Millican these could have been established when the courthouse building was still being used for its original purpose and included a residential section. The concept has been many years in the making with various sites considered but the neighbourhood centre seems the perfect spot with its doors open to all members of the public for such a wide range of community development purposes. The garden would be an extension of this concept b open for all to enjoy and perhaps even learn some new skills. It would have multiple benefits to the community. People could wander through the garden or stop and have afternoon tea. It would also act as an education model to show how you can produce a great amount of kitchen vegetables in your backyard and some of these skills aren't as common as they used to be. It could be a place of beauty as well as serving a very practical purpose, explained Kevan. As well as the general public the development of the garden could ideally involve volunteers, neighbourhood centre clients, local school children and participants in the Work for the Dole scheme. With the neighbourhood centre's management committee auspicing the project their public liability insurance will cover the volunteers involved. Council have agreed to extend the neighbourhood centre's lease to incorporate the garden at no extra rental and with work conducted largely by volunteers, the community garden will be an inexpensive venture. As Kevan points out some years ago when the concept was first being considered, a grant for a trailer and tools was received so these are already waiting to go. In addition to this Kevan is pursuing a small grant through the ABC's Open Garden Scheme to purchase mulch and other basic materials. In the event of the community garden attracting vandalism council has reserved the right to require its removal and if in the future it ceases to be maintained the area will be returned to a mowable grassed area. The next step will be an open day where the public can come along and take a look at the site, learn more about the project and maybe even get their hands dirty. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Re: Wyckoff Farm Director Caretaker
For anyone interested in this job, please go to optimist.com Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 6:46 PM Subject: Re: Wyckoff Farm Director Caretaker Adam, Cynthia, Unfortunate that the attachment didn't come through. The job is posted on idealist.org, so please encourage anyone interested to check it out. Thanks, Phil Forsyth On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:30 , Cynthia Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Or to state it differently than Adam Honigman's e-mail, your attachment didn't come out. (It says something about demime.) Cynthia Price Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council On 8/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure we all know of great folks, college educated, grew up on farms, have hort degrees that would do the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum Proud - and provide a great educational experience for the folks in NYC. I know about a dozen - however Inquiring minds want to know, commensurate with experience, of course;) What are the trustees of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum willing to pay a skilled farm director? A living wage of sorts, of will she/he have to live off of carepackages at home, or have to work shifts at a lawfirm or Starbucks to make ends meet? Is this a full-time or part-time job? Will the job include medical and dental benefits? Does the Wyckoff Association encourage women and minorities to apply? Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 3:38 PM Subject: [cg] FW: Wyckoff Farm Director Caretaker Dear Community Gardeners, I will be leaving my position as Farm Director at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn at the end of October. Over the past four years I have developed a small Food Project inspired program, the Community Demonstration Garden, including a small urban farm, weekly farmers market, youth internships, and garden/food workshop series. As I'm moving on to Philadelphia (my girlfriend is starting grad school there in the fall), we're looking for some strong candidates to continue the work I've begun here. Looking to do interviews in September and train my replacement during the month of October. Please forward this job description on to anyone you know that might be interested and qualified. Also, feel free to post this post description on other appropriate websites or listserves. Thanks, Phil Forsyth Farm Director Caretaker Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/msword which had a name of Farm Director Caretaker job description 06.doc] __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Phildelphia, PA: Gardeners, the next generation
Encouraging the sprouts to take up gardening By Virginia A. Smith Inquirer Staff Writer Nurturing kids' interest should be fun Carina Flaherty points to a feathery mound of pale yellow blossoms. Coreopsis 'Moonbeam,' my favorite, she says nonchalantly, moving on to pentas, sedum, bee balm, and assorted other Latin and common names for what's growing in her family's tiny Center City garden. Garden educators, always looking for ways to introduce kids to a world still primarily enjoyed by adults, would swoon over this lively 9-year-old. She's living proof that kids can dig gardening big time, if given the chance. It opens their eyes to what is around them, and it leads to so many things, says Jules Bruck, a landscape designer who taught the first children's gardening workshop Carina Flaherty attended - at age 5. That workshop, at Swarthmore College's Scott Arboretum, was intended to be just something to do in the summer, says Carina's mother, Helen Gym. It may have sparked something lifelong. Short-term, it inspired Carina to plant a butterfly garden in a corner of the 12-by-18-foot space behind her home in the city's Logan Square section. And that led to even more kid-friendly stuff that she and her siblings - brother Aimon, 7, and sister Taryn, 3 - thought of and, with their parents, helped install. They have a fountain with horsetail, three snails, and two tadpoles; sections for fruit (blueberries, grapes, raspberries, blackberries), vegetables (tomatoes, cabbage) and herbs (apple, chocolate and pepper mint, chives); a couple of dwarf Japanese maples; a bench; and a model train that delights Aimon. It makes lots of smoke and noise, he says. The point is not lost on Carina. I think that even though we have a small house, this is very nice, kind of peaceful, except when they're around, she says, rolling her eyes at her brother and sister. The Flaherty family's experience reflects what schools and public gardens all over the country are realizing: that gardening is good for kids, and vice versa. There's a growing sense of the need for kids to get outside, and there's a renewed interest in plant education, says Sarah Pounders, education specialist with the National Gardening Association. Kids who garden or take part in gardening programs have a sense of community and beautification and pride that follows them everywhere, Pounders says. It's amazing. The kids I work with are so proud of their work in the garden. Key to developing this sense, and this pride, she adds, is the idea that children learn best when they get to experience it firsthand. In this region, that can be done at places like Winterthur near Wilmington, which opened its Enchanted Woods in 2001, and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. Longwood already has an outdoor maze, but a larger indoor children's garden is in the works. Camden Children's Garden, which opened in 1999, remains the area's only botanical facility devoted solely to kids. It's designed to entertain them with dinosaurs, fairy tales, and trains, while drawing them into the gardens. Nature's a great leveler, director Mike Devlin likes to say, and children are very open to it. In the garden, nature isn't an abstraction. Kids observe what happens when it rains and when it doesn't. They learn about good and bad critters. They see life, death and disease and come to understand how plants, animals and people are connected. Let them see nature and the limitations of nature, Devlin says. Someday, they're going to have to right some of the environmental problems we have. In the garden, children also learn where food comes from. Linda Antonacio-Hoade, a master gardener with the Penn State Cooperative Extension, hears it all the time from her Montgomery County students: As the kids are pulling carrots out, they're saying, 'Whoa! You mean that's where they come from?' Unlike many of the schoolchildren she encounters, Antonacio-Hoade grew up with a direct connection to the source of her food. She used to pick asparagus from her Dutch grandfather's vegetable garden in Trappe, which was country then. On the other side of the family, her Italian grandparents cooked up fresh dandelions from the yard and fried pumpkin blossoms from the garden in pancake batter. Moms are busy working today. They're not canning. They're not freezing, Antonacio-Hoade says. It's a way of life now, but it means the kids are missing a whole lot in the life-cycle process. Carina Flaherty is so enamored of that process that she's already dreaming of a bigger garden, one with cherry, peach and apple trees and more attractions for lightning bugs, butterflies, and praying mantises. She's also curious about her Korean heritage, on her mother's side, which could lead to some ethnic-gardening adventures. Brother Aimon is thinking big, too. He saw a waterfall in a garden in the suburbs, and now he wants one. We need to scale him back a little, his mother says. Carina and Aimon
[cg] Brighton , Mass: Tending to the City ( Garden)
Tending to the city By Kate Meyers/ Correspondent Friday, August 25, 2006 - Updated: 04:12 PM EST When David Carlson puts his green thumb to work in his garden, hebs not only helping his vegetables to grow, hebs also breathing life into the community. Carlson uses his hobby to feed Allston-Brightonbs neediest residents at a free community dinner each Monday at the Church of the Holy Resurrection on Harvard Avenue. When I started, I had more vegetables than I could use, Carlson explained. Now I have people tell me these vegetables make the best salad theybve ever tasted. To me, thatbs like winning the lottery. Recently, Carlson won something else as well. His Charles River Community garden, near the Northeastern University boathouse, took first place in the brand-new community service garden category in the mayorbs city garden contest this year. Carlsonbs is one of four Brighton gardens, and one of 32 citywide, to be honored in the 2006 Garden Contest, which is part of Mayor Thomas M. Meninobs 10-year-old citywide beautification initiative. The other local winners are Patricia Diamond, whose plot in the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Community Garden won her first place in the community garden category; Liane Brandon, whose Langley Road backyard took third place in the shade garden category; and Jennie and Walter Smith, whose Englewood Avenue plot won third place in the small yard garden category. No matter the garden or the prize they won, all of the gardeners are passionate about their hobby and always experimenting with something new on their little plot of land. Carlson, who started gardening with pumpkin seeds when he was 6 years old, now grows 100 percent organic green peppers, five varieties of tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, sage, celery, cauliflower, broccoli and more in his garden plot. One thing about gardening is that it really is self-expression, Carlson said. This is for enjoyment. And itbs tremendously rewarding. For Diamond, the mayorbs recognition couldnbt have come at a better time. We have a very good community of people who garden here, Diamond said, but we were vandalized in the fall and the spring. This was just the good news that we needed. Diamond, who coordinates the Chestnut Hill Reservoir community garden with Rita McMillin, said she was very excited to be recognized for what she considers to be a fun leisure activity. But it all goes along with the nature of the pursuit of gardening, she said. If you look at a seed, itbs pretty impressive that it can turn into a huge plant, Diamond explained. That you can actually get it to grow is an achievement. Brandon considers her win in the shade garden category, also an achievement. A first-time garden contest entrant, Brandon said she never expected to win, but thought that she might as well give it a shot, especially after all the years of hard work she put in to transforming her Langley Road backyard. My backyard was sort of a disaster for many years, even though Ibve owned the house for a long time, Brandon said. But then a neighbor suggested planting flowers on the shaded hill behind Brandonbs house, and she decided she had nothing to lose. I never had an interest in gardening before. I literally never had time to stop and smell the roses, Brandon recalled. But little by little, my backyard got reclaimed. Brandon went through years of trial and error with different plant varieties, ultimately resulting in a shade garden impressive enough to wow this yearbs judges. Before I had the garden, I didnbt even like looking out my kitchen window, Brandon said. Now it feels like it adds an extra room to the house in the summer. The Smiths said they find their garden to be rewarding and enjoyable too, so much so that their perennial garden has won third place in the small yard garden category in three of the last four years. The judges are different every year, so you get different opinions of your garden, Jennie Smith said. Smith, whose garden was featured in the citybs flower show exhibit last year, sees her Englewood Avenue garden as an outshoot of her creative pursuits as a graphic designer. Gardening is another way of designing and painting, Smith said. I think itbs all part and parcel of it all. Each of the winners agrees that gardening is an enjoyable activity. I think more people could find the same happiness if they just gave gardening a shot, Carlson said. City garden contest winners from Brighton (Patricia Diamond, Chestnut Hill Reservoir Community Garden, first place, community garden (David Carlson, Charles River Community Garden, first place, community service garden (Liane Brandon, third place, shade garden (Jennie and Walter Smith, third place, small yard garden Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news,
[cg] Sooke, BC: Sooke's Not So Secret Garden
Sooke's not so secret garden Pirjo Raits photo Devon Piche, Mathias Riveiro from Uruguay, Tara Lynne Palfy and Peter Gill from Canada World Youth help harvest the produce at the community garden at CASA. By Pirjo Raits Sooke News Mirror Aug 23 2006 The community garden at the Sooke Cooperative Association of Service Agencies (CASA) on Townsend Road, is surrounded by sweet fragrant sweet peas. Bluebirds bathe in the fountain and deer wander in and nibble here and there without destroying everything. The idea for a community garden came about last year around the same time as a gazebo was built with the help of local service groups. Beds were built and plans were made. Early this spring, West Coast Seeds donated seeds, garden centres donated orphans and volunteers donated their time to plant. Agencies at CASA were invited to plant a bed and they did. A serenity garden on the far end offers a place for some quiet time and reflection and is continually used by staff and clients at CASA. The produce grown in the garden is harvested and given to organizations such as the Transition House, Crisis Centre, the community kitchen and Vital Vitals. It goes to whoever is in need, said Phoebe Dunbar. A lot of it is happenstance. We can't grow a whole lot. A whole lot is underestimating the yield. The small beds produce beans, peas, carrots, salad greens, peppers, broccoli, squash and rhubarb. There's a few strawberries and some herbs. It is not about the quantity, it's about the freshness and availability which wouldn't be there if not for the garden itself. People in the community come to garden and enjoy the space, said Dunbar. One man used to have a five-acre farm and he shows up just to get his hands in the dirt - to get him back in touch. Anyone in the community is welcome to come and do a little weeding or just enjoy the garden. There are always people just sitting in the garden. It's a special place to walk into, said Dunbar. The counsellors (at CASA) see people come in and decompress out here in a nice environment. It is serving a lot of people in different ways. When they first began planting and organizing the garden they faced a bit of thievery, said Dunbar. The garden is not government funded, and they didn't know that. People who are not that well off donated stuff. The garden area and CASA grounds used to belong to the Catholic Church, so the powers that be decided perhaps the garden needed to be blessed. A priest and hereditary chief Frank Planes blessed the place and since then nothing has been stolen and even the deer who wander into the garden nibble just a little. The garden is a never ending project. With the summer produce ready to harvest, the volunteers will begin planting a winter garden. We can grow healthy greens 12 months of the year, said Dunbar. To do this they could use a few volunteers to help with the compost and the planting. Or perhaps some retired gardener or handyman might want to build something. Dunbar wouldn't say what else they could use until prompted and finally she mentioned a wheelbarrow and gardening tools. Maybe something left over from garage sales, she said. Canada World Youth participants are busy almost daily working on the garden. Mathias Riveiro from Uruguay, Peter Gill from Mission and newly signed Sooke Stingers player Devon Piche are all putting their muscles to work at the garden. Any potential volunteers can call Kim at 642-6364 or Phoebe at 642-4342. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Fwd: [cg] Ack! Heirloom tomato question
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [cg] Ack! Heirloom tomato question Kiddo - why make life hard than it absolutely has to be? Grow tomatoes, love them, but you don't need to get into the minutiae of what seed keepers need to to keep the heirlooms pure to enjoy great tomatoes. Compost, chickenshit, sun, watering, pinching off the suckers, and not smoking near the plants helps, and lord knows, rooftop gardening is hard. Walking the walk, I have huge Russian Paul Robeson tomatoes growing next to common as dirt sweet 100s, in a 8' x 10' plot.. not counting the greenbeans, basil, eggplant and 10 varieties of hot pepper. Community gardening ain't about purity and perfection. It's great to be organic, but to be really crazed about cross pollination is kind of anti-thetical to what community and community gardens are about. namely cross pollination and sharing. And having fun! \Best wishes, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 5:59 PM Subject: [cg] Ack! Heirloom tomato question Hello everyone, I'm very new to the list and new to gardening, period, but I got bit by the bug pretty bad this year and now I even dream at night about growing vegetables! I'm doomed, doomed... I love the conversation in here and plan on becoming a dues-paying member next paycheck- this list really brightens my day. The no-till conversation has been very informative. I just came across something surprising/ disappointing, and I'd love opinions on this. It seems that the International Seed Saving Institute recommends planting heirloom tomatoes 100 feet apart. Now, I have a container garden on my small porch in downtown Detroit, and I'm planning on creating a community rooftop vegetable/ herb/ whatever garden for my apartment building next season. I'm already compiling a list of heirloom tomato varieties I'm dying to try next year, and I'd be pretty bummed if I could only try one or two. Is the 100 foot recommendation simply for seed saving, in the interest of keeping the varieties from cross-pollinating? Just how close can I plant heirloom varieties? I am interested in learning proper seed saving, but I also want to plant as much as my family can eat! Input? Thanks so much- Holly - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1/min. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] St.Louis, MO: You Never Know who will visit your Community Garden ...and write a check!!!!!!
