Hope,
As I type this, in Midtown Manhattan, I'm about a millimeter off the center
of the logical center of a foreign terrorist's bull's eye. The powers that
be seem to know this, because I see hear the occasional military jet's
sonic boom overhead, see regular police choppers and the occasi
Nicole,
We don't have any web listings on the ACGA website for New Jersey gardens,
but that may be because no volunteer at these gardens ever set up a website
for them. http://www.communitygarden.org/";>American Community
Gardening Association
However, if memory serves me...
1) You might
Laura,
1) I never heard of a garden program for diabetics - I have noticed that our
diabetic gardeners are more careful about their feet than most - they never
go barefoot in the garden. Never really noticed otherwise, except during
garden potlucks when I occasiaonally hear, "Sorry, can't ea
RE: Unfortunately the Denville gardens are for Denville residents only, But
The Morris County Parks Commission at the Frelinghuysen Arobertum do have 10
by 20ft. plots for $40 for the season! I am absolutely delighted and am
ringing today to secure mine. It opens on the 12th of April, and I
Friends,
It's springtime here in NY, and despite all of the frosts and freezing days,
it actually looks like our Japanese Magnolia (Tulip Magnolia) may actually
have a chance at blooming this year - most years we get these teasing buds,
but then a week of frost and snow blackens them. But when
Friends,
It's springtime here in NY, and despite all of the frosts and freezing days,
it actually looks like our Japanese Magnolia (Tulip Magnolia) may actually
have a chance at blooming this year - most years we get these teasing buds,
but then a week of frost and snow blackens them. But when
Friends,
It's springtime here in NY, and despite all of the frosts and freezing days,
it actually looks like our Japanese Magnolia (Tulip Magnolia) may actually
have a chance at blooming this year - most years we get these teasing buds,
but then a week of frost and snow blackens them. But when
In a message dated 4/5/03 11:23:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, Adam36055 writes:
<< Subj:Re: [cg] Stories/advice
Date: 4/5/03 11:23:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: Adam36055
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Jenny,
Go to the library and take out some Checkov or Schnitzler
Adam Honigman has sent you this link.
Here's a Westchester parenting magazine piece on kids and community gardens to link to the site or distribute.
It seems the media is beginning to catch on.
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
http://www.parenthood.com/articles.cfm?article_id=3792
___
Friends,
This is a general audience piece is about kids, community gardens and the use
of this kind of public space by families. Looks like folks may be catching
on
Cheers,
Adam Honigman
http://westchester.parenthood.com/Articles.html?article_id=3792
Parent Education and Support For W
Dear Kristina,
I am forwarding your query to the ACGA listserve, Doron Comerchero of Green
Thumb and Michael Simsick of Garden Mosaics. Between these sources, you
should get something, eventually.
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
<< Subj: CYBERGARDENS: Question about teenagers
Date: 4/8/03 12
Friends,
I include this here for any community garden friendly Parks Dept. folks who
are looking for some recreation center bucks for playgrounds.
Adam Honigman
from the Foundation Center RFP Bulletin listserv:
Computer Associates and KaBOOM! Announce 2003
Playground Challenge Grant
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: Please post...RATS TO ROSES screening
Dates: Thursday, April 10th at 6:10pm, Village East Cinemas, Screen 6
Address: 181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street NYC
www.nyfilmvideo.com and hit the 'tkts' icon next to RATS TO ROSES title.
You can also c
Sharon & Jim,
This is really a hoot. Gardening in small, cramped, city spaces is hard and
you're always making compromises to get the best outcome. If you need to
make difficulties for yourselves let me tell you about our "sand and water
traps."
Fortunately, we're in the preservation area
Dear Sean,
Get some of the folks who are going to be gardening with you and go through
the process of creating a sign. Start off with a name, the fact that it has
to be waterproof and be able to last until the next season. It doesn't have
to be pretty, but it should be the community's. It's
Jim,
This would be a great link - even better if "Path to Freedom" had a
reciprocal link on their site that read: Community gardens and neighborhood
greening: http://www.communitygarden.org/";>American Community
Gardening Association .
However you think we should do this...
Thanking you
McKinley,
If you or your sponsoring agency have the ability to give letters for tax
purposes (the value of being a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation) you can
just go through landscapers and landscape supply companies in the telephone
book and cold call them.
Also, there is a Green Thumb f
Madame,
You may want to look at some of the organic anti-fungals/blackspot remedies
on this page - http://gardengal.net/page11.html
A must buy for any rose fancier who doesn't want to engage in prolonged toxic
warfare is the "Rodale Organic Gardening Basics: Roses" (ISBN
0-875160839-2) bookl
This article from NYTimes.com
has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friends,
All researchers and workers, in either hard copy or through the Internet owe a
great debt to the work of Seymour Lubetsky, who died at the age of 104 last
week.