ACORNS TO OAKS: Susan Stell was recently transferring buses in our town as she traveled home to Waterbury, Conn. While transferring, she saw a community garden and when she got home, googled Gateway Greening, which is the community gardening and greening organization in St. Louis. Saying that she was impressed with the group's website and pleased to see a community garden near the train station, Stell and her father, George Stell, a chemistry professor, sent Gateway Greening a check for $1,000. Gwenne Hayes-Stewart, executive director of the group, is thrilled with the recognition from an out-of-towner. She is also enthusiastic about the near sell-out crowd expected to attend Gateway's fund-raising dinner beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Moulin, 2017 Chouteau Avenue, the private party and meeting space operated by Wendy and Paul Hamilton of Eleven Eleven Mississippi. Some other restaurants participating in the dinner are: Vin de Set, SqWires, Terrene, King Louie's, Harvest, Arthur Clay's, Monarch, Five, Mosaic, Red Moon, Frazer's and Savor Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] UK: Community Gardening In Window Boxes
Happy day for flower power generation Can a hanging basket of flowers really transform a neighbourhood? One group of Sheffield residents say a few flowers have helped them feel happier. Lucy Ashton finds out how more WHAT'S the key to creating community spirit? On one Sheffield estate it seems it's a few pansies and a spattering of geraniums.. Residents in Page Hall have made their neighbourhood a better place to live simply by using hanging baskets and window boxes. The flowers were originally intended to make Page Hall look prettier but residents have discovered the boxes and baskets have had a dramatic effect on the area. As well as brightening up the streets, the flowers have brought the community together and made everyone a better neighbour. Ivor Wallace and Nikki Hibberd from Page Hall Community Association decided to hand out the free plants to cheer up the local community. Community spirit took a dip last year when Sheffield Council suggested demolishing a number of homes. A lot of residents campaigned strongly against the proposals and had a stressful time while their homes were under threat of demolition. After seeing residents' reaction, the council scrapped demolition plans but the proposals had shaken the community. Nikki and Ivor decided it wasn't just the neighbourhood which needed cheering up, but also its residents. We had funding from the area panel and Green City Action to provide a window boxes and hanging baskets so we advertised a planting day in May, said Nikki. People could either come down and plant their own basket or box or just come and collect one which we had put together. The event was a huge success. A hundred people went to the first day and 100 more put their names down for the next planting day. Green City Action provided the trays and we added the flowers and plants. We even took baskets around to people and fitted them to their houses if they couldn't do it themselves. Ivor and Nikki were delighted to see a few colourful plants could make such a difference to the community. It boosted the area, said Ivor. It got people talking and turned the neighbourhood into a community as people had a talking point. A lot of people went out in the evening to water the plants and got talking to their neighbours who were also watering their plants. They might never have spoken before but started talking over the plants. We also provided hanging baskets for a lot of shops and they had leaflets on the counters to tell people about the community association. At the second planting event in June even more people came along, including local teenagers. It's been fantastic, said Nikki. People are taking more pride in their neighbourhood and are talking to each other. We have some new trees on the streets so we planted some of the spare flowers around the tree pockets and people have taken responsibility for going outside and watering them and picking up rubbish. Ivor added: I went on holiday during the hottest day of the year and my neighbour offered to water my plants so it's created so much community spirit. All the boxes were made locally so it's benefited the local community too. Along with the free boxes and baskets, residents were also given lessons in garden maintenance and children from Owler Brook School helped to plant new trees. The community association was so encouraged it organised a gardening competition and Page Hall has been entered into Sheffield in Bloom and Yorkshire in Bloom. We received an award from the Lord Mayor for doing a scheme which was extra special, said Nikki. She said we had a really good level of community spirit. The community association has been running for less than six months so to have been so successful so early on is a fantastic achievement. Everyone was chuffed to bits with the award and I was so proud. Everyone has the feeling that we can do anything now. Council chiefs say it's proof little things make a massive difference. Coun Chris Weldon, cabinet member for safer neighbourhoods, said: I hope local people will support these projects and get involved with making Page Hall a nicer environment to live in. Attractive gardens can make a huge difference to the appearance of the area and encourage a sense of pride in the neighbourhood. FACTFILE The baskets and window boxes were funded by Sheffield Council's east regeneration team and the local area panel. The planting sessions were also helped by Green City Action, a non-profit making community group that was set up in 1993. It identified Pitsmoor and Firth Park as areas in need of environmental and community help and formed Green City Action to encourage recycling, organic gardening and other initiatives. Green City Action runs a tool store, a seed exchange and a toy resource centre. For more details email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or write to Green City Action, Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Park Road, Sheffield S4 7AG. Got an opinion? Click here 21
[cg] Children Start A North Minneapolis Farmers' Market
Children Start A North Minneapolis Farmers' Market Maya Nishikawa Reporting (WCCO) Minneapolis What makes a garden grow may help an entire community become healthier. Kids are harvesting vegetables for the first ever community farmers' market on Minneapolis' North side. All summer neighborhood kids have been growing things organic products like squash, eggplant, tomatoes, and herbs. The garden has been around for three years, but now the project is taking another step in hopes of feeding a new way of life. Aminah Harmut and other North Minneapolis children are learning for themselves that some of the best things on earth come from the garden. Nine-year-old Aminah holds up a softball-sized eggplant she just picked. With a little help the children can make something wonderful grow. It's good for you, (there is) no poisonous stuff, Aminah said, before a friend interjected Because it's from the dirt. Beverly Stancil has been helping the kids tend the Sheila Wellstone Community Garden behind Cityview School. (This helps) to teach the kids about gardening and where the food comes from, Stancil said. A lot of kids have never seen food growing before. The new gardeners helped plant and tend the plots. Now it's time to harvest. The girls follow Stancil looking for peppers and squash ready to pick. Unfortunately, there's not as much to harvest as there should have been. Somebody's been in our garden. We had a big melon -- this big -- it's gone, said Stancil. The loss is disappointing but not uncommon for community gardens. For the first time, the children will take their bounty to market. It's part of the North side food project, an effort to nurture new eating habits. It's not just about gardening for gardening's sake, but it's also about the food system in North Minneapolis and how we can organize the community around something positive, said Angela Dawson with the North side Food Project. The hope is healthy eating will take root in the neighborhood and continue to flourish. You can support the garden and the North side Food Project every Sunday. They'll have their farmers market from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at North Fourth Street in North Minneapolis. It runs every Sunday through October 22. Some of the produce will also go to a local food shelf. The project will also offer cooking classes, so community members can learn what to make with all of those fresh fruits and veggies. All the money raised will go back into the community garden. They hope to get some better security to protect their investment. (B) MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] St Paul, MN: Tour set to showcase the nature of area community gardens
Green thumbs Tour set to showcase the nature of area community gardens. BY MARGE HOLS Parade of Community Gardens The worst fear of community gardeners is that the land they've worked and come to love will be taken for a different use. That's what happened this year to people who grew vegetables and flowers at Farm in the City's big Jimmy Lee garden at the corner of Lexington and Concordia avenues in St. Paul. The city's Parks and Recreation Department plans to build soccer, football and baseball fields on the land by 2008, according to city parks director Bob Bierscheid. First, it's building a large addition on the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center north of the garden. But moving the garden doesn't mean city support is declining. We want to expand both vegetable and floral gardens; they're part of Blooming St. Paul, says Bierscheid. Mayor (Chris) Coleman has asked us to keep moving on it, and there's money in the 2007 budget for the gardening program. In April, the parks department helped move the community garden two blocks west to public land at North Griggs Street and Concordia Avenue. It relocated trees, removed grass, tilled the soil and installed water mains. Renamed Dunning Community Garden, the garden has 80 individual plots that people can rent for $10. Together with the nearby Farm in the City Children's Garden, it's on today's Parade of Community Gardens (see box for details). Lam Le, a farmer who emigrated from Vietnam 10 years ago, was watering a thriving patch of squash when I visited last week. Le, who lives in a nearby high-rise apartment, says he likes to farm and grows food for himself, his children and grandchildren. Besides leeks, melons, squash and white radishes, he's growing Vietnamese cucumbers, which are much larger than the ones usually grown here. Larrie Peterson was harvesting corn b not just any corn, but 'Kandy Korn,' a hybrid sweet corn. It's the best corn ever made, says Peterson, a St. Paul resident who used to farm in Hayfield in southern Minnesota. You know how to cook sweet corn? he asked. You put the corn in cold water and when it starts boiling, it's done. Then right to the table. Peterson, who's also growing tomatoes, melons, cabbage, peppers and onions, says he gives away much of his produce. He shared some 'Kandy Korn,' which I cooked by his method. Tender, sweet, delicious! The garden brings together people from many backgrounds and ethnic groups, says Martha Benda, acting director of Farm in the City. Included are a young woman who has introduced her little sister from Big Brothers/Big Sisters to gardening, a couple struggling with unemployment and underemployment, and a senior citizen who lost his garden when he moved to a high-rise. There's a Roman Catholic nun, a high school student and her mother and a couple expecting a baby who want affordable organic food. Two plots are worked by inner-city children participating in Arts Us, a program combining arts and gardening. Like the old garden, this one's strictly organic, meaning gardeners are not allowed to use chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The soil was heavily amended with a blend of compost, sand and black dirt before planting. To help control insect pests, children in the Farm in the City summer program release ladybugs. Farm in the City is a nonprofit agency that operates five organic gardens in the heart of St. Paul. Besides the Dunning and children's gardens, there's a labyrinth on the adjacent Concordia University campus, a farm garden near Hamline Avenue and Interstate 94 and a community garden at Highland Park High School. Last year, the 10-year-old organization won two awards for community vegetable gardening: a Golden Bloom Award from the city and the St. Paul Garden Club award from the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. In the farm garden, gardeners grow small fruits, herbs and vegetables for Farm in the City's community-supported agriculture program. People in the community buy shares in the organic garden and receive a box of vegetables and flowers weekly. Among the gardeners is a group of deaf Hmong men. Kor Thor, who has a slight hearing impairment, helps the men communicate with others. The men also have plots in the community garden. You can tell their gardens, says Benda. They build trellises of scrap wood and sticks for their cucumbers and beans. They tend to have a gully in the middle. It creates a raised bed, which helps with drainage and makes it easy to get at their plants. While I was visiting, Kor Thor brought his two little girls to the children's garden behind Dunning Recreation Center. The garden is designed to instruct and delight with native perennials, plants that attract birds, herbs, fruits and a plot with vegetables for salads. The children's garden is integral to Farm in the City's summer programs for kids. There's a culinary camp where kids learn the connection between the soil, the food they grow and what they cook and eat. A photo camp emphasizes nature photography, and
Re: [cg] question about butterflies
Hmmm Well, it does help if you're on a migration route - but a billion Monarch Butterflies scarfing away might not be what you want - Try Buddelia - or butterfly bush: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/butterfly-bush.shtml Good luck. Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:08 AM Subject: [cg] question about butterflies Does anyone have any tips on what flowers to plant next spring to attact lots of butterflies to our community garden plot? My 7 year old son is fascinated by butterflies this summer, and I'm hoping that he still will be next summer too, and while it's too late in the season to plant new stuff in our plot this year, I'd like to plan ahead for next year. THANKS! __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Re: [cg] question about butterflies
Ya see the educational things ya learn on this list? Gotta look for that milkweed! Best, Adam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [cg] question about butterflies Monarchs only eat milkweed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: To community_garden- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc 08/23/2006 11:22 Subject AMRe: [cg] question about butterflies Hmmm Well, it does help if you're on a migration route - but a billion Monarch Butterflies scarfing away might not be what you want - Try Buddelia - or butterfly bush: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/butterfly-bush.shtml Good luck. Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:08 AM Subject: [cg] question about butterflies Does anyone have any tips on what flowers to plant next spring to attact lots of butterflies to our community garden plot? My 7 year old son is fascinated by butterflies this summer, and I'm hoping that he still will be next summer too, and while it's too late in the season to plant new stuff in our plot this year, I'd like to plan ahead for next year. THANKS! __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Now that We're Over Whining About Too Much CG Content on a CG Listserv.....
Both Don B. and I send out a great number of news articles about community gardening that get's copied to the web versions of English language periodicals. And we tell stories from the gardens we are involved with. No ego trip - we're both ageing spirits from the '60's who really have fire in our bellies about community gardening - it keeps us off the streets... In all seriousness, Don and I do this because this listserv needs content... or the list will die from boredom. We need to have, please, content from all of your community gardens, your pot lucks, the events, dealing with the quotidian details ( sorry, I should have said daily, ) of what you do. Seriously, why should you be hearing about community gardens in your area from a two guys who live on the East Coast from web postings gotten from search engines? You all have gardens, you all have computers, and you all have community garden stories that we all need to read. Please share them with the group! The ACGA listserv needs your contributions and content! Best wishes, Adam Honigman Rank and file ACGA member Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Harlem Gardens Tour! This Saturday! August 26th! 10am-3pm!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] August 6, 2006 For Immediate Release URBAN GREEN, A Tour of Harlem Community Gardens The NYC Community Garden Coalition and Harlem community gardeners will host b Urban Green, A Tour of Harlem Community Gardens,b on Saturday, August 26th, 2006, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Gardens included in the tour are as follows: 10:00 AM: The P.S. 76 School Garden on West 120th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. 10:30 AM: The Five Star Garden, West 121st Street btw. ACPowell Frederick Douglass Blvds. 11:00 AM: The Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden, West 122nd Street btw. AC Powell Frederick Douglass Blvds. 11:30 AM: Garden Eight, West 122nd Street near Frederick Douglass Blvd. 12:00 PM: The Clayton Williams Memorial Garden, West 126th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard 12:30 PM: The William B. Washington Garden, West 126th near St. Nicholas Avenue 1:15 PM: Harlem Rose Garden, 4 E. 129th Street near Fifth Ave. 1:45 PM: 130th Street Block Association Garden, 130th btw. 5th and Madison 2:30 PM: The Harris Garden, West 153rd Street near St Nicholas Avenue Tourists will discover everything from welcoming shade trees to tomatoes, beans, corn and more unusual crops, such as Turkish eggplant and cotton, growing in these urban oases. There are grapevines, herbs flowers of all varieties, fruit trees, and solar-powered ponds which host a world of water plants and water creatures. Vistors are welcome to join the tour at any point along the way according to Tour Coordinator Haja Worley, who emphasized that the gardeners b bare grassroots developers who have worked long and hard to improve and protect our environment not only, but to keep our citybwhich recently ranked worst in the nation for airborne pollutantsbfrom becoming a concrete desert.b At 3:30 PM tourists are invited to a jazz concert in the Joseph Daniel Wilson Community Garden on 122nd Street between AC Powell and Frederick Douglass Blvds. with b Kenny Butler and Friends, featuring Nat Jones.b The concert will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. For further information, please call 212. 662. 2878 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} Fwd: [NYC-GardensCoalition] This Saturday in Paradise
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:31 PM Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] This Saturday in Paradise Dear Friends - Jeanette says: Hi, Hope you will be able to attend this practical program and grow more and longer. Best wishes, Jeanette (So please come and grow more and longer - but that doesn't mean for you to grow fatter and taller, unless that is what you want to do! -- Hope to see you there. JK) EXPAND YOUR GROWING SEASON (Se ofrecera traduccion al espaC1ol) Saturday, August 26, 2pm-4pm Join us for this season extension workshop and share ideas and techniques for making your season last longer and growing more food! This participatory workshop will cover these key topics: Planting Calendars, Planting for Fall Harvest, Season Extension, Cold-frames/Hoop-house and Cover-cropping. Maureen O'Brien is an avid community gardener and compost enthusiast from the 6/15 Green Community Garden in Parkslope, Brooklyn. Maureen attended Just Food's Training of Trainers program in 2004 and is part of trainer extension team that conducts workshops in all 5 boroughs of NYC. Maureen facilitates trainings on composting, organic pest control, season extension, healthy cooking and much more. Please contact Just Food for more information: 212.645.9880, ext. 229 El Jardin Del Paraiso is located on Manhattan's Lower East Side 706-718 E. 5th St, between Aves C D. Subway: F, V trains to 2nd Ave stop, 6 train to Astor Pl stop. Bus: M8 along 8th St to Ave C, M21 along Ave C to E. 5th St, M14D along Ave D to E. 5th St RAIN SITE: Sixth St. Community Center, 638 E. 6th St. between Aves. B and C Contact: Annalee Sinclair 212-505-8659 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] JK Canepa 917-534-1193 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please share this invitation with anyone you think would be interested. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (2) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar You are receiving Individual Emails Change Delivery Settings Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS New york city Home and garden decor Home and garden party Gardening garden Home and garden tv Y! Messenger Quick file sharing Send up to 1GB of files in an IM. Yahoo! Movies Staying in tonight? Check out new DVDs and read reviews. Yahoo! Avatars Face the World Show your style mood in Messenger.. __,_._,___ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} : [NYC-GardensCoalition] NYCCGC 2006 Gardeners Forum report -- please distribute widely!!
Please let me know if you cannot get the PDF file attachment. If not, I'll reach out to the NYC - Gardens Coalition for a plain text version. Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 4:21 PM Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] NYCCGC 2006 Gardeners Forum report -- please distribute widely!! On Saturday, April 22, 2006 the New York City Community Gardens Coalition sponsored the second annual Panel Discussion and Open Forum on the status of NYC Community Gardens. Once again held at Manhattanbs CUNY Graduate Center, the event featured keynote speaker Elliot Spitzer, invited speakers from the New York State Attorney Generalbs O-ffice, GreenThumb, NYC Parkbs Dept, HPD, The New York Restoration Project, Bronx Green Up, and the American Community Gardening Association. Attached, please find the NYCCGC 2006 Forum Report. PLEASE HELP US DISTRIBUTE THIS TO ALL YOUR LISTS!!! If you're not able to access the file, please email the address below. More information: 212.402.1121 x7 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the discussion: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __._,_.___ Messages in this topic () Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic You are receiving Individual Emails Change Delivery Settings Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity Visit Your Group Y! GeoCities Share Interests Connect with others on the web. Y! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group in 3 easy steps. Connect with others.. __,_._,___ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of NYCCGCe_newsFINAL.pdf; name=NYCCGCe_newsFINAL.pdf] __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} Contamination closes community garden in Montreal
Gardeners at the Baldwin Public Garden at Rachel and Fullum were told that their fruit was contaminated. Ismael Hautecoeur is the project coordinator for a rooftop garden Sarah Wakefield from the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives at the University of Toronto. CTV.ca News Staff Updated: Sun. Aug. 20 2006 10:48 PM ET Harvest time this year is anything but satisfying for a group of Montreal gardeners who found out their vegetables are contaminated and won't be ending up on their dinner tables. After countless hours toiling in the hot sun this summer, gardeners at the Baldwin Public Garden at Rachel and Fullum Streets in the heart of Montreal have been told that the fruit of their labour has to be tossed in the trash. The community gardeners have found out the hard way that growing your own food in a big city means you have to ensure that environmental pollution doesn't make it onto your plate. The public garden has been helping feed families for 22 years. Now, tests have discovered lead and arsenic in the vegetables. That's five to 10 times the levels found in store-bought produce. Decades ago, the garden site was a former quarry that was pressed into service as a garbage dump, and one tested the soil when it became a garden. City officials issued a statement telling residents who have already eaten produce from the garden not to worry, saying that the lead levels were not high enough to cause anyone to get sick. But the news is depressing. After three months hard work, they tell us we can't eat them, Maryse Tessier told CTV News. Twenty-two years ago, soil composition wasn't a preoccupation the way it is now, said city official Michel Tanguay. The city doubts the contamination is a threat to human health, but said it's shutting down the garden as a precaution. The garden's 45 plots have been closed down since Aug. 14. Montreal has 97 public gardens and at least five others are built on former dump sites. The city's now awaiting test results for those. Ismael Hautecoeur, project coordinator for a rooftop garden that supplies a local charity, hopes the news won't discourage other urban gardeners. With a little creativity, he said, there's no shortage of safe places to grow your own food. What we are doing is actually taking one step in the direction of a cleaner city, Hautecoeur told CTV News, because the more green you bring into the city, the cleaner it will be. The key is to know something about where you're planting, and if you have concerns, get the soil tested. Just a little bit of background researching on who's owned the land and what it's been used for in the past, suggested Sarah Wakefield from the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives at the University of Toronto. So, you can have a sense of how safe it may be. It is not uncommon for urban community gardens to be established over former dump sites. According to the McGill School of Environment, testing soil for contamination can range from $10 to $850 per sample depending on how comprehensive a test is ordered. Several samples from more than one area of the site need to be tested to provide an accurate assessment of contamination, the school said on its website. In Lincoln and Boston, Massachusetts, the website said, gardens were recuperated by bringing in sufficient soil and compost to provide a barrier between contaminated soil and soil feeding growing produce. Installing raised beds is a cheaper alternative tried in other cities, the website said, and allows gardening to continue without interruption. With a report by CTV's Jed Kahane in Montreal B) Copyright 2002-2006 Bell Globemedia Inc. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Isle of Wight, UK Children's Community Garden
FROM WILDERNESS TO PERFECT PLOTS By Richard Wright A GROWING project has sown the seeds of success for schoolchildren on Newport allotments. They have transformed 15 allotments at Pan from a wilderness to productive plots, starting work in the rain and snow of February and completing the first phase of transformation in the baking heat of summer. And established allotment holders, who were at first reticent about teenagers invading the quiet of their hobby, have welcomed the project with open arms. Now Downside Middle School pupils have taken over some of the land for their evening gardening club and the youngsters, aged between ten and 16, who did the clearance are producing their first crops on the rest. Downside's involvement in the ambitious scheme was made possible through Downside's extended school budget. Extended school manager Fran Shelley said: We have funded the project with the purchase of a greenhouse, a poly tunnel and a large garden shed. Eight of our students regularly get involved. The transformation was carried out as part of the Workshop Initiative for Support in Education (WISE), which finds alternative vocational activities for youngsters not in mainstream education and those excluded from it. The Pan project was jointly run by Bridgitt Pearce and Les Brown, from WISE. Mr Brown said: The kids have done brilliantly, working in all weathers - and other plotholders have really come on board and supported us. When we started the weeds were ten feet high and we have taken off ten ten-ton skiploads of rubbish. We then got a mini digger in to level off the land and the lads dug it over by hand. They are now growing vegetables and there will be a potting shed and two greenhouses in which to bring on flowers, too. When it comes to gardening, the youngsters are so enthusiastic and this scheme has fitted in well with the plan to regenerate Pan. Steve D'Giacoma, community development manager with the Pan Neighbourhood Partnership which is regenerating Pan, said: We supported the project and we are absolutely delighted with its success. It's been fantastic. Some established allotment holders were reticent at first about having youngsters there but they have gone on to really embrace it. Bringing the allotments back and making sure they are a real part of the community again is an important part of regeneration. Results of the teenagers' hard work were shown off at an open day where the new generation of gardeners were welcomed by allotment holder of ten years Margaret Brady. A letter of congratulation written by Mrs Brady was read to guests. In it, she said: Well done. Keep up the good work. You have worked so hard in snow and rain and bitter cold - always with smiling faces, enjoying the outdoor life and gardening. What a great improvement to Pan allotments and so good for the children, who are the future allotment tenants. Bless them all. After the open day Mrs Brady, 64, said: They are the next generation of allotment holders and are getting the benefit of growing and eating their own organic vegetables - and there's nothing better than that. Pictures in the Friday, August 25, County Press. 21 August 2006 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Sharing other garden news - thx for keep 'em coming
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:16 AM Subject: RE: Sharing other garden news - thx for keep 'em coming Don: Adam, as always, is on target. I join his ranks in supporting your sharing news from other gardens. I particularly appreciate your sending the whole article rather than the URL. I can scan every article, flag those that I need, file the others to search later. If you send URLs, it slows down my perusing and encumbers later searches. Thank you, and keep on sending the whole news (~: B -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cg] List as 'news service' as well as 'forum' Lookit - Don, You've made the assumption that people who subscribe to a community garden list-serv are interested in reading about community gardens. Some are. Many would like to be. Many are lurkers and feel guilty when they don't read the content. There are some who have reading disabilities, got into gardening because they are differently abled, and find having all this material to read on community gardening onorous. They would prefer pictures - so would I, but we don't have the money or resources to do this. Others, the complainers, the passive-aggressives, feel the need to whine about all of that content, instead of clicking the delete key, when the flow becomes too heavy, or they are tired, or want to watch American Idol, re-runs, or the news flash, on the latest kiddie porn sex scandal. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS: THIS ACGA LIST SERV IS A FREE SERVICE RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. IF YOU WERE TO COUNT NOSES, MOST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE NOT ACGA MEMBERS. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IF THE WHINERS, IN SPECIFIC, HAVE EVER BEEN DUES PAYING ACGA MEMBERS OR PLAN TO BE. THEY JUST LIKE TO COMPLAIN. The people who care about community gardens are really grateful for the content, to read about what is going on in places like our own, in places where we have never been. We are looking for new ways to build membership, deal with compost, deal with vandalism, create community, save our gardens, the best way to espalier pears in a small space - the whole works. Thank you for what you do, Don, Best regards, Adam Honigman NYC Community Gardener -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:06 AM Subject: [cg] List as 'news service' as well as 'forum' Hi, all, I'm sympathetic to recent comments that I'm posting too many articles about community gardening. This list didn't feature that many before (though some were posted from time to time, mostly from New York - no conspiracy, just some wide-awake people in NYC, and a lot of community gardens, over 1000 of them). I'm doubly sympathetic since I'm personally most interested in the technical growing and design questions of community gardening and gardening in general. That said, why have I been forwarding these stories? Well, I decided to pass along articles about community gardens around North America from the media for severa; reasons - first, other folks often have great ideas I haven't thought of and I wanted to share them widely; second, we need to support one another and can't do it without knowing what each other is doing (and skilled reporters are often very good at telling stories, which saves us time); three. in terms of sustainability amd grant writing, it is very helpful to know what's 'hot' in community gardening, and what's not (in terms of gardens that find themselves fighting to survive). I guess I also wanted to help sing the praises of successful gardens and gardeners. I confess that the delete key is also a factor - if you don't like it, delete it. But, I know, I myself don't always read lists with 'too much information' even when they are 'good for me' (for instance, on some nights, even the list covering events in my Peace Corps country, Togo). When I forwarded fewer articles, there wasn't so much of a problem - but admittedly recently there have been a lot of articles showing up. Since it takes more time for me to write or edit a digested version, and since this is all informal, I've just been sending them on as they appear. How about we do this - as a list community, let's decide if it makes sense to share these kinds of articles on this list. If the general consensus is no, end of story, I won't keep posting. If it is yes, maybe I can try to be more selective, and for most items just post the URL so folks can go visit it if they choose, sending full text only for items that really catch my eye (of course, you all are free to pass on articles too, as well as your questions and pearls of garden and community building wisdom). Since we have a fall garden season here in the Southern Piedmont (best time for all
[cg] Fwd: [tb-cybergardens]: Bear's Garden in RATnerville...
Friends, This was originally sent to the Cybergarden's listserv by veteran community gardener and activist Jon Crow. It shows how much of a challenge development can be for community gardens, even if they are not bulldozed. Please read the article links - they are classic. Regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:56 PM Subject: [tb-cybergardens]: Bear's Garden in RATnerville... News from the tb-cybergardens mailing list - Norman Oder is a freelance journalist who has been doggedly following the RATner debacle in Brooklyn with incredible detail for months now. Check out stormin' Normans take on the Bear's garden and it's place in RATnerville (Tuesday, August 8) and scroll down for more of his incredible reports: http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com and if you haven't already seen it, check out this weeks article in NYMag: http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/18862/index.html - To add or remove yourself from this list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the BODY of the message. To receive a reference guide to this mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word HELP in the BODY of the message. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Re: [cg] please post on the alleged Cuban persecution issue off-list
Alleged? Remember , community gardening is 50% gardening and 100% political action. Not to worry...the Cubans, Hmong, Vietnamese ethnic Chinese boat people, and other community garden victims of worker's paradises, know better. And they enrich all of our gardens with their work and company. Community gardeners here in NYC, South Florida, New Jersey, California and Minnesota have been enriched with another land's :undesirables.. On recent news in Cuba: Some of my Marelito friends have promised me that if things go positively with El Barbudo, they plan on visiting a certain place to plant flowers...after organically fertilizing it. Cheers, Adam Honigman __ 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
Re: [cg] The Cuba Diet
Just to be sure - this is not the CUBA diet that the government gives people with HIV/AIDS, i.e.,letting them starve to death or putting them on a raft and letting them float from Mariel to Florida? Just to be sureI have some Marielito community gardeners here in NYC, some at the Bellevue Sobriety Garden who have lovely stories about THAT CUBA DIET. Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:31 AM Subject: [cg] The Cuba Diet Sorry, I thought the article about Cuba's small-scale organic revolution was in The Nation. It was in Harper's last year: http://www.harpers.org/TheCubaDiet.html __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] A Long Way from Mariel
This Story has been sent to you by : [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Long Way from MarielThe first time the Cuban government detained Elio Poblador, he was 15 and accused of being close to someone involved in a clandestine sex party. The army drafted him two years later. He served a few months until the Castro regime jailed him for pederasty -- as it defined homosexual acts. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:http://www.thestate.com/mld/miamiherald/living/people/gay_lesbian/11459396.htm(c) 2005 MiamiHerald.com and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. __ 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
[cg] Gay Cuban Emigre Community Gardeners in NYC
Friends, The wonderful organic gardening practiced all over Cuba is well documented and exemplary - and the Cuban pharmaceutical industry is producing, according to the BBC all the retrovirs it needs and exporting some to Africa. However, over the years in NYC, as volunteers in the fight against AIDS, through neighborhood and political work supporting the creation of the NYC Dept of AIDS services, support of the Spellman Center at St. Clare's Hospital in NYC ( now St. Vincent's Midtown Hospital) and in our local Hell's Kitchen Community garden my late wife, Allegra, a RN and I kept encountering gay male HIV + Cubans who were part of the Mariel and later expulsions by raft by the Cuban government of undesirables. The story of detention for weeks/months without food or medicine, was almost uniform among these individuals, who either died or managed, with Medicaid supplied healthcare and suportive comunities, like our gardens to live. Some found the US capitalist system ( I don't care for the euphemism free enterprise) oppressive, others embraced it - but the detention for weeks/months without food or medicine, story was uniform, and I'm describing about 50 or so individuals that I've known over a 25 year period. Readers of this listserv may have encountered my reports of the work ACGA members did to help save the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden. One of the gardeners is a Marielito, and the story of detention for weeks/months without food or medicine, was heard, again. While this is hearsay, and would be considered so in any court of law, as the child of two Holocaust survivors who heard the same stories repeated over and over by friends and relatives, I tend to believe these kinds of stories told to me, one-by-one by gay Cuban friends and fellow gardeners who would have nothing to gain by recounting them to me. Cuba may indeed be a worker's paradise, and all of the things that their active foreign ministry says about it - lord knows enough of my friends took cane harvest trips to the Island during the 60s 70s, and ecotourism may provide and equally wholesome vacation... However, 25 years of stories about detention for weeks/months without or medicine, before being shoved onto a leaky boat or raft because one was an undesirable, a homosexual makes me a little less apt than others, especially Canadian promoters of the wonders of the the Cuban organic gardening revolution, to want to buy a ticket to Mexico or Canada and head off to that beautiful green island. Best regards, Adam Honigman __ 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
Re: [cg] Dealing with animals in gardens
Friends, I've found that a good perimeter fence is the best way to deal with predators, two legged and four. You have a garden, and you don't want your veggies eaten by any unauthorized beast. Norway rats are the four legged creature that gives us the most trouble at the Clinton Community Garden here in NYC - and they come from all the darn construction in the neighborhood. When we have to deal with them, it's baiting, water in their holes ( boiling oil is too expensive) and collapsing their warrens. Duluth MN, ( not the fictional place written about so amusingly by Gore Vidal) has to have food pantries and soup kitchens that feed the hungry. I have to believe that a shotgun kept in the shed would help the garden provide desperately needed protein for the hungry. Flopsy and Bambi can feed families. Here's the website for the Minnesota group, Hunters Against Hunger http://www.mnhuntersagainsthunger.com/ . They can provide tips on drop off spots for carcases, refrigeration tips, etc. When you get handed lemons, or in this case rabbits and deer, you take this bounty and send it where it will do the best good. And if charity starts at home, then here are some great recipes: http://homecooking.about.com/od/game/ Best wishes, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:54 PM Subject: [cg] Dealing with animals in gardens Here in Duluth, Minnesota, deer and rabbits are huge problems in community gardens. A number of gardeners have fenced in their plots in various ways. Fencing has been done on an individual basis rather than on a garden basis, mainly because of cost and differing levels of concern about the problem. We'd love to know how other gardens have addressed animal issues, especially if any have found non-fence solutions or deterrents to animals. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Green Streets screens at Rural Route this weekend!
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:25 PM Subject: Green Streets screens at Rural Route this weekend! Dear gardeners, I am contacting you to remind you about GREEN STREETS, the community gardening movie, playing this Saturday at the Rural Route Film Festival at Anthology Film Archives in the East Village. We hope you can attend. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to members of your organization. Webre happy to announce that Donald Loggins of the Liz Christy Community Garden will be on hand to reminisce about New York Citybs early community gardens, many featured in the film, and to discuss the current state of community green spaces. Director Maria De Luca will also take part in the after-screening discussion. For more information on GREEN STREETS, please visit: http://www.ruralroutefilms.com/program_2006.htm#greenst What: GREEN STREETS at the Rural Route Film Festival 2006 When: Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 PM Where: Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Ave. New York, NY 10003 212-505-5181 More Info: http://www.ruralroutefilms.com/home.htm Other films of interest include HOMEMADE HILLBILLY JAM (Friday, July 28 at 7:00 PM) and ASPARAGUS: A STALK-UMENTARY (Saturday, July 29 at 3:30 PM). Best regards, Michael -- Michael Schmidt Festival Director 212-629-6880 ext. 24 646-526-5356 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rural Route Film Festival http://www.ruralroutefilms.com/ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] The Gossip on Ch13 -Thurs 27 10pm - The Healing Gardens of New York.
It is s rare that we have any gossip on our wholesome as dirt listserv - so I'm pleased to share this bit of NY Post style page six on the director of this truly heartwarming documentary. DOCUMENTARY filmmaker Alexandra Isles is remembered by folks my age for her stellar TV acting career on the classic Dark Shadows. She was the long-time mistress of Claus von Bulow when he tried to murder his wife, but of course had no part in it. She married into the Isles family (originally, Ickleheimer, if my recollection is correct) which was related by marriage to Robert Lehman, son of Philip Lehman, a founder and head of Lehman Brothers back in the 19th C The documentary is truly wonderful. shows that indeed, that there are second and maybe even third acts in American life. Off to the Bellevue Healing Garden celebrations Adam Honigman And let's not forget her stellar TV acting career on the classic Dark Shadows. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 1:18 PM Subject: [cg] Fwd: Ch13 -Thurs 27 10pm - The Healing Gardens of New York. For gardeners in the New York area. Broadcast THE HEALING GARDENS OF NEW YORK THURSDAY, JULY 27 10PM CHANNEL 13 WNET/Thirteen REEL NEW YORK series. Alert everyone so we can get a fabulous ratings and more airings! Liz Smith review: o? June 23, 2006 DOCUMENTARY filmmaker Alexandra Isles has come up with a new movie, so incredibly lovely that it gives a person hope for the human race. She has filmed what she calls The Healing Gardens of New York, and you can see it on PBS come July 27. Who knew that N.Y.C. is dotted with plots of deserted land from Harlem to Rikers Island, from the Conservancy to the Labyrinth downtown, and that all sorts of citizens, high and low (some actually still incarcerated for crimes), have come to love and tend these gardens. There is even a small garden in Times Square, lovingly taken care of in the midst of car exhaust and noisy traffic. This is an unusually tranquil film experience with wonderful music. It will take your mind off a lot of nasty things. Don't miss it!. __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] NYC: Bellevue Hosptial Sobriety Garden Has Been Saved!
Dear Friends: Good news! The Sobriety Garden has been saved! Dr. Miescher got word this morning following a meeting between Bellevue and our local politicians that the hospital has agreed to not destroy the garden, and to find its parking spaces elsewhere. We are enormously grateful to everyone for getting involved and for getting results! We thank the persistent commitment by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Tom Duane; City Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick; Borough President Scott Stringer, the members of Community Board Six, and the members of the Bellevue Community Advisory Board, especially Lyle Frank. Special appreciation goes to the staff members of these politicians who attended meetings, fielded petitions and phone calls, and whose own commitment to patient welfare and therapeutic gardening made this success a possibility. Thank you to everyone on these lists who sent in letters and petitions and made those phone calls. Friends of the Bellevue Sobriety Garden Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Community Garden being reborn!
Somehow Bill's cc didn't go through, and I know you all want to send your bucks...;) Best regards,. Adam Honigman NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 1:59 AM Subject: Re: Community Garden being reborn! Hi Adam, since you asked here is where to sent those dollar bills ;) everything helps send to: Fremont Community Garden c/o Bill Maynard 3611 Del Paso Blvd Sacramento, California 95838 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (my email for more info) we have a 501(c) (3) fiscal agent with city parks make checks out to: Gifts to Share c/o FCG (initials are okFCG=Fremont community garden) we will send you a receipt with the tax payer ID for your tax purposes...plus some free seeds FYI... the wine tasting event totals were reported back at our meeting yesterday... over 425 persons attended.. when the final numbers came in... we made $11,000 profit about $3,000 more than we expected to make if the event was moderatly attended... i will be happy to give pointers on this event and our project to any ACGA members or ask me about it at the conference. as a side note...other council members are now asking about community gardens in their districts and most of them have made at least a $500 contribution to our project. still short of money for some items, we will start construction in mid august on the garden basics and fund raise and look for donations for other needed items in the next few months will keep you in the loop...thanks bill maynard sacramento On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:17:54 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're gonna need some money for the reborn garden. Bill, please post the snail mail, e-mail address of the new garden, or the 501(c) (3) that is helping the garden out, for tax-purposes, so I can circulate it and send some dough myself. Best regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Re: [cg] community gardens- dealing with liability issues
Please remember that museums are NOT in the garden business. However, if your gardeners worked out a concept, making this an ART GARDEN, that would compliment the Museum, instead of being an add on - that conceptually would fit in with the museum, then the Museum could see this as a plus.. Their attorney is looking to control any liability exposure. Find out what the museum shows (art, local history, fire-trucks, whatever) and create the garden proposal to reflect what the museum does. If a director buys in, then the attorney, with all of her/his exposure fears will have to be dragged along, albeit kicking and screaming. Your pal, Adam (we just got 3.2 Million Dollars from the NYC for the renovation in the Ballfields in Hell's Kitchen's DeWitt Clinton Park) Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [cg] community gardens- dealing with liability issues That's a tough one given that it's the museum's property and ultimately they would be held responsible. I would think they already have liability insurance to cover themselves in such a case, maybe it would just be a matter of having gardeners sign a waiver. That's what we have our gardeners do. Good luck! Lisa DENVER URBAN GARDENS 3377 Blake St Suite #113 Denver, CO 80205 phone: 303-292-9900 fax: 303-292-9911 web: www.dug.org --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Molly MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] community gardens- dealing with liability issues Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:16:11 -0700 (PDT) Hi everyone I am part of an organization that links groups that want to start a community garden with community partners who have land to offer. We're a brand new group and are still learning the ins and outs of community gardening. We've recently linked an anti-poverty advocacy group with a local museum that has land in their courtyard. The land has been tilled and plots prepared, but the museum has now said that planting cannot take place unless the gardeners come up with insurance. Since all of them are on welfare or disability this is hardly a fair request. I was just wondering what other people's experience has been with this sort of issue. Is there a precedent for lawsuits in community gardens? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to quell the museum's fears, navigate this situation etc? Thank you. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __ 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 __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Volunteers needed Friday and Sunday from 10:00am on
Friends, If you like laying rescued slate, in the midst of a beautiful garden grape arbor, with pretty darn good company, come by the Clinton Community Garden, on West 48th Street, between 9th 10th Avenues in NYC this coming Friday and Sunday. As I said to a young, pretty chiseled guy, sunbathing his six-pack, It's the difference between working out alone, and working with others. I'll be in for a few hours on Sunday, before I have to go to work - hope to see ya! Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 9:57 PM Subject: Volunteers needed Friday and Sunday from 10:00am on Hi! As you may have seen, we've been working on putting in new benches under the grape arbor. Well, our master carpenter discovered some beautiful slate pieces that were being thrown out at a nearby construction site, and so now we have the materials to completely redo that area. Friday, we will be excavating and putting down gravel, Sunday we will be fitting the slate. So if you're good with stone or good at jigsaw puzzles or you'd just like to do a good turn for the garden, please give us a hand. Thanks, Joshua Spahn CCG Steering Committee Chairperson Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Fwd: [cg] Community Garden being reborn!
So you're gonna need some money for the reborn garden. Bill, please post the snail mail, e-mail address of the new garden, or the 501(c) (3) that is helping the garden out, for tax-purposes, so I can circulate it and send some dough myself. Best regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 9:25 PM Subject: [cg] Community Garden being reborn! you might remember reading on this listserve about a downtown Sacramento Community garden (Ron Mandella Community Garden) that was shut down after 30 years due to development and contaminanted soil... some good newsalthough the development was build.. 1/3 of the garden was allowed to remain and will be transfered to the city parks n rec dept after the garden is built by CADA - Capitol Area Development Authority (the site was cleaned to a depth of 24 to 42 through a grant from the california EPA brownfields program (approx $400,000) with soils tests before, during and after the cleaning.. and testing of the new soil as well. With this cleaning going on.. we offered sign ups for plots for the future garden to be constructed with in 6 months (fall 2006) we did this to both test the interest and to gather gardeners to help build and fund raise for the gardens construction. 2 hours before the meeting, people started lining up for the 50 plots, and by the time the meeting started at 5:30pm there were over 30 persons in line for garden plots! the meeting was to give an overview of the project and also have folks sign up and give a $25 deposit on their future garden plot. the mayor also attended and praised the efforts and the need for more gardens. by the end of the meeting 45 of the 50 garden plots had been reserved.; and in the next few days 49 of the 50 plots were spoken for... the one remaining plot is one of 4 ADA accessible plots. we knew there was a need and interest for the garden, we expected to sign up about 1/3 to 1/2 of the plots...as a side note.. only 3 of the Ron Mandella Gardeners signed up for plots (the garden had been closed for 2 years during the construction of the apartments) the gardeners started working on their first fund raiser a wine tasting / silent auction and Art work silent auction...while some were unsure of this event...flyers, radio, emails all got the info out ... ticket sales were at about 100 the day before the event ($25each).. the fund raising committee along with councilmember Rob Fong amd his staff rolled up their sleeves, planned the event and found fantastic silent auction and raffle ticket prizes! approx $3500-$4500 in prizes... we had a great turn out that night we went through 300 wine glasses at the 1/2 way point... and by the end of the event we were nearly to 400 room capacity!! what a success! have to mention that one of the silent auction items was 18 holes of golf with councilmember Rob Fong and the City fire chief...that went for $600 ! we are now working on getting donations for the garden with construction planned for the early fall. as bids came in almost double the estimated costs ($300,000) .. we are phasing the garden and planning to organize the gardeners and others to help build the garden with the gardeners and others help and not bid it all out (as was required by CADA being a public agency). stay tuned for more details! See you at the conference! Bill Maynard ACGA board member, Sacramento __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Vista - The Culture and Politics of Garden
Friends, I don't hear often from Barbara Brookhart at the Bryant Parks Restoration, but when I do, it aways counts. I'd take her recommendation to look at this magazine and the book it reviewed. Regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 1:57 PM Subject: Vista - The Culture and Politics of Garden There was an interesting review of this book in the Urban Land magazine for June. It is a British bookb..for centuries, the battle for the land has been at the center of radical politics in this country. There is a long tradition that links earth and anarchy. Vista - The Culture and Politics of Gardens, edited by Tim Richardson and Noel Kingsbury, is a collection of 16 challenging and thought-provoking essays about the meaning and philosophies of gardening. Such questions as: Can a garden ever be bnatural' if man has made it? It is for the intellectual and I found some essays, like Fernando Caruncho's bThe Spirit of the Geometrician', quite heavy going. Much easier reading is Louisa Jones's essay on the explosion of garden visiting in France. For those of you with big gardens open to the public, and wondering what you could be doing, this book will certainly stir up the brain cells. The editors hope the book will be the first of a series, 191 pages, small format hardback, no illustrations, $55. Barbara Brookhart Bryant Park Restoration Corporation/34th Street Partnership 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1120 New York, NY 10110 917-438-5128 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 5:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tb-cybergardens]: NYC: 1970's Community Garden Documentary 07.29.06 @7:30 PM Each year, Rural Route brings a little bit of the country to the big city by exhibiting rural-themed films and videos for New Yorkers at Anthology Film Archives. This yearbs festival includes everything from hillybillies to horticulture and takes place from Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30. On Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 PM, we will be screening GREEN STREETS, a rarely exhibited documentary about New Yorkbs community gardening movement. Shot in the 1970s and 1980s, the film takes us back in time to revisit gardens that have since been developed, and to visit now thriving gardens in their infancy. Among these is the Bowery Houston Community Garden (now the Liz Christy Garden). Donald Loggins, a founding gardener of the Liz Christy Garden, will be on hand to reminisce about these early gardens with director Maria De Luca, and to discuss the current state of community green spaces. We hope you will attend. Please help us promote this unique event by spreading the word to members of your organization. What: GREEN STREETS at the Rural Route Film Festival 2006 When: Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 PM Where: Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Ave. New York, NY 10003 212-505-5181 More Info: http://www.ruralroutefilms.com/home.htm Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Vote now on the future of Governors Island's public spaces!
Want to vote on the future of a Federal Park? Here's your chance. Ain't e-mail democracy grand? Regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:18 PM Subject: Vote now on the future of Governors Island's public spaces! The Governors Island Alliance is proud to announce the release of Governors Island: Guidelines for Parks and Public Spaces, an illustrated set of guidelines for the 172 acre Island. They can be found at www.governorsislandalliance.org. The guidelines propose specific design objectives and standards to ensure that the more than 80 acres of public spaces to be created on the Island match the special character of the Island and are truly public in nature. These public spaces will include at least 40 acres of new public parks, a 22 acre National Monument, a waterfront esplanade, and the existing historic landscapes. Highlighted within the guidelines are three illustrated alternative visions for the Islandbs future and four layouts of public space considered b unsuitableb by the Alliance members. Members of the public may vote on their favorite of the three illustrated versions of the Islandbs public parks and spaces by visiting the website, to help guide the Alliancebs advocacy efforts. The Alliance is working with the National Park Service and the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation to see these guidelines adopted in the public plans now being developed for the Island. Thank you for your continued support of the Governors Island Alliance and our shared vision of distinctive public spaces for the Island. Sincerely, Robert Pirani Executive Director Governors Island Alliance www.governorsislandalliance.org Click here if you do not want to receive further emails. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Salt Lake Tribune: Freedom Garden helps troubled women sow seeds of confidence and happiness
This article was mailed to you by: Adam Honigman The sender included this message: A good piece on a Utah therapeutic garden Best regards, Adam Honigman Click to View this Article Freedom Garden helps troubled women sow seeds of confidence and happiness By Judy Magid The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune I always knew gardening was a stress-reliever for me, but I didn't realize how much therapy was being planted. When her life gets complicated, CarolAnn Parkin heads over to the Freedom Garden at the Volunteers of America Center for Women and Children in Murray. Sometimes I just sit in my car and look at the garden until I feel better, she says. The attraction is deeper than brightly blooming flowers, variegated bushes and a serene fountain. My sweat is in that garden. It was hard work digging holes 2 feet deep, pulling out every rock and hauling dirt in a wheelbarrow with a flat tire. But doing that made me remember the good part of my life, working hard with my family. Even thinking about mucking horse poop was good, she said. Everyone has a story, and this one belongs to Parkin. Once, she owned a horse ranch. She is the mother of a rodeo queen. She has been in detox more than once. She has been sober for close to a year. Alcohol cost me a marriage of 26 years. I was homeless. I was in detox downtown. That was fine with me. I never wanted to come here, she said, arm extended to the plain building across the street from the garden. Just think, living in a place with 30 women. Ee, she said with mock disgust. The Freedom Garden is hedged by trees and bushes on one side and a street on the other. About a third of an acre, it contains a greenhouse, a compost section, neat rows of plants in various stages of development and, at one end, a peace garden with stepping stones meandering through it. There are names in some of the stones. And ages. Deana, 27; Key, 38; Catherine, 33; Lori, 42. All had been through the center, but had died. These are women who had been through the center, but died because of addiction, Parkin acknowledges. A year ago, she did not care much about being sober, and cared even less about garden work. She did not want to come to the center at all. Before I came here, I couldn't make the decision to cross the street. When I was assigned to work in the garden, I wasn't happy about it. It was a clinical decision to place Parkin in the detox center. The garden work to which she was assigned opened a door to possible life-changing decisions. Therapeutic horticulture is not a new concept. Recognized for centuries for calming anxiety, organized therapeutic gardening programs in America date back to the 1800s. The American Horticultural Therapy Association was formed in 1973, emphasizing that garden work allows care-receivers to become caregivers, improves self esteem and builds self-confidence. But if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to make a garden. Habitat for Humanity built the center. Volunteers of America had women with no healthy leisure skills coming through the detox center. There was a piece of land for a garden but no ability to run the garden, Mary Van Minde said. A Junior League of Salt Lake City Inc. volunteer, Van Minde said league members were already teaching crafts classes at the center. The garden was a natural for one of the league's three-year projects. That was in 2003. While league volunteers still work shifts at the garden, it was turned over to the VOA in June 2006. Van Minde recalls speaking about the garden to various community groups. A check for more than $100,000 from a Florida visitor brought the advice, You must have a green house. There were rough spots. The first year, plants in the green house got 'cooked' because it was too hot. Then we discovered horticultural therapist Leigh-Ann Morse. I always knew gardening was a stress-reliever for me, but I didn't realize how much therapy was being planted along with the garden work, Van Minde added. Morse did not start out as a gardener or a therapist. In the tragedy of her son's cancer diagnosis at 2 months old, and his death six and a half years later, her focus was on doing what had to be done to get through the day. All I did for six and a half years was care for him. When he died, I still had to get up every morning. You do what you have to do. One day, I came in from working in our garden and my husband said, 'You should keep on doing this. It's the first time I've seen you happy.' And he was right. Morse became a Master Gardener and then enrolled in a Denver school and spent 18 months commuting from Salt Lake City to get her degree in horticultural therapy. The Junior League needed a horticultural therapist; Morse needed the teaching hours. The program is more than physical work in the garden, Morse said. Everyone has a story. These residents struggle with addiction, many have lost [custody of]
[cg] Therapeutic Garden In Utah
Friends, A good piece on what the American Horticultural Therapy Association does, and a fine garden in Utah, Regards, Adam Honigman Freedom Garden helps troubled women sow seeds of confidence and happiness By Judy Magid The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune I always knew gardening was a stress-reliever for me, but I didn't realize how much therapy was being planted. When her life gets complicated, CarolAnn Parkin heads over to the Freedom Garden at the Volunteers of America Center for Women and Children in Murray. Sometimes I just sit in my car and look at the garden until I feel better, she says. The attraction is deeper than brightly blooming flowers, variegated bushes and a serene fountain. My sweat is in that garden. It was hard work digging holes 2 feet deep, pulling out every rock and hauling dirt in a wheelbarrow with a flat tire. But doing that made me remember the good part of my life, working hard with my family. Even thinking about mucking horse poop was good, she said. Everyone has a story, and this one belongs to Parkin. Once, she owned a horse ranch. She is the mother of a rodeo queen. She has been in detox more than once. She has been sober for close to a year. Alcohol cost me a marriage of 26 years. I was homeless. I was in detox downtown. That was fine with me. I never wanted to come here, she said, arm extended to the plain building across the street from the garden. Just think, living in a place with 30 women. Ee, she said with mock disgust. The Freedom Garden is hedged by trees and bushes on one side and a street on the other. About a third of an acre, it contains a greenhouse, a compost section, neat rows of plants in various stages of development and, at one end, a peace garden with stepping stones meandering through it. There are names in some of the stones. And ages. Deana, 27; Key, 38; Catherine, 33; Lori, 42. All had been through the center, but had died. These are women who had been through the center, but died because of addiction, Parkin acknowledges. A year ago, she did not care much about being sober, and cared even less about garden work. She did not want to come to the center at all. Before I came here, I couldn't make the decision to cross the street. When I was assigned to work in the garden, I wasn't happy about it. It was a clinical decision to place Parkin in the detox center. The garden work to which she was assigned opened a door to possible life-changing decisions. Therapeutic horticulture is not a new concept. Recognized for centuries for calming anxiety, organized therapeutic gardening programs in America date back to the 1800s. The American Horticultural Therapy Association was formed in 1973, emphasizing that garden work allows care-receivers to become caregivers, improves self esteem and builds self-confidence. But if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to make a garden. Habitat for Humanity built the center. Volunteers of America had women with no healthy leisure skills coming through the detox center. There was a piece of land for a garden but no ability to run the garden, Mary Van Minde said. A Junior League of Salt Lake City Inc. volunteer, Van Minde said league members were already teaching crafts classes at the center. The garden was a natural for one of the league's three-year projects. That was in 2003. While league volunteers still work shifts at the garden, it was turned over to the VOA in June 2006. Van Minde recalls speaking about the garden to various community groups. A check for more than $100,000 from a Florida visitor brought the advice, You must have a green house. There were rough spots. The first year, plants in the green house got 'cooked' because it was too hot. Then we discovered horticultural therapist Leigh-Ann Morse. I always knew gardening was a stress-reliever for me, but I didn't realize how much therapy was being planted along with the garden work, Van Minde added. Morse did not start out as a gardener or a therapist. In the tragedy of her son's cancer diagnosis at 2 months old, and his death six and a half years later, her focus was on doing what had to be done to get through the day. All I did for six and a half years was care for him. When he died, I still had to get up every morning. You do what you have to do. One day, I came in from working in our garden and my husband said, 'You should keep on doing this. It's the first time I've seen you happy.' And he was right. Morse became a Master Gardener and then enrolled in a Denver school and spent 18 months commuting from Salt Lake City to get her degree in horticultural therapy. The Junior League needed a horticultural therapist; Morse needed the teaching hours. The program is more than physical work in the garden, Morse said. Everyone has a story. These residents struggle with
Re: [cg] Cuban Gardens - and Gardeners
There is, no doubt, some excellent organic gardening going on in Cuba. World class - none better. However, I do garden in NYC with folks who were part of the Mariel and later dumps of undesiriables, by the Cuban government - in the case of my fellow gardeners,gay and HIV positive men, who were lucky to stay alive. While you are enjoying the sun and the beauty of this island, please be aware that progressive and revolutionary, societies are not always friendly to folks who are different - or homosexual. Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: Karen Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:07:22 -0500 Subject: [cg] Cuban Gardens Re Cuban Gardens ; The Canada-Cuba Solidarity Committee is probably worth contacting, they have lots of sustainability projects going on With Cuba. In addition you might want to contact Angela Legua who is the director of Jardin Botanico Nacional just ourside of Havana her number is 549310. She may be able to let you know about projects going on. They have a garden at the Botanic Garden which grows all of the food which is served in the restaurants on site. I have been to Cuba several times and always come back convinced that sustainability can work. The food tastes different there. It tastes better. It is all organic. They are dealing with peak oil before peak oil. I know that you will have a wonderful time. Bon voyage. Karen __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Guerrilla Gardening News: 3 July 2006
Friends, From the front - English Guerilla Gardeners strike again! Subversive Urban beautification projects under cover of darkness. Adam Honigman Ancient Green Guerilla, NYC -Original Message- From: Richard Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:57:06 +0100 Subject: Guerrilla Gardening News: 3 July 2006 Hello troops, Lizzie (002), Sharon (1473) and everyone in between, It is blooming hot in London at the moment. The cruel-to-be-kind policy of watering plants (hardly ever) seems to be working, as the lavender is going crazy and even the new Christmas tree is sending out lush new green needles. They are all finding water somewhere. In this issue of Guerrilla Gardening newsb - AROUND THE WORLD - LATEST DIGS: ANGEL KNIGHTSBRIDGE - HELP - MEDIA - NEXT DIG: PLYMOUTH - BBQ 1000 - POLICE FROM BASEL TO PECKHAM Several stories of guerrilla gardening have been received from around the world, some are now on the website in the Troop Digs section. Andy (287) has decorated his street with wooden planters in Peckham (London), Alice (122) spotted a report of guerrillas in Basel (Switzerland) planting Forsythia and Violas, Buster (1266) has planted pansies next to his snack van in Singleton, (UK) and Aggie (1116) has been tidying up the weedy corners of Primrose Hill (London). Webre currently about half way to the 100 acts by 1 September targetb not bad, but therebs so much more to do. LATEST DIGS In London, webve been on countless, Maintenance Missions over the last couple of months. Some solo, some together. A guerrilla gardening skirmish is sometimes just a battle with weeds and litter, but thatbs more fun than it sounds when youbre kneeling in a bed of lavender on a warm summerbs evening, and the litter is a thin and crusty as a giant poppadom (if not so tasty). You can always find a stray carrier bag amongst the litter to scoop the rest up into when passing by your plot, itbs really not unlike picking up poop after walking the dog. Webve been back to Amwell Street in Angel, North London, where the residents of Charles Allen House had been tending my previous sweet pea planting. They showered our surprise visit with choc ices and coins. I saved a Christmas tree from a Pattibs (1253) back garden in Acton, which is now flourishing at Project 5 in Southwark and we have a community garden for the disabled in Hackney in our sights, an invitation but not a date. Most recently we ventured into a leafier part of London to tidy up two small planters at the base of trees. In the shadow of Knightsbridgebs Brompton Oratory we topped up the barren brick boxes with new top-soil and planted a few Hebe and Salvia. Itbs astonishing how even the swish parts of town have neglected fringes! HELP First an apology. From Mexico to Manchester, lots of you want to meet like-minded guerrillas in your area, and many are expecting your troops cards and seeds. The slow progress is largely down to IT short-comings, virtually everything is manual at the moment, and Ibm better at using a trowel than HTML or javascript. Ibve been promising whizzy new features on the website that will enable wannabe guerrillas to find people in their area to help and have held back on these updates with the hope of announcing good newsb but itbs now set back. I have a volunteer but they are still very busy. If there are other snappy database builders out there please come forward to help us out, and Ibll give you more info. MEDIA Guerrillas around the world are now being followed by cameras and note pads, using the powe of propaganda to sow seeds of revolution. Cells in Switzerland and Belgium have been in the press. Here in London Britabs wild flower meadow at the Hogarth roundabout was in the press a couple of weeks ago after it was sadly prematurely mown flat by Transport for London - despite notices suggesting they held off. It is frustrating when rare b officialb gardening activity is so misguided. The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Independent on Sunday, Amateur Gardening and Big Issue have all covered activity of guerrillagardening.org in the last few weeks. NEXT DIG Do you live in Plymouth, (Devon not Massachusetts)? Itbs a big grey city, bombed to bits in WWII and slowly regenerating after the decline of the naval base. Ibm doing a dig with my mum and a few of her friends this Friday (7thJuly) evening. If you are local (Stoke Village area) and want to join in please contact me for more details. Here in London, the merry cell is up to bits and pieces every couple of weeks or so. Ibll spread the word wider when a big one is coming up. BBQ We talked of a first Guerrilla Gardening BBQ to celebrate 1000 troops. Well webre heading for 2000 enlisted now (some active, some just interested). To make it happen we just someone in London (or near by) to provide or suggest a venue. Cooks and catering are all lined up. Offers please to [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND FINALLY I met the
[cg] ACGA Website Link to Community Garden Studies and New Briefs
Friends, When in doubt, please look at the ACGA links - there's a wealth of information listed there, including many hyperlinks to Community Garden studies. Annual membership to help support this free resource available for Pizza and Beer prices ( http://www.communitygarden.org) http://communitygarden.org/links.php#Studies Notes from NYC: I'm back, after this missive, to planting some rescued roses and hollyhocks in DeWitt Clinton Park in NYC.(54th - 52nd Streets, Between 11th 12th Avenues) It's back to the future, here, really, because this was the site of the famous DeWitt Clinton Farm Garden ( a children's community garden from the turn of the 19th/20th Century.) The DeWitt Clinton Park Conservancy is bringing back this garden site, right next to the docks, for the people of the City of New York. If you're in Manhattan this July 4th, the Clinton Community Garden ( located on 48th Between 9th 10th Avenues) will be holding it's annual 4th of July Picnic. Bring a dish, a six pack, some soda, or a couple of bucks to drop in the bucket. The de rigeur franks and hot dogs, flags and good feeling ( along with full summer perennial spendor) is provided by the garden. Hope to see you there! The Liz Christy Garden ( Bowery/2nd Avenue and East Houston Street) is getting ready to open after a trying time living next to a construction site. Looking around, a week ago, while helping set the foundations for the renovated turtle pond) its survival amazes, the Norway Pine and Cherry Tree (planted by the ACGA's Tessa Huxley, year back) and so many splendid perennials the bones of this truly amazing garden. If you see anyone inside the garden, be sure you ask to be let in. News from the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden in NYCf: http://www.runninginterference.com/index.htm . Thank you for sending in notes of support , via this website, to help save this endangered Bellevue Hospital community garden. Your letters, calls and e-mails of support, and those of hundreds of others seem to be turning the tide from bulldozing for a parking lot to the survival of this garden created and sustained by substance abusers working, day-by-day, to stay clean. Please keep the pressure on to help keep this essential and beautiful community garden alive for some of NYC's most vulnerable people. See ya later, got more digging and planting to do before I go to work tonight. Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 01:47:36 EDT Subject: [cg] community_garden values to community Dear community garden friends, here are a few references on this topic there are a bunch of articles like this...write if you want more references jm embry sustainable communities Lexington, KY Suggested Citation Been, Vicki and Voicu, Ioan, The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values (March 2006). NYU, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 06-09 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=889113 ** Recent Publications Articles from the Human-Environment Research Laboratory Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences The following articles are part of the work we have conducted in the Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois; Frances E. Kuo and William Sullivan, Directors. The citations for these articles are: Brunson, L., Kuo, F.E., Sullivan, W.C. (2001). Resident appropriation of defensible space in urban public housing: Implications for safety and community. Environment Behavior, 33(5), 626-652. Coley, R.L., Kuo, F.E., Sullivan, W.C. (1997). Where does community grow? The social context created by nature in urban public housing. Environment Behavior, 29(4), 468-492. Kuo, F.E. (2001). Coping with poverty: Impacts of environment and attention in the inner city. Environment Behavior, 33(1), 5-34. Kuo, F.E., Bacaicoa, M., Sullivan, W.C. (1998).Transforming inner-city neighborhoods: Trees, sense of safety, and preference. Environment Behavior, 30(1), 28-59. Kuo, F.E. Sullivan W.C. (2001). Aggression and violence in the inner city: Impacts of environment via mental fatigue. Environment Behavior, 33(4), 543-571. Kuo, F.E. Sullivan W.C. (2001) Environment and crime in the inner city: Does vegetation reduce crime? Environment Behavior, 33(3), 343-367. Kuo, F.E., Sullivan, W.C., Coley, R.L., Brunson, L. (1998). Fertile ground for community: Inner-city neighborhood common spaces. American Journal of Community Psychology, 26(1), 823-851. Kweon, B.S., Sullivan, W.C., Wiley, A. (1998). Green common spaces and the social integration of inner-city older adults. Environment Behavior, 30(6), 832-858. Miles, I., Sullivan, W.C., Kuo, F.E. (1998). Ecological restoration volunteers: The benefits of participation. Urban
[cg] Thank You! Your Work Is Turning the Tide at the Bellevue Sobriety Garden
Friends, Thank you for your support of the Bellevue Hosptial Sobriety Garden in NYC. Your e-mails, letters of support, telephone calls to the legislators listed on our website seems to be getting the attention of the powers that be: The healing, therapeutic Bellevue Sobriety Garden cannot be destroyed or diminished. The battle ain't over at the Bellevue Sobriety Garden in Manhattan, but your help and emails are starting to turn the tide. I'm cautiously optimistic, here. Please keep your phone calls, e-mails and snail-mail missives coming. The tide seems to be turning, a bit. Please don't let up in your messages to our elected officials. For more information, please go to our website: http://www.runninginterference.com/index.htm FYI - This is what juice, political influence, a withdrawal from the favor bank, looks like when community gardeners like you do the work in their neighborhoods, working with local politicians and stake-holders, to make the alliances they need to make to ensure their survival. Community Gardening is 50% gardening and 100% politics. Best regards, Adam Honigman Bellevue Sobriety Garden From:Elias, Minna [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Constituent Subject:Meeting on Sobriety Garden Date:Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:09:47 -0400 Just to let you know b our meeting yesterday went well. Nothing will happen to the garden until October, if at all. They agreed not to touch it until after the growing season. We also talked with them about finding alternative sites and as soon as they figure out how many parking spots they actually need, we can move forward. Minna R. Elias New York Chief of Staff Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney 1651 Third Avenue, Suite 311 New York, NY 10128 Tel: (212) 860-0606 Fax: (212) 860-0704 Sign-up for periodic email updates from Congresswoman Maloney at http:/maloney.house.gov Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime
'Defiant Gardens' brought comfort in war By Heather Lee Schroeder Special to The Capital Times July 1, 2006 In the 1950s, Abraham Maslow said humans care about their aesthetic or intellectual needs only after all their other basic needs -- food, shelter, security and social approval -- are met. Researchers have since challenged this theory, suggesting that human needs are far more complex than Maslow realized. Author Kenneth Helphand's new book Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime offers ample evidence that this is almost certainly true. This lovely book offers an overview of gardens created under the most adverse conditions during the turbulent 20th century. From soldiers who raised vegetables in the trenches of World War I to Jews who built kitchen gardens in the ghettos of Warsaw to the Community Gardening Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Helphand (pronounced Helfand) explores how gardening, even in the worst situations, provides solace for the human soul, as well as sustenance for the human body. In a recent telephone interview, Helphand, who is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon in Eugene, reflected on the process of writing Defiant Gardens. Over and over people in these horrible circumstances would describe the beauty of some small aspect of this and how it was more important than food, he said. To me that inverts the idea that gardens are superficial or only necessary after you've done everything else. For anyone who is a designer or an artist, you essentially believe in your gut that art matters, he added. It doesn't mean it's the most important thing, but it matters. The idea for Defiant Gardens started with a photo Helphand found of World War I soldiers working in their garden. As he describes it, the image festered under his skin, but it ultimately took 15 years for the book to come to fruition. Helphand said the process of creating this book has deepened his understanding of gardens and landscape. In particular, he has an appreciation for the active relationship humans maintain with the environment when they garden. What he finds significant is that many of the people who created these defiant gardens did so knowing there was a strong chance they wouldn't be there to see the fruits of their labors. It was a paradox, Helphand said. People were still trying to be hopeful even when they knew there was no hope. At its core, Defiant Gardens reads like a deeply political treatise. That's probably not so surprising since Helphand's undergraduate degree was in political science, but the author is quick to point out that he's not offering up an anti-war message. Rather, he believes it's impossible to discuss war and not think about the politics underlying all of them. If you think of war and gardening as a kind of war and peace, then gardening is a state of peace, he said. The garden in the time of war is trying to bring back a state that is not violent and where people are not being killed. Helphand believes gardens can offer people healing in times of great trauma, but he also understands that they don't always reach every person. For some, it is music or visual art that sustains them through traumatic times. His point is that the human need for the beautiful transcends time and place. Ultimately, Helphand has concluded that life, home, hope, work and beauty are all equally important to the human spirit. The proportions of those ingredients change from situation to situation, but they underlie all basic human needs. I can honestly say that I started with hope, Helphand said of the process of writing the book. I knew that already. Lots of people have written about that. It was the others that I came away with. I was amazed at people's ability to try to make a home when thrust into horrible situations, but the one that surprised me the most was how much the work meant to people. Gardening is fundamentally creative and ultimately satisfying to the human spirit, he concluded. And of course, there is the power of the beautiful which seems to have the power to sustain human beings. It doesn't matter how big something is or how long it is in duration. A single plant can be as meaningful as an acre, he said. As for future projects, Helphand says there are books waiting to be written about gardening in Soviet gulags and South African prisons, but he hopes to focus on an exploration of the English painter Derek Jarman's gardens. My hope is that other scholars and students will read 'Defiant Gardens' and do more because there's a lot more out there, he said. Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about
Re: [cg] Cuban Gardening
Elvira, Practically,it would be best to go to your local Cuban consulate a few months in advance of your trip to arrange work as part of your ecotour of this worker's paradise. It is, as you know, a command economy - and I'm sure you would have work if you coordinated your trip with the sugar cane harvest, for example. There is a great deal of by-necessity organic gardening on the island, and large sections remain breathtakingly beautiful. Good luck. Adam Honigman __ 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
Re: [cg] australia
The ACGA is always interested in community garden studies. Please go to the ACGA website for contacts, etc. http://www.communitygarden.org Best regards, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: Elvira [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:48:46 -0700 Subject: [cg] australia Hi, Are you interested in studies from Australia? My friend is doing her thesis on this topic, I could put you in touch... Elvira __ 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 Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Re: [cg] advice needed on mulch for paths
In NYC, as many of our gardens were redeemed from rubble strewn lots, the garden paths are made from brick, laid into a sand or gravel foundation. If bricks are there, just for the asking, I can't think of a better, more permanent garden path. Years back, the brickwork paths of the famous and bulld ozed Adam Purple's Garden of Eden , was exquisite - A similar example of fancy brickwork and design makes up the paths of the 6BC Botanic garden (between Avenues B C on East 6th Street on Manhattan's Lower East side This link will give you an idea of the breathtaking beauty of this garden - and incidentally, its brickwork: _http://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/sets/7205759416313/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/sets/7205759416313/) Best regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen NY __ 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
Fwd: [cg] advice needed on mulch for paths
_http://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/sets/7205759416313/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/goggla/sets/7205759416313/) This link to 6BC Garden works for me - you may want to cut and paste it in your browser. Adam Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-xl02.mx.aol.com (rly-xl02.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.51]) by air-xl03.mail.aol.com (v109.13) with ESMTP id MAILINXL32-5b844a08c31154; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:39:15 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.63]) by rly-xl02.mx.aol.com (v109.13) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXL24-5b844a08c31154; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:38:57 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=igc.org; b=oU+hfdNZd4mZAsFM62/0mm+25H9WAi2GCkKiF3gRk9BFb+iT7lMrbaU9aOAJ9I0Y; h=Received:Mime-Version:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Message-Id:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [68.166.177.191] (helo=[172.16.1.10]) by elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Fv2XW-0008EK-1L for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:38:54 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Libby J. Goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cg] advice needed on mulch for paths Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) X-ELNK-Trace: 99bfd7e161338675db835db2cfb9d3a171f31630cc218d1f911132f5ee876490350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 68.166.177.191 X-AOL-IP: 209.86.89.63 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Page not found Oops! Looks like you followed a bad link. If you think this is a problem with Flickr, please tell us. Here's a link to the home page. __ 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
[cg] Statement by Friends of the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden - Thursday evening June 22nd
Statement by Friends of the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden - Thursday evening June 22nd - Health Services Commitee of CB6. Bellevue Hospital Center, Old Medical Library, CD Building, 8th Floor - 6:00 PM. Delivered by Adam Honigman, member, Friends of the Bellevue Hospital Sobriety Garden Let me start by saying that our defense of the Bellevue Sobriety Garden does not mean either that we oppose the construction of the East River Science Park or that we refuse under any circumstances to move and start over. Like most New Yorkers, we hope that the Science Park will move our City into the forefront in the medical technology field. And again, like a true New Yorker, our garden has a record of flexibility, having been uprooted and replanted several times in its 17 year history. However, we wish you to consider four important points in this issue. First, we are convinced that not every alternative has been explored because Bellevue, it either institutional arrogance or indifference, has not invited community input or run an open decision making process. Secondly, paving over our garden is poor resource management, taking our therapeutic space to create a mere 64 temporary -- and I stress, temporary -- parking spots needed only until 2008 when the Science Park will open with 400 parking spaces of its own. Finally, Bellevue is not offering us an appropriate alternative location. The various proposals include two non-contiguous strips, in a landscaped entrance area, totaling 6% of our present area, the narrow strip of our present space which sits atop the hospitalbs diesel tanks and the roof of a loading dock, which the hospital cannot use for parking. But we cn't use it for gardening, either, since webd have to leave a 16-foot wide access drive for diesel trucks! Please remember also, that the People of the City of New York have mandated Bellevue Hospital, via its Health and Hospitalbs Corporation to heal our sick, bind up the wounds of our injured, help those who are addicted to legal and illegal controlled substances break that cycle of self-destruction bto stay clean and achieve a healthy life. The hospitalbs mission, at base is eonbs old: b First, do no harm.b Paving over the Bellevue Sobriety Garden does real harm to hundreds of real people, addicted patents who use the garden. And to what greater good ? To provide 64 free or subsidized parking spaces for the private automobiles NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation employees? There is something very wrong with this picture. There is no healing alternative to the Bellevue Sobriety Garden, but the Bellevue HHC employees certainly have access to commercial private parking, the streets, or God forbid, the public transporation that millions of New Yorkers, and the even the Mayor of the City of New York take to work on a daily basis. Thatbs why we need you to keep the big picture in mind. You know that once a garden is paved, it never comes back. That once a therapeutic project for recovering addicts and alcoholics is downsized, it canbt blossom the way it used to. Reflect on the irony of a giant bio-science center, with its mission of human healing through the manipulation of nature, leading to the destruction of a small swath of garden that b without technology as an intermediary b so powerfully restores our essential human spirit. Thank you Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: [tb-cybergardens]: [MG] COMMUNITY PARADE TO SAVE HARLEM GARDENS!
-Original Message- From: aresh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 04:21:28 -0400 Subject: [tb-cybergardens]: [MG] COMMUNITY PARADE TO SAVE HARLEM GARDENS! COMMUNITY PARADE TO SAVE 17 HARLEM GARDENS Please forward widley-- WHEN: Saturday, June 24 1:30pm - for Bikers Start at Union Square at 1pm WHERE: Nueva Esperanza Garden (E110th St 5th Ave) Meet us at Nuevo Esperanza Jardin with HUG - Harlem United Gardens. WHAT: From there, we're going to ride and dance up the streets of Harlem to celebrate community gardens and camaraderie. We'll visit some endangered gardens, unleash a few surprises, and stand up against some short-sighted developers. End Party, rally and picnic at the the 116th Street Block Association Garden 8 East 116th Street between Madison Fifth Ave Bring food and enthusiasm to share! Drummers, Dancers Stiltwalkers Bikes, Seeds Grins Summer Sun Urban Green Harlem United Gardeners Times Up! More Gardens! You Your crew Wear green and flowers! Bring drums other noisemakers! bb:bb;bb:bb;bb:bb;bb:bb;bb:bb;bb:b moregardens.org = ___ MG mailing list Post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/mg To Unsubscribe Send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/mg/cybergardens%40treebranch.com You are subscribed as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
[cg] Fwd: Fiends of Bellevue Sobriety Garden - Help Needed!
Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full-name: DHuntin42 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:44:11 EDT Subject: Fiends of Bellevue Sobriety Garden - Help Needed! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5055 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain This email is part of the campaign to save Bellevue Hospital's Sobriety Garden. Please circulate this email to your networks. From: Deborah Huntington Friends of the Bellevue Sobriety Garden (email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi - I am writing to ask your assistance. There are TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS this week at which it would be important to have members of the public, specifically folks who would identify themselves as a Friend of the Sobriety Garden. I have to leave town on Wednesday morning and am unable to attend either meeting. The most important of the two meetings is on Thursday evening, June 22, (6:00 pm -- NYU Medical Center, 530 First Avenue at 32nd St., Lecture Hall B -- the security guard at the door can direct you). It's the Subcommittee on Human Services of Community Board 6, and the future of the garden is the big agenda item. The meeting will be attended by the top Bellevue brass plus representatives of many local politicians. It's the place where the hard questions will be put directly to Bellevue's decision makers. We are looking for 1) garden supporters to attend; and 2) a volunteer to read a brief (half page) statement (which I am happy to write) on behalf of the Friends of the Sobriety Garden. Patient-gardeners will be present and will speak, but the staff of the recovery programs are not allowed by Bellevue, so a good showing on their behalf would be important. Please contact me if you can read the statement or help in some other way! Also important is the Wednesday June 21 meeting of the Bellevue Community Advisory Board, which will meet at 6:00 pm at Bellevue Hospital (462 First Avenue, at 28th Street, in the Rose Room, 12th floor.) We are also on the agenda here and hope to have supporters in the audience. There may be a chance to speak as well. Update The good news is that we've gotten a lot of support from local politicians, including Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Community Board 6, Council Member Garodnick and others. There are people on the Bellevue Community Advisory Board who support the Garden, and more than 150 people have signed our on-line petition. The bad news is that the Bellevue administration insists that there is no negotiating room, and they are twisting the arms of many administrators to fall in line behind the decision. Staff are still afraid for their jobs and can't speak out; Bellevue has put up a firewall on its internet system to prevent people from going to our website (www.saveourgarden.org). They have launched a public relations campaign claiming that they the Sobriety Gardeners are supporting Bellevue's alternative proposals (see below), which is not the case. Issues Bellevue wants to pave over most of our therapeutic garden (leaving us only the area on top of the diesel tanks, which we can't plant!) to create up to 64 parking spots to help compensate for the loss of 250 parking spots due to the nearby construction of the East River Science Park (NYC's Economic Development Corp.). We do not believe that Bellevue has approached the parking issue in a systematic way, and urge them to: * Undertake a census of exactly WHO is parking in the current lot to determine whether they are in fact Bellevue employees and whether their job necessitates having a car; * Publish staff guidelines clarifying who is eligible for subsidized parking, and apply these criteria across the board in a consistent fashion, without favoritism; * Explore other parking options, including closing petitioning the city to keep the block on East 27th Street between First Avenue closed and the FDR (this street has been closed off for several years due to nearly -finished construction), and contracting with local parking vendors. Bellevue has offered our garden alternative space which is not acceptable. These include: * Two non-contiguous strips in the front of the hospital which total 6% of our present garden's area, in a landscaped, public venue; * The area in our current garden which is over the emergency generator diesel tanks (unplantable). Come See the Garden for Yourselves! The Friends of the Bellevue Sobriety Garden join with the patients in the recovery clinics to invite you to a Garden Party on Wednesday, June 28, to come see why so many visitors, patients and staff love this garden. Visit
[cg] Hospital's Garden of Sobriety May Sprout Rows of Cars
By EMILY VASQUEZ Published: June 14, 2006 When Charles Flax talks about the small garden tucked just behind the Bellevue Hospital Center, it becomes clear that the space is more than a few vegetable beds and a tool shed. It is one place where, Mr. Flax, 60, said, he has restored his dignity. You're working from the ground up with people who respect you, who share knowledge with you, and they trust you, Mr. Flax said. You're with people who believe in growth. Mr. Flax is a client of Bellevue's chemical dependency outpatient program, and has spent about three months working to control an alcohol addiction. The garden, he says, has been an integral part of his therapy. But Mr. Flax is frustrated, along with other clients and some of the program's staff members, because the garden as he knows it is threatened. In mid-July, Bellevue Hospital plans to turn the green space into a parking lot, expanding a lot that sits on the garden's west side. And while there will be a smaller spot for the garden, in a more public location, it will take quite a while to return it to its present state, according to many of those who have put their sweat into it. That's a sacrifice the hospital will make, its spokesman, James Saunders, said, to make room for the East River Science Park, a commercial bioscience park that he says will put New York City on the map for biotech development. Construction of the park is to begin this year east of First Avenue between 28th and 29th Streets. The garden will be converted into a parking lot for some of the hospital's clinical staff, he said, making up for spaces lost across the campus. This is a very sensitive balancing act you have to do, Mr. Saunders said. It's a wonderful program, and we recognize the therapeutic benefits of participating in it. The other thing we recognize is that we have to get staff into the hospital to care for those most vulnerable of patients, he said. The hospital has offered a new space for the garden on First Avenue, where there is a public green space at the hospital's entrance, but, Mr. Saunders said, it will probably not be the same size or scope of the existing garden. Annatina Miescher, 51, who is the director of the chemical dependency outpatient program, started the garden in 1989, though it was moved from its original location in December 2000, for the construction of another parking lot. In July 2005, a section was dug up to replace underground diesel tanks. But through the changes, Ms. Miescher has worked with the program's clients most Saturdays and Sundays to maintain the garden, install an irrigation system and build new beds, benches and trellises. She uses her own money to pay a small stipend to those who help on weekends. Ms. Miescher has also personally maintained the garden at the cost of about $30,000 a year, according to clients and some hospital employees working in the garden yesterday. Ms. Miescher declined to be interviewed because she said she felt it might jeopardize her job. Bob Ferrell, 55, a client in the program for two years, said the garden is a labor of love for Ms. Miescher, and for him it's far more. Being on my knees all day in the sun b it's like you're back to life again, Mr. Ferrell said. This place has saved my life. Matt Neff, 42, a recovering drug addict, compared working in the garden to conquering his addiction. I'm learning to nurture the plants like I nurture my disease, Mr. Neff said. I have to be on guard to keep it in line. Mr. Neff said the hospital's staff enjoys the space as well. They talk with me and ask me questions. It's a haven for them, Mr. Neff said. When it's a parking lot, what are they going to do? Lean against a car? Lyle Frank, chairman of the human services committee of Community Board 6, which oversees the area, said the hospital's plan to move the garden is expected to be discussed at a meeting next week. Among other points related to the East River Science Park's construction, he said, the committee is looking for a good plan that's going to protect the sobriety garden. Tonight, at Community Board 6's full board meeting, some of the program's clients plan to present their case, as well. It's just a shame to lose it, Mr. Ferrell said. Does Bellevue really need another parking lot? Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. __ 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
Re: [cg] Daryl Hannah Evicted From Tree on Urban Farm
Friends, An interesting view on the Urban Farm Evictions. Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC _http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-me-lopez14jun14,0,4277454.c olumn?coll=la-news-comment-editorials_ (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-me-lopez14jun14,0,4277454.column?coll=la-news-comment-editorials) _Steve Lopez_ (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-columnist-slopez,0,1145776.columnist?coll=la-news-comment-editorials) : Points West Daryl Hannah Evicted From Tree on Urban Farm June 14, 2006 Former mermaid Daryl Hannah said recently she didn't know there was a farm in South-Central Los Angeles until she got a phone call from a woman named Butterfly. This was back when Joan Baez was living up a tree on the same farm and singing folk songs, and I'd like to thank all of them for their contribution to the first paragraph of this column. Hannah was being plucked from what may have been that same tree Tuesday as I arrived on the scene. Helicopters hovered overhead and there were enough police on hand to invade Mexico. (http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v6|3405|3|0|*|h;36649285;1-0;0;12926932;4307-300|250;16979752|16997647|1;;~sscs=?http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmovie.c om/) (http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v6|3405|3|0|*|h;36649285;1-0;0;12926932;4307-300|250;16979752|16997647|1;;~sscs=?http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmo vie.com/) (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/trb.latimes/news/opinion/editorial;ptype=s;rg=ur;tile=3;sz=300x250;ord=17140400) It was the final drama in a long-running soap opera based on the fact that a guy named Ralph Horowitz wants a warehouse or something to rise on his 14-acre property, where cactus and fruit trees now bloom. Hannah's arrest, along with those of a few dozen other protesters, was a Hollywood moment if ever there was one. The farm story has been beaten to death for years, but Hannah only heard about it a few weeks ago. And then suddenly she was Mother Teresa among the poor, laying her head down in a cabbage patch each night. When I got to the show, protesters were behind the barricades at 41st Street and Long Beach Avenue, singing and dancing and yelling at cops in riot gear as the last squatters were evicted. What are you here to protect? one foaming protester shouted at the cops, calling them slaves of the system. Fascism? It was like being at a Mumia Abu Jamal rally. I liked the spirit of the young Che wannabes and gray-haired greens, but Mumia killed the cop in question, and Ralph Horowitz owns the farm in question. Which means he can do with it as he pleases, as the courts have ruled more than once. Sure, it's a little more complicated than that. The city bought the land from Horowitz in the 1980s to build a trash incinerator, then dropped the plans after citizen protests. In 1992, the city leased the land to a food bank, which opened it up to urban farmers. But then, after a court battle, the city agreed to sell the land back to Horowitz in 2003 for $5 million. That's when the current squabble started. Horowitz told the farmers to leave, but they wouldn't budge, so he called them squatters and they called him names right back. The money spent on legal fees alone could probably feed the farm's 350 gardeners for years to come. But this isn't really about gardening at this point. The property is a symbol of many different things and everyone's got an agenda, with the plight of the farmers almost lost in the fray. They became pawns, says South-Central activist Mark Williams, for a small group of political opportunists and Westside environmentalists. The latter groups made up the bulk of the arrestees Tuesday, said Williams, who's with South-Central Concerned Citizens. Many of the real farmers, he said, long ago moved to other spots the city found them, including one seven-acre plot at 111th and Avalon, where they could grow food without endless political theater. They speak a lot of progressive, Marxist rhetoric, but they're behaving like landed gentry, said Williams, who had water thrown in his face Tuesday by one of the so-called representatives of the farmers. They didn't like hearing me speak the truth. Williams, whose mother, Juanita Tate, was one of the original activists who fought the city's attempt to build an incinerator on the property, said he thought the activists were fools to vilify and alienate Horowitz, and thinks they sabotaged whatever deal might have been worked out to keep at least a portion of the land open to public use for gardening or soccer fields. Meanwhile, demonstrators blasted Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for failing to save the farm, and supporters promised yet more legal challenges in the never-ending saga. At City Hall, the defeated mayor was pointing a finger at Horowitz, saying he had turned down a $16-million offer that included a $10-million
[cg] LA Garden Shut Down - 40 Arrested
More local coverage from LA L.A. Garden Shut Down; 40 Arrested Protesters are forcibly taken from the site that had flourished for years in a poor area. The owner refuses the city's $16-million offer. By Hector Becerra, Megan Garvey and Steve Hymon, LA Times Staff Writers June 14, 2006 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shut down a 14-acre urban farm in South Los Angeles on Tuesday, arresting more than 40 protesters as they cleared a plot of land that has been the source of discord and controversy in the community for two decades. The evictions occurred during a frenzied morning both at the farm and at City Hall. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other city leaders continued negotiations with the landowner even as deputies used bolt cutters and power tools to remove protesters who had attached themselves to concrete-filled drums and mature trees. (http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v6|3405|3|0|*|k;36649285;1-0;0;12926931;43 07-300|250;16979752|16997647|1;;~sscs=?http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmovie. c om/) (http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v6|3405|3|0|*|k;36649285;1-0;0;12926931;43 07-300|250;16979752|16997647|1;;~sscs=?http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmo vie.com/) In an afternoon news conference, Villaraigosa said owner Ralph Horowitz turned down $16 million b an offer that met the asking price. Talks broke down, the mayor said, in large part because Horowitz wanted the farmers evicted. Today's events are disheartening and unnecessary, Villaraigosa said. After years of disagreement over this property, we had all hoped for a better outcome. For his part, Horowitz said he had no intention of rewarding a group that included people he said had made anti-Semitic remarks about him even as they squatted rent-free on land that was costing him more than $25,000 a month to maintain b in addition to massive legal bills fighting their efforts to remain. If the farmers got a donation and said, 'We got $50 million, would you sell it to us?' I would say no. Not a b chance, Horowitz said. It's not about the money. It took authorities nearly eight hours to forcibly clear protesters from the farm. Officials bulldozed vegetable gardens and chopped down an avocado tree to clear the way for a towering Fire Department ladder truck so the final four protesters could be plucked from a massive walnut tree. Among those aloft: protest organizer John Quigley and actress Daryl Hannah, who waved and smiled as supporters cheered her on from across the street. The farm site b and the story of how after the 1992 riots residents turned the vacant land into patches of fruits and vegetables b has become a symbol of hope and self-sufficiency to many, attracting support from celebrities including Martin Sheen, Danny Glover and Laura Dern. For more then a week, those camping at the site had waited for the end, running evacuation drills, attending seminars on their legal rights and orchestrating ways to impede any eviction effort. The evictions began before the sun was even up. A warning cry went out shortly before 5 a.m. Quigley, serving as a lookout, spotted motorcycle police and a phalanx of cruisers approaching the corner of Long Beach Avenue and 41st Street and shouted from his perch. I heard John yell: Get up. This is real! Not a joke, Hannah said in an interview before deputies took her from the tree. As they had practiced, protesters took their positions b some chained to the concrete drums, others locking arms though pre-erected pipes. Hannah scrambled to her place on a tree branch near Quigley. In just minutes, sheriff's deputies cut through the chain-link fence perimeter and ordered protesters out. Soon the perimeter was heavily fortified. About 250 LAPD officers secured the area, many in riot gear, as about 65 sheriff's deputies evacuated the farm. Many streets leading into the area were blocked, snarling traffic in one of the area's busiest commercial districts. Seferino Hurtado, 70, an immigrant from the Mexican state of Michoacan, said he was not shocked that the farm was finally taken. He had tilled at the garden about 10 years. We thought it could happen one day. But I'm disappointed, Hurtado said. I'm older now, and when I spend time there it serves as therapy. The land, along an industrial corridor in an economically struggling area, has long been a source of headaches for city officials. It was seized from Horowitz in 1986 after the city used eminent domain in an effort to build an incinerator at the site. Community activists defeated that proposal, and residents turned the land into garden plots where low-income families could grow their own produce. Horowitz, however, sued to get the land back, eventually winning. Three years ago, he paid $5 million b close to the price he'd gotten for the land 17 years earlier b to reacquire the parcels. But the farmers refused to leave. As the fight continued and got increasingly contentious, some
[cg] Observations/Lamentations...South Central Farms, LA
Friends, This is from South Central Farms in LA, where a 14 acre community garden has been destroyed for profit. This dispatch, from the front is from David King, a community gardener and master gardener from the LA area. What can you really say in a situation like this, except sorry for your loss - and ours. Best regards, Adam Honigman\ Community Gardener, NYC Adam - thanks for putting up my last post - I don't know why it didnt' go through with our your help, but I am grateful you stepped up to the plate. I'm at work now, and I don't have access to my cg list email account - would you do me the favor of posting this as well? I won't be doing this on a regular basis I assure you. I'm just feeling shell shocked today. It is a very sad day indeed. I have been to South Central Farms and stood on the street in protest, looking across two lines of police to the Farm where LA County Sheriffs removed those who were in the farm when the eviction started at 5:00 a.m. b I felt too impotent. When reinforcements arrived and they began to strap on their riot helmets, I excused myself. We had already lost and that was plentifully apparent to me. We lost and from what I can ascertain, we really didnbt have a chance to begin with. You see, I heard on the news b from Mayor Villaraigosa himself, no less b that Ralph Horowitz, the property owner, was, in fact, offered the full amount for the purchase of the farm, but Mr. Horowitz vindictively refused the sale because he is intent that everyone on the property be evicted before he would sell it. He has gotten his wish. Everyone was evicted from the Farm today and now law enforcement has moved in to wipe the last of the protestors off the street. Not only a glutton, but a small, mean one at that; Mr. Horowitz does not want for money b the $16 million wouldnbt have been chump change, but he and his family have nothing to want for no matter how this property eventually ends up being disposed of. Mr. Horowitz came to be the property owner under highly suspect conditions. The city had bought the property using eminent domain in the 1980bs for $5 million. After the project slated for the site fell through, the city transferred the property from one department to another b valuing it at $12 million. But then, in some odd twist of fate, the city then sold the property to Ralph Horowitz for the sweetheart sum of $5 million, a transaction that was hidden from public scrutiny for six months. With much fanfare and a lot of heart, funds were raised to meet Mr. Horowitzb asking price of $16 million but Mr. Horowitz had made up his mind that he would make his mark on the people of South Central Los Angeles and do what he could personally do to make them feel the brunt of the law and his personal power. It is hard for me to look at such a moneyed person and feel sympathy, yet I know that would be the truly sacred attitude to assume. Ibm sorry Ibm not that evolved. And Ibm sorry that our system has failed. In an act of supreme irony, today was also the day that our Los Angeles County Sheriff announced support for a drive to raise a special tax to fight gangs. How can one support a tax hike when one knows that those taxes will be used to offset the expense of this eviction b eviction from one of the very few bright spots in that part of Los Angeles where lack of hope fuels gangs? South Central Farm was well noted for being gang free and an even safer place than the neighboring schools! It appears that no one is listening and the taxpayer pays for it going both directions. And even in the same breath, the mayor and city council are talking about expanded green spaces through out our city. It appears that 14 acres in South Central Los Angeles will be bulldozed to make way for another warehouse. It is green now, there would be no money required to make it green b it IS green. But soon it will go awayb Horowitz is only the most visible criminal here. I donbt understand how he came to own this land and how the city was able to sell it to him without more outcry and why those, from the citybs side, havenbt been named and brought to account. As always, the event that makes the TV cameras, like what has happened today, is only the tip of a very large iceberg that has been among us for a very long time. Events like todaybs media circus are only that. The hard work that went into making South Central Farms one of the largest of community gardens in the nation will be bulldozed and poor families, disenfranchised from the legal and financial system, will move on to find a new place to put in their crops and pray for a good harvest. It has always been thus and prayers that we, here and now, Los Angeles 2006, could rise up to be a better civilization and kinder society remain unanswered while the deals in the backroom continue to oppress the life and vitality of those willing to work for a better
Re: [cg] Observations/Lamentations...South Central Farms, LA
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[cg] Save the Bellevie Hosptial Sobriety Garden!
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL SOBRIETY GARDEN Founded 1989 The garden sits on a small sliver of land carved out on b the south lawnb of Bellevue Hospital, flanked by the main hospital building, the FDR on the east, 26th Street on the south, b the south parking lotb on the west. It covers approximately 15,000 square feet. Part of it is cultivated in vegetables, much of it in flowers; its paths are created from mosaics and stones, heavily accented with b found objects;b folk sculptures and rustic art punctuate the space. It has an entirely home-grown, unpolished, work-in-progress look to it, nurtured by scores of the poor and homeless patients and Bellevue serves. THE GARDEN IS FACING ITS GREATEST THREAT EVER CURRENT PROBLEM: The City of New York is about to break ground on the East River Science Park on 29th Street, causing Bellevue Hospital to lose 250 parking spots for at least three years. To help the hospital with their parking problem during the construction period, the Science Park is allocating about $2 million (about $600,000 per year). Parking lot contractors proposed to the hospital to reorganize the existing parking in b the south lot,b installing 4-story stackable parking lifts and extending the parking over the Bellevue Sobriety Garden. The patients and staff are shocked and devastated to see their therapeutic garden facing destruction. The plans were drawn up in secret and announced in late May to the Substance Abuse Recovery staff, whose members are under strict orders to not protest, at penalty of losing their jobs. Demolition is slated to take place by mid-July. The top administrators of Bellevue Hospital say that there is no room for discussion. BACKGROUND TO THE GARDEN The patients that founded and cultivated the therapeutic garden since 1989 are members of the Bellevuebs chemical dependency rehabilitation clinics. Many are homeless and have medical and psychiatric conditions that complicate their efforts to establish a sound recovery. They struggle enormously to overcome their additions. The garden has been an invaluable complement to conventional treatments, which include 12- step programs, counseling, and medication, as it provides the only contact with nature and therapeutic gardening (with its endless metaphors of rebirth, hope and struggle), that most of these individuals have ever had. The garden and is financed exclusively through voluntary donations. The Auxiliary to Bellevue Hospital is the organization that receives and monitors all of its funds. Donations by hundreds of individuals of time, hard work, money and supplies have created the garden b not just once, but in the numerous fresh starts it has been required to make. In 1999 Bellevue Hospital attempted to pave over our paradise to build a parking lot. This project was aborted through the prompt intervention of CB6, warning the Hospital it could not redefine the public land without first consulting CB6. (Efforts are currently being made to reach out to CB6, but the board says it no longer falls under b land useb monitoring). In December 2000, the Therapeutic Garden was hastily moved from its traditional site in the back of the old psychiatric building, between 29th and 30th street, to construct a parking lot (which then became an extension of the city morgue folliwng 9/11). A new site for the Garden was designated by the hospital's CEO, Mary Thompson, at the b South Lawn.b on top of the hospital diesel tanks, which feed the emergency electricity generator. The garden experienced severe turmoil during 2003-2005, when two-thirds of its surface was excavated to install new fiberglass diesel tanks fourteen feet under the ground. At the end of June 2005 volunteers started to reconstruct the marble mosaic paths and sitting areas, raised new planting area walls, repaired and restored raised vegetable bed walls, shoveled 31 yards of finely screened topsoil from Long Island into the planting areas, repaired the watering system, built pink granite benches, raised a cement covered Pergola to support the wisteria and climbing rose, sculpted two blue eyed cement lions to guard the pergola, and transplanted the plants which had been rescued during the tank escavation. HOW YOU CAN HELP 1) Visit the gardenbs website: _http://www.saveourgarden.org/_ (http://www.saveourgarden.org/) . Watch for information on the petition campaign. 2) Attend the community board 6 meeting at NYU Medical Center (530 First Avenue, near 32nd Street) on Wednesday, June 14, to support the patients and volunteers who will lobby for the gardenbs protection. 3) Webre forming b Friends of the Bellevue Sobriety Garden,b consisting of NYU professionals working in Bellevue, including doctors and staff, together with community gardeners, recovery organizations, and mental health advocates. Watch the website for more information.
[cg] LA ACGA Convention: August 10-13, 2006: Looking Good
Friends, It looks like it's going to be a great ACGA Convention in LA this August - the brochure that arrived in the mail looks splendid, and the conference workshops are as good as anything I've seen. I hope I can get there this August. The ACGA regional committee has done a tremendous job of organizing, as usual. As an out-of-towner, I certainly don't know these gardens, or the names they're listed under, officially. I've been hearing a lot about the South Central Farmers, of late, and their struggle to save their 14 acre community garden (_www.southcentralfarmers.org_ (mip://02bd6238/www.southcentralfarmers.org) or _www.southcentralfarmers.com_ (http://www.southcentralfarmers.com) . ) I realize that all politics are local, so I really know only what I've read about the South Central Gardeners in the press and e-mail blasts. As I don't know the various names that gardens go by in LA,. So I'm curious: under what name are the South Central Farmers listed in the ACGA's Conference Seminar or tour circular? I'd like to sign up, out of solidarity with them, if the gardeners haven't been evicted, and the garden hasn't been bulldozed by the time the convention starts. Best regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC __ 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
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[cg] Fwd: [MG] URGENT WEB BLAST FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS--- please spread th...
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[cg] Joan Baez joins tree-sitting bid to save LA garden
Joan Baez joins tree-sitting bid to save LA garden 2006-05-24 Folk singer Joan Baez sang We Shall Overcome from a tree-top perch in Los Angeles on Wednesday in a bid to save a community garden from demolition. Baez, 65, who gave voice to civil rights and anti-war campaigners in the 1960s, joined Julia Butterfly Hill, an anti-logging activist, in taking up residence in the tree in the 14-acre (5.7-hectare) fruit and vegetable garden in gritty south Los Angeles. Baez will take shifts occupying the tree with Hill, who spent two years in the late 1990s sitting in a northern California redwood to highlight the plight of ancient forests. The threatened Los Angeles garden is tended by some 350 farmers, many of them immigrants, who have been growing fruits and vegetables there since 1992. It's an extraordinary community of people and creativity in this industrial part of the city and it literally gives life every way, Baez told reporters, after singing a verse of We Shall Overcome in Spanish. The farmers are threatened with eviction after a court battle over ownership of the land between the city of Los Angeles and a developer who wants to build a warehouse there. The developer has offered to sell the land for $16 million but no one has yet come up with the money. Actress Daryl Hannah, a keen environmentalist, joined a small group of supporters who have raised some of the money. We've come up with $6 million, which is unbelievable. If everyone in the city just gave one dollar, this place could be saved, she said. __ 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
[cg] NY Post - Clinton Community Garden
COOPED UP? HERE'S WHERE TO FIND FRESH AIR IN NEW YORK CITY By KATHERINE DYKSTRA and ADAM BONISLAWSKI May 25, 2006 -- COMMUNITY GARDENS By KATHERINE DYKSTRA WHEN Colan McGeehan and his wife, Melissa, relocated from Allentown, Pa., to New York earlier this year, the idea of living in the city was exciting. But they had one reservation. Our home in Pennsylvania was a four-bedroom, four-bathroom. We had a garden and all this landscaping, McGeehan says. [Melissa] was scared that if we moved to the city, she wouldn't be able to garden. But the couple were heartened when they were shown an apartment in The Octagon, a former insane asylum that's been converted into 500 rental units on Roosevelt Island. The complex has tennis courts, a pool and a waterfront playground, but best of all for the McGeehans, there's a community garden just a three-minute walk away. It was a huge selling point, says McGeehan of their proximity to the Roosevelt Island Garden Club, which currently supports 130 gardeners and has been in existence since 1980. New York community gardens were born in the early 1970s with the Liz Christy Bowery Houston Community Garden. The garden was the brainchild of Liz Christy, the founder of the Green Guerillas, an organization dedicated to cultivating community gardens. It was a lemonade out of lemons situation, says Steve Frillmann, the executive director of Green Guerillas. The city was littered with these nasty vacant lots it was unable to handle. They were rubble-strewn centers for negative things like garbage and prostitution and drug dealing, and the Green Guerillas wanted to take on these open spaces as a community, to clean them out and figure out what folks wanted to plant, as opposed to hiring a landscape artist. They wanted the gardens to look like the people who created them. And they do. Now 33 years later, there are more than 600 independently managed community gardens sprinkled throughout the city, with the highest concentrations in East Harlem, Central Brooklyn and the South Bronx. Though each garden has its own set of rules, the basic idea is the same: to provide members of a community, who likely don't have a place to garden at home, the opportunity to tend their own piece of the neighborhood. Sounds lovely, except, a spot in a community garden can be as difficult to attain as an affordable no-fee rental. When Sarah Copeland moved to 49th Street in Hell's Kitchen five years ago, she set her sights on securing a piece of the Clinton Community Garden at 436 W. 48th St. It was in a ratty neighborhood, because at that time Hell's Kitchen was considered up-and-coming, Copeland says. The garden was a way to justify to myself that the neighborhood had its own little gems. She put her name on the waiting list behind 79 other green thumbs, then sat back and waited. And waited. And waited. It would be four years before Copeland got a call. And even then it wasn't to tell her she'd reached the top of the list. In fact, one of the other gardeners had been neglecting his garden, so management had decided to sublet his plot. They have a committee that looks at all of [the plots] every week, and they'll call or e-mail a person if they're not making good use of their space, says Copeland, who got her first taste of community garden-hood as a subletter. It's just like if you were a tenant anywhere else; you have to contribute. The McGeehans are number 11 on the list at the Roosevelt Island Garden Club, and are crossing their fingers their number comes up soon. The benefits of community gardens are obvious. The gardens allow residents to get their hands dirty inexpensively - some gardens don't charge a fee - in a city where dirt can be hard to find. Copeland points out that gardeners can use the resources of the community garden, the compost and the mulch, and they even give away seeds and let you use their tools. They also offer a sense of community. And in neighborhoods that lack greengrocers, they can serve as urban farms. In turn, for the community at large, the gardens serve as safe anchors that stabilize neighborhoods. A March 2006 study conducted by the NYU School of Law found that the opening of a community garden has a statistically significant positive impact on residential properties within 1,000 feet of the garden and that the impact increases over time ... We find that the opening of a garden is associated with other changes in the neighborhood, such as increasing rates of homeownership, and they may be serving as catalysts for economic redevelopment of the community. Well, duh. But it doesn't hurt to be reminded. Though 200 gardens were preserved by the city in 2002 alone, there have been no new gardens created since 1999, when the city stopped giving out leases. And some gardens are currently being threatened. Since 1999, we've had over 300 community gardens preserved, says Frillmann. But now it's garden by garden, as the
[cg] Fwd: cheap room available in the Bronx More Gardens house
In a message dated 5/20/2006 12:02:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jkthecat666 writes: Please forward widely! Cheap Bronx Room Available June 1 for Garden Lover The More Gardens! Office/Apartment has a room for rent beginning June 1. The rent is $425 a month plus utilities. The apartment has 3 bedrooms, one large common area, an office area, kitchen and bathroom. Ideally we would like someone who will devote some volunteer time to More Gardens! projects, including fundraising, garden cleanup, working with gardeners to save their community gardens, and/or a project of your own design. But we will also welcome someone who is at least supportive of More Gardens! mission and who appreciates community gardens. The apartment is located in the South Bronx near Yankee Stadium, and it is close to the B/D/4 161-Yankee Stadium subway stop and the 2/5 3rd Av-149 St. stop. Call Samantha at 718-986-8057 for more information about the apartment. Info on Current More Gardens! Projects: More Gardens! is a non-profit organization, which works to preserve community gardens in New York City and create more gardens. Through the collaborative efforts of More Gardens!, community gardeners, community members, activists and other garden support groups, hundreds of endangered community gardens have been made permanent in New York City. Currently, the South Bronx and East Harlem are undergoing major housing development. Four years ago, there were 23 community gardens in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx and now there are only 12 remaining. With the support of More Gardens!, community members and gardeners stood up to HPD, and 6 gardens were made permanent. More Gardens! is working with gardeners, the community, local developers and politicians to save the remaining gardens. In East Harlem, More Gardens! is collaborating with community members at the Nuevo Esperanza garden to maintain an active encampment to prevent the destruction of gardens in the area and to call media attention to their plight. More Gardens! is also gearing up for its second annual Animal Adventure Summer Camp for youth ages 9-13, which will take place in community gardens around the Melrose neighborhood. For more information on More Gardens!, visit www.moregardens.org. Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Full-name: Jkthecat666 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 00:02:48 EDT Subject: cheap room available in the Bronx More Gardens house To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Please forward widely! Cheap Bronx Room Available June 1 for Garden Lover The More Gardens! Office/Apartment has a room for rent beginning June 1. The rent is $425 a month plus utilities. The apartment has 3 bedrooms, one large common area, an office area, kitchen and bathroom. Ideally we would like someone who will devote some volunteer time to More Gardens! projects, including fundraising, garden cleanup, working with gardeners to save their community gardens, and/or a project of your own design. But we will also welcome someone who is at least supportive of More Gardens! mission and who appreciates community gardens. The apartment is located in the South Bronx near Yankee Stadium, and it is close to the B/D/4 161-Yankee Stadium subway stop and the 2/5 3rd Av-149 St. stop. Call Samantha at 718-986-8057 for more information about the apartment. Info on Current More Gardens! Projects: More Gardens! is a non-profit organization, which works to preserve community gardens in New York City and create more gardens. Through the collaborative efforts of More Gardens!, community gardeners, community members, activists and other garden support groups, hundreds of endangered community gardens have been made permanent in New York City. Currently, the South Bronx and East Harlem are undergoing major housing development. Four years ago, there were 23 community gardens in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx and now there are only 12 remaining. With the support of More Gardens!, community members and gardeners stood up to HPD, and 6 gardens were made permanent. More Gardens! is working with gardeners, the community, local developers and politicians to save the remaining gardens. In East Harlem, More Gardens! is collaborating with community members at the Nuevo Esperanza garden to maintain an active encampment to prevent the destruction of gardens in the area and to call media attention to their plight. More Gardens! is also gearing up for its second annual Animal Adventure Summer Camp for youth ages 9-13, which will take place in community gardens around the Melrose neighborhood. For more information on More Gardens!, visit www.moregardens.org.
[cg] Fwd: [NYC-GardensCoalition]
-Original Message- From: Jon Crow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; CyberGardens [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:03:31 -0400 Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] hey all! Want to give everyone an update on plans for the Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party! Fro music, there'll be a DJ (Dan Nishimoto, from Pacific Street) and swing dancing to a 16-piece big band (Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band) http://www.artlillard.com/heavenlyband.htm For our raffle, we're gathering some pretty cool prizes including a pair of tickets to BAM's 2006 Next Wave, 3-month memberships to The Body Reserve health club, an exercise bike, dinner at a local restaurant, and more! And come buy one of our new garden t-shirts! Attached is the invite, but in case it doesn't come through, here's the details: Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party!! Saturday, May 20, Noon-5pm (RAIN OR SHINE! * Awards Reception begins at 2) Pacific Street between Flatbush 4th Avenues Honoring the Garden Founders We're closing the block to celebrate! Come help us honor our Founders, the Pacific Street Block Association, and the 21st Anniversary of the Bears! MUSIC * Dancing * BBQ * Bake Sale * Raffle * more! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- FONT COLOR=#99Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/VAOolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-GardensCoalition/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of BearsAnniversaryInvite.pdf; name=BearsAnniversaryInvite.pdf] __ 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
[cg] Fwd: [tb-cybergardens]: LaGuardia Corner Garden May 14 Party
In a message dated 5/6/2006 12:10:55 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Celebrate Transcendence of Borders Resonating in our Global World in the LaGuardia Place Corner Community Garden MOTHERS BEYOND BORDERS MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 RALLY FOR MOTHERbS DAY NEW YORK CITY MOTHERSACTINGUP.ORG MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 Program Julia Ward Howebs Proclamation for Motherbs Day Organic Farming Methods and Products to Enjoy Greening of Schools/Chalking Arts GardenSound for Womenbs Voices, Rhythms and Chants Mother Narratives and Poems Yoga, Breathing and Balancing for Mind and Body The Myth of Persephone and Demeter Particulars Date: Sunday, May 14, 2006 Time: 11 AM b 2 PM and then some Place: LaGuardia Place Corner Community Garden Location: LaGuardia Place, Between Bleecker and Houston Street Invited: All having experienced mothering, nurturing and powerful experience with the collective energy of mothers! Dress Code: Exotic, Fun, Hip, Outrageous, To the hilt! Excruciating casual:) Delicious Food and Rally Sponsor NYC Mothers Acting Up Parade Organizer Dr. Eileen Kalamala Ain Information, Joining and Volunteer Support: 917-747-2890 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-yj02.mx.aol.com (rly-yj02.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.140]) by air-yj03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILINYJ31-7fc445c21bc14a; Sat, 06 May 2006 00:10:55 -0400 Received: from vs50.server4me.com (vs50.server4me.com [216.55.187.50]) by rly-yj02.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYJ26-7fc445c21bc14a; Sat, 06 May 2006 00:10:37 -0400 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by vs50.server4me.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k464AYK90015 for tb-cybergardens-list; Fri, 5 May 2006 21:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) X-Authentication-Warning: vs50.server4me.com: majordom set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f Received: from ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.7]) by vs50.server4me.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k464AYR90008 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 5 May 2006 21:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (cpe-72-229-190-108.nyc.res.rr.com [72.229.190.108]) by ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4646EPd013204 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sat, 6 May 2006 00:06:14 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) To: Robert Lutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: doggielama [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tb-cybergardens]: LaGuardia Corner Garden May 14 Party Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 00:10:51 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-AOL-IP: 216.55.187.50 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was multipart/alternative Celebrate Transcendence of Borders Resonating in our Global World in the LaGuardia Place Corner Community Garden MOTHERS BEYOND BORDERS MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 RALLY FOR MOTHERS DAY NEW YORK CITY MOTHERSACTINGUP.ORG MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 MAY14 Program Julia Ward Howes Proclamation for Mothers Day Organic Farming Methods and Products to Enjoy Greening of Schools/Chalking Arts GardenSound for Womens Voices, Rhythms and Chants Mother Narratives and Poems Yoga, Breathing and Balancing for Mind and Body The Myth of Persephone and Demeter Particulars Date: Sunday, May 14, 2006 Time: 11 AM 2 PM and then some Place: LaGuardia Place Corner Community Garden Location: LaGuardia Place, Between Bleecker and Houston Street Invited: All having experienced mothering, nurturing and powerful experience with the collective energy of mothers! Dress Code: Exotic, Fun, Hip, Outrageous, To the hilt! Excruciating casual:) Delicious Food and Rally Sponsor [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of attach.msc] NYC Mothers Acting Up Parade Organizer Dr. Eileen Kalamala Ain Information, Joining and Volunteer Support: 917-747-2890 [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
[cg] Twin Towers Alliance Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adam Honigman thought that you would be interested in hearing about The Twin Towers Alliance. Please visit The Twin Towers Alliance and join this drive to overcome the official disregard for the will of the People. The campaign to Take Back The Memorial succeeded last fall in kicking the so-called International Freedom Center off of Ground Zero. Now let's Take Back The World Trade Center. Your voice matters! http://www.twintowersalliance.com/preview/ Sincerely, The Twin Towers Alliance __ 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
[cg] {Disarmed} Clarkston, Mich: Volunteers Need to Plant Clarkston Community Garden
Volunteers needed to help plant Clarkston Community Garden The Clarkston Community Garden is ready for planting. Families and groups are needed Saturday, May 13, to plant all the crops for the 2006 season. Planting will start at 9 a.m. ADVERTISEMENT The garden is an approved Michigan State University Extension Plant A Row site. Fresh produce harvested at the end of the season is donated to needy families. In preparation for planting day, the Yesteryear's Farm Tractor Club broke ground in mid-April. Club members plowed and tilled the field, the first step to any garden opening. This past weekend, garden managers along with students from Clarkston High School's National Honor Society readied the beds and did a general clean-up on the site. There are other volunteer opportunities at the Community Garden for individuals and groups throughout the summer. Besides middle school and high school youth groups, Scout groups, neighborhood groups and families, the garden is in need of five garden managers and master gardeners. To volunteer, call the Independence Township Recreation Department at (248) 625-8223. Originally published May 4, 2006 __ 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
[cg] Phoenixville, PA: May Events - St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth
Nice to see what a great community garden is up to. -Original Message- From: Alliums [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'David Pasekoff' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:22:54 -0400 Subject: Community Garden: May Schedule of Events! Hi, Folks! The Spring Work Day on April 29 was a great success b and not just because TD Alfredobs donated 10 large pizzas! The northcentral perennial bed is now ready to receive volunteer sunflowers, cosmos and cleome from garden plots, the front of the garden has been edged in wood chips and buckets and buckets of weeds are now compost! However, the Russian Thistle is attempting to make a comeback, so webll still need folks on Tuesday nights for weeding and conversation! This weekend has two opportunities to plant and learn more about plants. On Saturday at 1 pm, Brownie Troop 1712 will be planting sunflowers, nasturtiums from Seed Savers Exchange and other flowers around the labyrinth and garden edges. Helpers are welcome b this an b all planting, no weeding!b day, so it should be fun for plant enthusiasts. On Sunday at 2 pm, Les Beachy, the East Coastbs expert on kiwis, will be coming to the garden to examine and prune our hardy kiwi pergola. Les donated the original plants and is helping us tidy up the pergola so that it will be ready to install the brand new benched donated to the garden by the Phoenixville Area Middle School Philanthropy Club. Although Les is Seed Savers Exchange expert on Kiwis, hebs also a member of the North American Fruit Explorers and has a broad background in fruit growing b if you have any questions about any fruit, Les will be happy to answer them while hebs at the community garden on Sunday afternoon. On Friday, May 12th, at 5 pm, our pastor, the Rev. Linda Gruber and Brother Peter Costello of St. Gabrielbs Hall will jointly perform the annual b Blessing of the Garden.b All are welcome for annual service at the garden. Although itbs not a garden event, if youbre looking for tools, clothes, furniture or anything else, the b Mondo Yard Saleb to benefit Reservoir Dogs! Park will be held at 315 Gay Street (St. Johnbs United Church of Christ) on Saturday May 20th, starting at 7 am. With the 261 members of Friends of Reservoir Dogs! Park cleaning out their closets to raise money for the dog park, ANYTHING youbre looking for should be offered for sale that day. Speaking of yard sales, the community garden needs more watering cans b if you find some at a yard sale before the b Mondo Yard Saleb , please consider donating them to the community garden. Teenage boys may love to water, but they are hard on plastic watering cans b which are *not* cheap and never seem to go on sale! L Also, if you are dividing a perennial and canbt find a home for the divisions, consider donating them to the community garden and/or the Mitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall. Just leave the plants (with labels, please!) in pots in the shade of one of the sheds and webll find the perfect spot for your extra plants at either of these locations. Our gardeners have been busy in the community as well as at the garden: Ed ObNeill, who assists me with St. Gabrielbs Hall, has applied for Phoenixvillebs new Youth Aid Panel that will work with first-time juvenile offenders. Jessica, from Chester County Juvenile Probation Community Service, is back at the garden for the summer. Felix Shi, a junior at Phoenixville High School who volunteers at the garden to fulfill college aspirations, and his date were interviewed at the Phoenixville High School Prom b look for them on Channel 4! Brandon Hark, who joined the garden to grow vegetables for PACS as his bar mitzvah community service project, harvested his very first crop ever b a beautiful selection of green head lettuce b and took it to PACS this week. Here is the short version of our schedule for May: Monday3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Tuesday 5:30 pm to dark Perennial Garden Volunteers (Great Conversation; Necessary, but Low-Impact Weeding!) Wednesday 3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Friday 3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Saturday, May 61 pm Brownie Troop 1712 plants flowers around the labyrinth b helpers welcome! Sunday, May 7 2 pm Les Beachy, Seed Savers Exchange Kiwi Expert Friday, May 12 5 pm Blessing of the garden with Rev. Linda Gruber and Brother Peter Costello Saturday, May 20 7 am -? Mondo Yard Sale to Benefit Reservoir Dogs! Park at 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville Do visit the community garden and see whatbs been planted! Dorene Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and
[cg] Phoenixville, PA: May Events - St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth
Nice to see what a great community garden is up to. -Original Message- From: Alliums [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'David Pasekoff' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:22:54 -0400 Subject: Community Garden: May Schedule of Events! Hi, Folks! The Spring Work Day on April 29 was a great success b and not just because TD Alfredobs donated 10 large pizzas! The northcentral perennial bed is now ready to receive volunteer sunflowers, cosmos and cleome from garden plots, the front of the garden has been edged in wood chips and buckets and buckets of weeds are now compost! However, the Russian Thistle is attempting to make a comeback, so webll still need folks on Tuesday nights for weeding and conversation! This weekend has two opportunities to plant and learn more about plants. On Saturday at 1 pm, Brownie Troop 1712 will be planting sunflowers, nasturtiums from Seed Savers Exchange and other flowers around the labyrinth and garden edges. Helpers are welcome b this an b all planting, no weeding!b day, so it should be fun for plant enthusiasts. On Sunday at 2 pm, Les Beachy, the East Coastbs expert on kiwis, will be coming to the garden to examine and prune our hardy kiwi pergola. Les donated the original plants and is helping us tidy up the pergola so that it will be ready to install the brand new benched donated to the garden by the Phoenixville Area Middle School Philanthropy Club. Although Les is Seed Savers Exchange expert on Kiwis, hebs also a member of the North American Fruit Explorers and has a broad background in fruit growing b if you have any questions about any fruit, Les will be happy to answer them while hebs at the community garden on Sunday afternoon. On Friday, May 12th, at 5 pm, our pastor, the Rev. Linda Gruber and Brother Peter Costello of St. Gabrielbs Hall will jointly perform the annual b Blessing of the Garden.b All are welcome for annual service at the garden. Although itbs not a garden event, if youbre looking for tools, clothes, furniture or anything else, the b Mondo Yard Saleb to benefit Reservoir Dogs! Park will be held at 315 Gay Street (St. Johnbs United Church of Christ) on Saturday May 20th, starting at 7 am. With the 261 members of Friends of Reservoir Dogs! Park cleaning out their closets to raise money for the dog park, ANYTHING youbre looking for should be offered for sale that day. Speaking of yard sales, the community garden needs more watering cans b if you find some at a yard sale before the b Mondo Yard Saleb , please consider donating them to the community garden. Teenage boys may love to water, but they are hard on plastic watering cans b which are *not* cheap and never seem to go on sale! L Also, if you are dividing a perennial and canbt find a home for the divisions, consider donating them to the community garden and/or the Mitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall. Just leave the plants (with labels, please!) in pots in the shade of one of the sheds and webll find the perfect spot for your extra plants at either of these locations. Our gardeners have been busy in the community as well as at the garden: Ed ObNeill, who assists me with St. Gabrielbs Hall, has applied for Phoenixvillebs new Youth Aid Panel that will work with first-time juvenile offenders. Jessica, from Chester County Juvenile Probation Community Service, is back at the garden for the summer. Felix Shi, a junior at Phoenixville High School who volunteers at the garden to fulfill college aspirations, and his date were interviewed at the Phoenixville High School Prom b look for them on Channel 4! Brandon Hark, who joined the garden to grow vegetables for PACS as his bar mitzvah community service project, harvested his very first crop ever b a beautiful selection of green head lettuce b and took it to PACS this week. Here is the short version of our schedule for May: Monday3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Tuesday 5:30 pm to dark Perennial Garden Volunteers (Great Conversation; Necessary, but Low-Impact Weeding!) Wednesday 3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Friday 3:30 pm to 5:00 pmMitchell Program of St. Gabrielbs Hall Saturday, May 61 pm Brownie Troop 1712 plants flowers around the labyrinth b helpers welcome! Sunday, May 7 2 pm Les Beachy, Seed Savers Exchange Kiwi Expert Friday, May 12 5 pm Blessing of the garden with Rev. Linda Gruber and Brother Peter Costello Saturday, May 20 7 am -? Mondo Yard Sale to Benefit Reservoir Dogs! Park at 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville Do visit the community garden and see whatbs been planted! Dorene Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and
[cg] Seattle Times: P-Patch Diary - Times Staffers take a stab at a community garden
P-Patch diary: Times staffers take a stab at community garden By Lucy Mohl Special to The Seattle Times P-Patch community gardens in Seattle offer the urban dweller a chance to dig with a country attitude. There are 1,900 plots over 12 acres around the city, including one a block away from The Seattle Times Co. Staffer Lucy Mohl, a self-confessed brown thumb, will give us regular reports on how she and her gardening co-workers are taking a plot of land and transforming it into a tiny Eden. Hi, Patch: It's little old me b and six of my colleagues b toiling away on you, a bit of ground we estimate at 8 by 19 feet. If it were just me, a more appropriate name might have been R.I.P. Patch or Plot of the Brown Thumb. As much as I love to watch things grow and bloom, I've always had trouble keeping a garden alive. But after I came to work at The Times a few years ago, I kept walking by our nearby P-Patch and decided to apply for a spot. Finally, after many months, my name came up to claim some dirt. Now, there are seven of us committed to weeding, planting and harvesting, and some of my colleagues appear to know what they're doing. So, I may get the chance to learn this joy of gardening I've envied in others. Digging at the dirt and contemplating summer tomatoes certainly beats whacking at my keyboard over lunch. It just feels good to come back to the desk with a little honest sweat around my neck. The first challenge was to get us organized. The previous P-Patcher had left a plot with just two overgrown rose bushes and a whole batch of weeds. Would we carve up our dirt into many little plots? Or work the land communally? The answer came in a noon-hour weeding session that felt like the barn-raising scene in Witness. We dove in with hoes and shovels and emerged by afternoon meeting time with a well-groomed swath of ground nearly ready for planting. Now, we've decided to dig together, grow together and enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of our labor together. We know the season is getting on us to make our planting choices. Lettuce and carrots look like our first crop, soon to be followed by basil, tomatoes and ... we're not exactly sure. It's good soil, and we get fantastic sun coverage. Of course, we'll follow the P-Patch rules and garden organically. I can taste those Early Girls already. Follow our progress and give us your gardening advice at _http://p-patcher.blogspot.com_ (http://p-patcher.blogspot.com/) . Lucy Mohl is Senior News Producer for seattletimes.com __ 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
[cg] Portland, Oregon: Diggable City - Grad Students Locate CG-able Sites
TribTown: City to community gardeners: Dig this Grad students aid effort to turn empty spaces into gardens By ANNA JOHNS Issue date: Tue, May 2, 2006 The Tribune A handful of people at City Hall credit Sellwood resident Sheila Strachan with an idea that could lead to more community gardens in Portland. Though Strachan wonbt take credit for the idea, she does admit to badgering city officials on a monthly basis to let her and her neighbors turn a piece of city land into a community garden. b This site seemed the most promising,b Strachan said of a 100-by-100-foot lot on the corner of Southeast 21st Avenue and Harney Street. The open space was mostly grass, which served as a buffer between nearby bungalows and the large Bureau of Environmental Services pump on the far corner of the lot. When the transformation from a useless grass space to the Sellwood Community Garden was finally complete in 2003, Strachan made a presentation to very enthusiastic City Council members. b It was like light bulbs went on over their heads,b Strachan said. Commissioner Dan Saltzman requested a citywide study to discover other city-owned lots that could be transformed into community gardens. His staff enlisted the help of Urban Studies and Planning graduate students from Portland State University. The city inventory, called the Diggable City, identified 289 spaces that may be suitable for community gardens, nurseries, farmers markets and even small urban farms. Last year, the City Council adopted the report from PSU, which recommended making urban agriculture a planning priority in Portland. Now, the citybs Office of Sustainable Development is launching three pilot projects. b Ibm digging deeper into what the best possible use is for the individual properties,b said Steve Cohen, Food Policy and Programs manager for the city. Other roles for urban digs One pilot program is a community garden that may end up being one of Commissioner Randy Leonardbs so-called hydroparks, which will open up Water Bureau land to recreation. A location currently under consideration is at Southeast 117th Avenue and Multnomah Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood. Whether it goes forward depends primarily on neighborhood interest. b It would be the first community garden east of Southeast 82nd,b Cohen said. b That East Portland area is very underserved when it comes to community gardens.b Another project includes expanding the experiential education opportunities onto a lot adjacent to Zenger Farms, a nonprofit education farm at Southeast 117th Avenue and Foster Road. The third project is a native plants nursery run by Verde, an environmental job training organization that is a spinoff of Hacienda Community Development Corp., a low-income housing organization. b The nursery will provide plant material and labor used in wetland restoration,b said Alan Hipolito, director of Verde, who is working with Cohen to find a location for the nursery. b Webre trying to play a strong role in distributing environmental skills to people who need the jobs.b While most of the inventory focuses on locations for community gardens b which currently have a waiting list of about 400 people b PSU researchers also found larger sites that could house urban farms similar to 47th Avenue Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture farm at 6632 S.E. 47th Ave. Mike Paine, a CSA farmer in Yamhill who served as a consultant on the inventory project, said it takes only three to five acres to feed 50 to 100 people. b There are a lot of farms out there that have farm managers who are in a place where theybd like to start their own farm,b Paine said. b But the cost of land precludes it, as does going 40 miles outside the city they want to serve.b Knowing more about what you eat When talking about the advantages of expanding community gardens, farmers markets and urban farms, the people involved in the Diggable City project talk a lot about building community and about food security, which is having universal access to healthy food at all times. b But no one is making the glorious or audacious claim that something like the Diggable City could free the city from food insecurity,b Paine said. b It gets into this whole idea of knowing where your food comes from,b said Paul Rosenbloom, one of the PSU researchers. Currently, therebs no funding in place to expand urban agriculture onto city lots. b Part of the goal is to find the opportunities and then work with neighbors and friends groups to create opportunities,b Saltzman said. b Itbs a case-by-case basis, as citizens initiate interest.b Information about the Diggable City project can be found at www.diggablecity.org or by purchasing a 22-minute video from the PSU School of Urban Studies and Planning, 506 S.W. Mill St. Email Anna Johns __ The American Community Gardening Association
[cg] Chicago Lead in Green Roofs - Community Gardens in the Sky
CHICAGO RANKED #1 ON 2005 TOP TEN LIST OF GREEN ROOFS PLANTED Chicago - Officers President Steven Peck Green Roofs forHealthy Cities Chair Peter Lowitt Devens Enterprise Commission Secretary Dan Slone McGuire Woods LLP Treasurer Monica Kuhn Architect Board of Directors Leslie Hoffman Earth Pledge Foundation Jeffrey Bruce Jeffrey L. Bruce Co. LLC Steve Skinner American Hydrotech, Inc. Committee Chairs Chair Corporate Committee Steve Skinner American Hydrotech, Inc. Chair Policy Committee Lois Vitt Sale Wight Company Chair Research Committee Bradley Rowe Michigan State University Chair Training Committee Jeffrey Bruce Jeffrey L. BruceCo. LLC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO RANKED #1 ON 2005 TOP TEN LIST OF GREEN ROOFS PLANTED First-of-its-kind industry survey shows tremendous growth in going green Toronto, Canada b April, 2006 b Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a non-profit industry association whose mission is to increase the development of the green roof industry across North America is pleased to announce the results from the first survey of its Corporate Members independently administered by Kendon Light, E.A. The top ten cities by square footage planted in 2005 are as follows: 1. Chicago, IL. 2. Washington DC 3. Suitland, MD 4. Ashburn, VA; 5. New York, NY; 6. Culpepper, VA 7. Austin, TX 8. Arlington, VA 9. Des Moines, IA 10. Ottawa, ON. The survey asked member-companies to report on their completed 2004 and 2005 green roof projects in North America. Results indicate a 72% growth in green roof square footage across North America between 2004 and 2005, and over 80% growth in the United States. North American green roof infrastructure implementation increased from 1.3 million square feet in 2004 to 2.5 million square feet in 2005. b Webre very excited to see the actual growth numbers which match the huge increase in green roof interest our association members see on a daily basis,b says Steven Peck, Founder President of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. b We anticipate even greater growth in the future.b Survey results and methodology are available at www.greenroofs.org. The 4th Annual Green Roof Conference, Awards and Trade Show will be held in Boston, MA May 11-12, 2006 and features more than 40 speakers from around the world and 75 exhibitors. Green roof infrastructure (a.k.a. eco-roofs and vegetated roofs) involve the use of technologies that incorporate drainage systems, high quality waterproofing, a root-repellant layer, specialized growing media and specially selected plants onto the roofs of buildings. The benefits of green roofing are widespread and include a significant reduction in storm-water run-off, better heat and sound insulation, energy savings, improved air quality and reduction in the Citybs urban heat island. Other benefits include increased park space, improved aesthetics, community gardening and biodiversity. For interviews or more information, contact Rob Felber, (330) 963-3664 b Cell 216-299-3361, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Steven Peck, (416) 971 4494 b Cell (647) 226 4494 __ 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
[cg] Fwd: [NYC-GardensCoalition] Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party!
In a message dated 4/30/2006 2:06:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: hey all! Want you all to know you're invited to the Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party! Attached is the invite. In case the attachment doesn't come through, here's the details: Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party!! Saturday, May 20, Noon-5pm (RAIN OR SHINE! * Awards Reception begins at 2) Pacific Street between Flatbush 4th Avenues Honoring the Garden Founders We're closing the block to celebrate! Come help us honor our Founders, the Pacific Street Block Association, and the 21st Anniversary of the Bears! MUSIC * Dancing * BBQ * Bake Sale * Raffle * more! Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-xl04.mx.aol.com (rly-xl04.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.53]) by air-xl03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILINXL32-5cc4454fca3372; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:06:53 -0400 Received: from n25.bullet.scd.yahoo.com (n25.bullet.scd.yahoo.com [66.94.237.54]) by rly-xl04.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXL44-5cc4454fca3372; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:06:37 -0400 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lima; d=yahoogroups.com; b=bd2ylxp/XRmilrEq+zNF3KQIU83Ekw5+7IzzC2BtOK0aWfUjTd6YoMK+KoRKbVOHE6fbFBRwGo9O1m2uViVvJxEOdHQhBmPINu8WHgB5/k8gUuDL1llX61aCbnSCdBgO; Received: from [66.218.66.59] by n25.bullet.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Apr 2006 18:06:22 - Received: from [66.218.66.33] by t8.bullet.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Apr 2006 18:06:22 - X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 16402926-m51 X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 5273 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2006 18:06:21 - Received: from unknown (66.218.67.34) by m27.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Apr 2006 18:06:21 - Received: from unknown (HELO elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net) (209.86.89.63) by mta8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2006 18:06:19 - Received: from [24.215.142.224] (helo=[24.215.142.224]) by elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FaGIk-0007hL-TC for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:05:49 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-ELNK-Trace: 263c074a54cd9a43d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc4279f0198041c2d6932f91123d9bb879350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.89.63 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 From: Jon Crow [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Yahoo-Profile: joncrow11215 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Id: NYC-GardensCoalition.yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:05:45 -0400 Subject: [NYC-GardensCoalition] Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-AOL-IP: 66.94.237.54 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain hey all! Want you all to know you're invited to the Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party! Attached is the invite. In case the attachment doesn't come through, here's the details: Bear's Garden Anniversary Block Party!! Saturday, May 20, Noon-5pm (RAIN OR SHINE! * Awards Reception begins at 2) Pacific Street between Flatbush 4th Avenues Honoring the Garden Founders We're closing the block to celebrate! Come help us honor our Founders, the Pacific Street Block Association, and the 21st Anniversary of the Bears! MUSIC * Dancing * BBQ * Bake Sale * Raffle * more! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-GardensCoalition/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of BearsAnniversaryInvite.pdf] __ 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
[cg] English Guerilla Gardening -
Friends, As an old Lower East Side seedbomber (please note FBI lurkers whose computer programs will kick in when they sense the words bomb, bomber, or guerilla, - a seedbomb, a waterballoon filled with water, fertilizer and wild flower seeds thrown over a fence into a feral, rubble filled lot with the intent to create shock and awe, through visual beauty.) In all honesty, I get nachus, (if you have to ask, you put mayo on your pastrami) from new English guerilla gardeners who say they got their inspiration from the LES seedbombers. Here's their website (http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ ) and the latest report from Commandante Richard Reynolds. Cheers, Adam Honigman -Original Message- From: Richard Reynolds To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:28:01 +0100 Subject: Guerrilla Gardening New: 28 April 2006 Hello troops, that's all 759 of you now. Wow the weeds are shouting up now. And so does interest in Guerrilla Gardening. Thanks for the donations. Penny in Ealing called me round to take her collapsing yucca away on Monday, now relocated to the Elephant Castle in South London, and a different Penny (and Les) from Colombia Road gave me a box full of hand tools, manure and some handy gorilla tubs. LATEST DIG Here in London we were back once again to the enormous traffic island in Lambeth outside Morley college for transforming the final and biggest quarter. It was the best evening yet: perfect weather, a great turnout, brilliant effort all round and a celebrity passerby. In went another sixty Lavandula angustifolia, Photinia, Hebe caledonia, Convolvulis cneorum, Euphorbia characias, Ornithogalum thyrsoides... basically a lot of beautiful plants. And out came two car loads of weeds. Thanks to Anne 074, Andy 157, Maria 355, Arfan 673, Carolyne 730, Chris 734, Claire 732, Clara 005, Gary 728, Jamie 158, Joe 004, Meike 155, Pippa 731, Rose 095, Ryan 674, Sarah 288, Shifali 733, Sonia 729 (sorry if I missed anyone out). Sarah, everyone loved your Anzac biscuits. It was cheering to have plenty of supportive honks from passing cars. Jenny Agutter rolled down the window of her cab for a chat with Anne. Just past midnight one man pulled over his Smart, to hand us B#10. The only disappointment was the cowardly performance of a Lambeth Council worker. In a van proudly marked CLEANING UP LAMBETH, he stopped at the traffic lights right next to us. When we spotted him his response was a look of utter fear and embarrassment. Hey, why don't you join in? I asked. He rolled down his window to say, sure mate, let me just pull up when the lights change green. But he scampered. I've never seen a Vauxhall shift so swiftly. IN YOUR AREA Please continue sending me your reports of Guerrilla Gardening around the world. Joe (601) solved the destruction of Project Three by enrolling the vandals as guerrillas. Luc in Montreal sent me pictures of his fourth year guerrilla gardening in Montreal, Canada. There are more. News of that on the website. We are getting a little closer to the target of 100 acts of guerrilla gardening by 1 September. I'll update the website soon. Sorry about the delay in helping wannabe guerrillas around the country meet others. I will be putting you in touch with like minded guerrillas soon - it's just a bit of an administrative cat's cradle. I've had offers of IT help, and will get on to working this out. And for those who have requested them, troop cards are on their way. MEDIA ITV followed Meike (155) around yesterday for broadcasting the story of a female Guerrilla Gardener. It'll be on the local London Tonight this evening, 6pm ITV1. On a similar theme, Eve magazine were getting muddy last night too, putting together profiles of several lady diggers for their July issue. And we were all entertained by Rob Gifford from American National Public Radio who skipped around us for hours with his mini-disc player. NEXT BIG DIG Thursday 11 May in the Stratford area from 9pm. Let me know if you would like to be involved. AND FINALLY We learnt last night that the magic words to make a friendly drunk leave you alone are my Dad's a vicar. Richard __ 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
[cg] Westport, CT: Community Garden Plan Advances
Community Gardens Plan Advances Don Casciato It might still take a while for a harvest, but supporters of Westport's Community Gardens gained ground Wednesday after action by the Board of Selectmen. The project - with a price tag of about $30,000 - has been hobbled by bureaucratic battles with the Superintendent of Schools Elliott Landon and ethical issues about whether those working their plots need background checks. The question was raised because of the proximity of the gardens to Long Lots Elementary School and the possibility of Westporters listed on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry using his or her plot as a means of meeting children for illicit activities. As a step in resolving the conflicts, additions and changes to the Parks and Recreation Department's rules and regulations were approved by the board. [See details at end of the story.] Eligibility Issues Despite the progress in approving the rules and regulations for the project, problems remain in what might be best described as an only in Westport moment. During his presentation, in response to a question by Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Eleanor Lowenstein, Director of Parks and Recreation Stuart S. McCarthy said Westport residents as well as town employees who lived elsewhere, were eligible for gardening. Lowenstein said the PZ commission's definition of a Westporter didn't include somebody who works for the town and lives elsewhere. First Selectman Gordon Joseloff pointed out that privileges are sometimes granted to town workers, but said he understood the PZ position. We will work it out, said McCarthy and Lowenstein countered that she hoped residents would get the first chance. There are between 30 and 32 plots but they can be divided so that upwards of 50 to 60 people could use the land. Dick Lowenstein, an RTM member from District 5, observed that the hand pass requirement for the gardeners helps to identify them, but he believes a background check doesn't have any effect at all. The policy reflects concerns that are not relevant. There are too many defects in it. Dick Lowenstein and some others said that they had expected to see Landon at the meeting because of his role in the earlier controversy over whether background checks were needed or if hand passes would be sufficient. In regard to making changes, Joseloff said that according to the Town Charter the Board of Selectmen can approve or reject items, but it can't modify proposals. Only gardeners will suffer from further delays, said Allen Bomes, an RTM member from District 7. In addition, he said that the PTA at Long Lots had not been briefed and that in his opinion open government was lacking in the decision-making process. Bomes continued: The town has to be held to a higher standard. This is flat out discriminatory against gardeners. John Izzo, the board's Republican selectman, had been critical of some aspects of the proposal, but voted with the majority in a 3-0 vote. I feel a lot of these ordinances are feel good [items], he said. Most of the gardening will be done when school is closed. Revised Regulations The additions and changes to the Parks and Recreation Rules and Regulations as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission and approved by the Board of Selectmen follows: Section X 1. Gardening shall be permitted on the Community Gardens without any hand pass when school is not in session. Gardeners may bring guests at any time when school is not in session. 2. Community Gardens are closed between 8 and 9 a.m. and between 3 and 4 p.m. weekdays when school is in session. 3. When school is in session, all gardeners must have a Community Garden photo hand pass. 4. A limited number of Community Garden guest passes may be issued by the Parks and Recreation Department if the guest is sponsored by a Community Garden hand pass holder, subject to all other Parks and Recreation Regulations. Section III. 3. K No hand pass shall be issued to any person listed on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry for any activity taking place during periods of time when school is in session on or adjacent to any school property. Such individual shall receive written notice denying the hand pass sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. Any such individual denied a hand pass shall have the right to appeal this decision within fourteen days of the date of the denial by sending a written request mailed by certified mail to the director, Parks and Recreation Department. Upon receipt of such written request, a hearing shall be scheduled before the Parks and Recreation Commission within thirty days to review the original denial. __ 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
[cg] Auburn, Alabama: Auburn University Community Gardens Fight Hunger
Garden grows for food bank By Dave Perry Staff Writer April 27, 2006 Looking to get involved and expand your horizons on campus? Look no further than the AU community gardens, located on the corner of Woodfield and Donahue drives. Students and faculty can volunteer to help maintain the community garden, which grows food that is donated to the Food Bank of East Alabama. The plots, which are on land donated by the University, have been plowed and are ready for seed scattering. b The emphasis is to provide fresh produce, a very important commodity in a balanced nutrition, for low income families,b said Martha Faupel, director of the Food Bank of East Alabama. The garden, which is located on land donated by the University, was founded by the Fores Foundation and depends solely on grant money, donations and volunteer help to keep it going. Last year, the garden produced 4,000 pounds of food that was distributed to 190 agencies, including emergency food pantries, senior centers and nearby rehabilitation centers. This year, the plots will grow squash, beans, okra, tomatoes, cucumber, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes and pumpkins. Garden coordinator Dani Carrol said volunteers are needed, especially for the next month during planting. Regular volunteer days are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. Volunteers work together for approximately an hour, but they are invited to show up whenever they have free time. Those interested in volunteering can e-mail Herbert at [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
[cg] From The Nation, on Jane Jacobs and Others.
In a message dated 4/26/2006 10:02:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: THE NATION review | posted March 16, 2006 (April 3, 2006 issue) Three Who Made a Revolution Rebecca Solnit At a dinner table last fall, I mentioned that Women's Strike for Peace did some extraordinary things in the early 1960s, not least helping to bring down the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). A well-known political writer sitting across from me sneered that the women in WSP were insignificant and that HUAC didn't exist by then anyway. He was wrong on both counts, but his remark wasn't surprising. The way people talk in decades suggests that the 1950s and '60s never overlapped and thereby blanks out the first half of the latter decade to make the second half into the '60s, that era popularly imagined as a revolutionary romp by a bunch of antiwar young men. In fact, those young men took up a revolutionary challenge raised in part by middle-aged women who launched some of the key ideas and fought some of the first battles in their defense. The radical and powerful Women's Strike for Peace did it in the streets (and in the hearings chamber--Eric Bentley, in his history of HUAC, credits WSP with striking the crucial blow in the fall of HUAC's Bastille in 1962). Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson and Betty Friedan did it in books. Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities appeared in 1961, Carson's Silent Spring came out the following year and Friedan's The Feminine Mystique appeared in 1963. These three intellectual bombs collectively assailed almost every institution in American and indeed industrial and Western society. Jacobs ripped into the reinvented postwar city, urban planners' obsession with segregating home from work, rich from poor, urban dwellings from the street and from commerce, business from residential, people from one another, making cities over in the new image of suburbia--and by implication, the belief in progress and technology and institutional control. Carson radically questioned the faith in big science and its disastrous new solutions to age-old problems, and maybe even the old Cartesian worldview of isolated fragments, which she replaced with a precocious vision of ecosystems in which contaminants like DDT and fallout kept traveling from their origins to touch and taint everything. Friedan took on the women's half of the American dream, gender, patriarchy and the middle-class suburban family, bringing the assault full circle. After all, the suburbanization Jacobs excoriated was designed to produce the all-too-private lives Friedan investigated. Together, these three writers addressed major facets of the great modern project to control the world on every scale, locating it in the widespread attacks on nature, on women and on the chaotic, the diverse, the crowded and the poor. Their work transformed our perceptions of the indoor world of the home, the outdoor world of cities and the larger realm of the biosphere, opening vast new possibilities for social transformation. It's true, as some critics have argued, that Jacobs, Carson and Friedan mostly avoided a deeper systemic analysis. Yet such an effort is implicit in Friedan's constant references to the marketers and advertisers who wish to keep women as good consumers, in Jacobs's scorn for top-down solutions and grand-plan developers, in Carson's condemnation of the chemical manufacturers and pest-prone monocropping of agribusiness. Silent Spring declares, There is still very limited awareness of the nature of the threat. This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits. It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged. Rereading their books, I wonder if they didn't name the beast because their old-left contemporaries who did proffered such an unappealing alternative to corporate capitalism and were being persecuted for doing so. Or perhaps they just weren't interested in that kind of broad prescription--their books, after all, were broad enough. What's more, the standard-issue socialism of the era was far less radical than the ostensible reformism of these three writers, insofar as it accepted the premises of a civilization that was flawed from birth. Lurking as an unexpressed and possibly inexpressible idea in these three books is a searching critique of industrial civilization as a whole, and maybe some other aspects of Western civilization all the way back to when Adam blamed Eve. If they failed to join the revolution of their time, they laid the groundwork for the far grander one that was coming: the one rethinking nature, agriculture, food, gender, sex, race, domestic life, home and housing, transportation, energy use,
Re: [cg] Starting CGs in Ada Oklahoma
Welcome Rita! - Please make a pot, or pitcher of your favorite hot or cold beverage, set your computer's printer up, and go to the American Community Gardening Association's website - _http://www.communitygarden.org/_ (http://www.communitygarden.org/) . There will be a wealth of information to help you get started. I also strongly suggest that you join the American Community Gardening Association to get discounts on great publications like Growing Communities Curriculum: Community Building and Oranizational Development though Community Gardening, by Abi-Nader, Dunnigan and Markley. This book's 350 plus pages is a wonderful step by step guide on how to get the job done. Also, the American Community Gardening Association website has local links that may be of great use to you. This food security group in Oklahoma is named after Tom Kerr, a great community garden supporter and hunger fighter: _http://www.kerrcenter.com/community_food/CFS_project.htm_ (http://www.kerrcenter.com/community_food/CFS_project.htm) Good luck in your search, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC I'm writing from Ada Oklahoma and our church's 501.c.3. Matthew 25 Mission is launching out to build community gardens in the low income and med income areas of the city. We want to plant veggies and herbs. Have some fruit trees and nut trees and edible landscaping plus a hoop house when we can. I am at the stage of trying to get organizations aware and included. What advice to you have in starting these things?? How do I get the soil and lumber for the raised beds? How do I structure the maintenance of the beds? How do I structure the harvesting to make sure those in need actually get the food? How do I get the city to agree to free water for our drip irrigation? How do I get the plots of land for free? Ah the woes of a newbie. I had an Urban Harvest presenter in March but only 8 people showed up - 3 master gardeners and 2 rotary members - but no where near the numbers I wanted. Any leads or advice are welcome. I am new to this list and yet we want to plant ASAP to get a harvest this summer. Our website is www.stlukesada.com/matthew25 and this is the link that describes the Urban harvest in Oklahoma City through the Regional Food Bank where we order food for our mission: http://www.okhorizon.com/programs/2005/Show0520/UrbanHarvest.html Sincerely, Rita Bosico, M.Div., M.A. Matthew 25 Mission Coordinator 110 E 17th Street Ada Ok 74820 580-332-6429 __ 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
[cg] Westport, CT: Selectmen Approve Community Gardens Regulations
Friends, I thought you'd find this community gardeners meet legislators and Connecticut state sexual predator registry requirements (the community garden is on school property) article. If anything, community gardening can be interesting. Regards, Adam Honigman Hell's Kitchen, NYC Selectmen Approve Community Gardens Regulations (http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/friend/13325/) By _Jennifer Connic_ (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Community gardeners will have their names matched against the statebs sexual predator registry before they are issued a handpass to use the garden at Long Lots School, but some are opposed to the measure. The Board of Selectmen approved regulations tonight that require the check. It could be reviewed by the Westport Representative Town Meeting. In addition to requiring gardeners to be checked against the registry, they will be required to have their photo handpass when school is in session and only bring guests when school is closed. The gardens would also be closed 8-9 a.m. and 3-4 p.m. on weekdays when school is in session. Parks and Recreation Director Stuart McCarthy said the check against the registry is to help with concerns Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon expressed about adults being on the property during school hours. Originally, the gardeners would have had to submit to a background check much like youth league coaches must go through, he said. School officials, however, agreed to the cross-reference as an alternative, he said. b Webre not suggesting it only be gardeners,b he said. b Webve written it so that it is for anyone who receives a handpass for activities at a school while school is in session.b At this time, however, the gardening would be the only activity that takes place at a school during school hours, McCarthy said. First Selectman Gordon Joseloff said the concern is not that a student may wander into the garden, but rather that an unauthorized adult may wander into the school. Selectwoman Shelly Kassen said she does not believe the regulations are discriminatory against the gardeners, but even if they were it would be appropriate. b All we would need is one incident, and then the community would be forever sorry,b she said. b We have the registry for a reason.b Chris Singer, community gardens representative, said the group will accept anything to get the garden going. b I didnbt like the full background check because it seemed like an unnecessary expense,b she said. b If you are agreeable to this, we are agreeable.b Richard Lowenstein, RTM District 5, however, does not like the regulations with the check, and he doesnbt understand why Landon was not present to defend his position. The schools are responsible for the students, he said, and if students wander into the gardens it is a failure of school officials. b He is reflecting concerns that are not valid,b he said. b There are too many defects, and the regulations should be sent back to the Parks and Recreation Commission for changes.b Allen Bomes, RTM District 7, said he doesnbt necessarily agree with the check against the registry, but if the matter is taken to the RTM the only ones who will suffer are the gardeners. Posted 04/26 at 09:00 PM __ 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
[cg] Elliot Spitzer's Speech - It's Quid Pro Quo Time - Gardeners Vote
Comrades, I too had to work, so I could not be at the conference as well. I'm sure Democratic candidate for NY State Governor, currently NYS Attorney General Spitzer gave an inspiring speech. After all, NYS Attorney General Spitzer has to assume that we're all registered voters (if not all registered Democrats. ) And that he expects that we'll make an effort to vote and get out the vote for him - a community garden friendly NYS Governor would be a treasure beyond rubies and pearls. Before we start cavilling that the settlement was not perfect, we have to remember that Attorney General Spitzer managed as much justice for us as could have been managed under the circumstances. After all, for the other tango partner in settlement , The City of New York was still Giuliani Time, mode when the settlement was signed. Thankfully Mayor Bloomberg figured that settling the lawsuit was a good thing to have done so he could make his play for the failed West Side Jet's Stadium. He lost on that one, but the city and the gardeners won. With this community garden settlement, gardeners did pretty darn well: The Attorney General's Settlement gave us five years for our gardens: 1) Five years to make our case to the communities surrounding our gardens to keep them and support them 2) Five years to build up constituents in our communities who will stand with us when that ULURP clock starts ticking again, Five years to make ourselves indispensible to our neighbhoods. 3) And Five years, do the work necessary to have real political support when the settlement sunsets - This time, like all time is precious, and Attorney General Spitzer's Community Garden Settlement bought us this precious time. We all did out part as activists, but So it's payback time. In the world of power and politics, Community Gardeners are now seen as having withdrawn from the favor bank. Just like Denis Rivera's Hospital Union 1199 goes out and campaigns and votes for candidates who support hospital jobs, community gardeners have to do more than say, Thank you Elliott! If NYC community gardeners want to be taken seriously NYC community gardeners will have to repay that favor, by voting and campaigning in the Elliot Spitzer for Governor effort. It will be very important, for other politicians who will be watching, to see how our community garden numbers pan out in the Democratic Primary ( are we registered Democrats?) and the general election. We keep saying we have 35,000 community gardeners in NYC - we need some serious gardener votes out in the primary and general election. Dear Progressive Sisters and Brothers - I strongly suggest,please, if you love your gardens, that this coming November NOT be a time to vote for the Anarchist, Sparticist, Socialist Worker, Green or Legalize Marajuana/Obigane candidate for NYS Governor. Please. And if you're not registered to vote, please do so, ASAP, so you can vote as an independent for Elliott Spitzer. To make it clear to our community, we need to get campaign buttons that say Community Gardeners for Spitzer and a few t-shirts that say so too. We can reach out to the campaign to crank them up, or if necessary, make them ourselves. Understand? This is quid-pro-quo. If we don't show up in real numbers for Elliot Spitzer who helped all of us, why should any politician take us seriously? Regards, Adam Honigman Community Gardener, Registered Democratic Voter I -Original Message- From: carolin mees [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:50:41 +0200 (MEST) Subject: Re: [tb-cybergardens]: [MG] Earth Day Event with Eliot Spitzer News from the tb-cybergardens mailing list - Hey Aresh, I was not able to go to the forum, because I am in Berlin since some time. I am the one writing the South Bronx gardens and running around there last summer- still writing but should be done this summer. Could you give me an update on what the outcome was? Did Eliot Spitzer have a special effect? Thanks a lot for helping me out- . Many greetings and happy spring Carolin Mees -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft fCr 0,- Euro*! Feel free mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl - To add or remove yourself from this list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the BODY of the message. To receive a reference guide to this mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word HELP in the BODY of the message. __ 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:
[cg] Jane Jacobs Obit
Jane Jacobs, 89: Urban legend Apr. 25, 2006. 12:28 PM WARREN GERARD TORONTO STAR Jane Jacobs was a writer, intellectual, analyst, ethicist and moral thinker, activist, self-made economist, and a fearless critic of inflexible authority. Mrs. Jacobs died this morning in Toronto. She was 89. An American who chose to be Canadian, Mrs. Jacobs was a leader in the fights to preserve neighbourhoods and kill expressways, first in New York City, and then in Toronto. Her efforts to stop the proposed expressway between Manhattan Bridge on east Manhattan and the Holland tunnel on the west ended contributed toward saving SoHo, Chinatown, and the west side of Greenwich Village. In Toronto, her leadership galvanized the movement that stopped the proposed Spadina Expressway. It would have cut a swath through the lively Annex neighbourhood and parts of the downtown. Her first book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, published in 1961, became a bible for neighbourhood organizers and what she termed the foot people. It made the case against the utopian planning culture of the times - residential high-rise development, expressways through city hearts, slum clearances, and desolate downtowns. She believed that residential and commercial activity should be in the same place, that the safest neighbourhoods teem with life, short winding streets are better than long straight ones, low-rise housing is better than impersonal towers, that a neighbourhood is where people talk to one another. She liked the small-scale. Not everyone agreed. Her arch-critic, Lewis Mumford, called her vision higgledy-piggledy unplanned casualness. Mrs. Jacobs was seen by many of her supporters - mistakenly - as left-wing. Not so. Her views embraced the marketplace, supported privatization of utilities, frowned on subsidies, and detested the intrusions of government, big or small. Nor was she right-wing. In fact, she had no time for ideology. I think ideologies, no matter what kind, are one of the greatest afflictions because they blind us to seeing what's going on or what's being done,'' she was quoted. I'm kind of an atheist, she said. As for being a rightist or a leftist, it doesn't make any sense to me. I think ideologies are blinders. Mrs. Jacobs scorned nationalism and argued in her 1980 book, The Question of Separatism, that Quebec would be better off leaving Canada. Moreover, she argued that some cities would be better off as independent economic and political units. Her view of cities startled long-held perceptions. In her 1969 book, The Economy of Cities, Mrs. Jacobs challenged the dogma of agricultural primacy and created a debate on both the economic growth and stagnation of cities. Current theory in many fields - economics, history, anthropology - assumed that cities are built upon a rural economic base,'' she wrote. If my observations and reasonings are correct, the reverse is true: that is rural economies, including agricultural work, are directly built upon city economies and city work. For me, John Sewell, a former mayor of Toronto recalled, the most significant influence was in terms of the notion that cities drive economies, not provincial or national governments. She's the one who propagated the thought, and I think she's dead right. Robert Lucas of the University of Chicago - the 1995 winner of the Nobel Prize for economics - liked Mrs. Jacob's theories. I like her style, he was quoted. That kind of stepping back from facts and asking, what kind of economics produced this idea, is just a natural thing for an economist to do. I think everybody in economics finds her work very congenial for that reason.'' Mrs. Jacobs was no expert, bare of established credentials had limited formal education, but was a member of that wonderful school of amateurs - American writers who were observers, critics and original thinkers, including such names as Paul Goodman, William H. Whyte, Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Ralph Nader. Mrs. Jacobs, born May 4, 1916, grew up in Scranton, the center of Pennsylvania coal country. Scranton may well have sparked Mrs. Jacob's life-long interest in cities and how they work. It provided a template of how a city stagnates and declines and may be part of the reason why that subject interested me so much, because I came from a city where that happened. she was quoted. I think I was rather fortunate in having wonderful school teachers in the first and second grade. They taught me almost everything I knew in school. From the third grade on, I'm sorry to say, they were nice people, but they were dopes.' I came from a family where women had worked, mostly as schoolteachers, for quite a few generations. I had a great-aunt who went to Alaska and taught Indians. My mother had worked as a schoolteacher, then a nurse; she became the night supervising nurse at an important hospital in Philadelphia, she was quoted. Those were traditional women's occupations, to be sure. But I did grow up with