While the Times article doesn't connect his work t
-Original Message-
From: John Kepner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friends,
I rec'd this from friends in Little Rock, AK who keep me posted on happenings
at the Dunbar Community Garden, one of the finest school community gardens I
know. To learn more about Dunbar (and the AUGER program
Hi,
1) This outit is run by a Princeton alum and has a community garden part of
its program:
Isles Inc.
http://www.isles.org
Community Gardens and Urban Development - Trenton (North Ward), NJ
Isles is a non-profit community development organization in Trenton begun by
Princeton alum Marty
Hi,
The Christian Science Montor headline reads, " man bites dog" - in this case
that trees and community greening are good things. Maybe a few letters to
the Christian Science Monitor on how neighborhood community greening like
community gardening is the full story.
Best wishes,
Adam Honig
Re: Here in San Diego, many of the working poor have more than one low
paying job just to get by and that does not allow time for planting, weeding,
watering, chatting with "neighbors" and all the other things we gardeners
enjoy about community gardens.
Friends,
Ehrenreich's book, "Nickel
Friends,
This message went out last evening evening on the NYC Neighborhood Open Space
Coalition's Cybergarden's listserve. The author, Jon Crow, is a fine
community gardener - you may have seen the Brooklyn Bears Garden during the
ACGA tour of Brooklyn last July.
Jon is also a longtime Bro
Robyn,
In the spirit of Jonathan Swift:
If things get much worse in this city, with the unemployed and all, do you
think that the City Parks Foundation will let us grow a few rows for the
Hungry on Central Park's Sheep Meadow or Dan Biderman's Bryant Park?
Do you think the Central Park & Bryant
This from Dave Lutz of the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition on the planned
(can't make this up) "Easter Garden Surprise Attack and Massacre".
I'm trying to get someone from NY1 (the local AOL/Time Warner TV station) to
get a truck out to Brooklyn to possibly embarrass the bulldozer crews and
John,
Bark mulch can break down as well as anything else, but unless the yard
behind you has been in your family for generations, the smartest thing, after
setting up a compost bin this weekend for your veggie waste (if your
municipality permits backyard composting) you might want to do is to
Amanda,
Depending on the nature and level of toxicity of your site, you may even want
to cover it up and place containers on it in order to keep your plants,
especially Detroit Dark Red Beets from sucking up the badness.
Also, if you plan on having kids or pregnant ladies working on the site,
Friends,
The attached message was in my mailbox this morning from the NYC
Cybergardens listserve.
FYI" Bushwick is a low income, predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhood
in Brooklyn with extraordinarily high asthma rates in its children. Aresh
Jahadi and More Gardens! have been there f
You wouldn't think that within the concrete canyons of NYC there would be
readily available sources of horse manure (with the possible exception of
City Hall and the multi-national corporate media broadcasters.)
But we do...
The legendary Adam Purple and his ex-girlfriend/wife used to be seen i
Friends,
Rosmary Hay is an fine English stage director who often runs lines with
actors at the Clinton Community Garden. An unpretentious, very nice lady,
"Rosey" is a great friend of our garden and one of the great, unsung,
theatrical heroes of our city; her work in classic theater with TV-
This article from NYTimes.com
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Friends,
This is the NY Times article cited in Aresh Jahadi's earlier message requesting
assistance at the Brownsville "Fantasy Garden" this week. Aresh and some
garden volunteers will be camping out there to witness the
This article from NYTimes.com
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Whatever you may think of Bryant Park's mix of corporate/public mix of public
space management, you have to appreciate their organic pest management plan.
As a gardener who has had his arrugala and tulips massacred this s
This article from NYTimes.com
has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friends,
Here is the NY Times coverage of the Brooklyn Community Garden bulldozings,
Adam
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Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com.
http:
Typed too fast, and should have read more carefully - again"A Perfect
Husband" is by Oscar Wilde ( of "The Importance of Being Earnest" and
"Salome" fame..."
Enjoy, if you're in NYC
Adam Honigman
<< ubj: [cg] Free G.B. Shaw if you're in town and act fast...
Date: 4/21/03 9:43:27 AM East
these were posted on the Foundation Center RFP listserv:
Funding Available for Conservation of Bird Habitats
Deadline: June 1, 2003 (Pre-proposals)
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
( http://www.nfwf.org/ ) is accepting pre-proposals for
habitat conservation and management projects
Some of you met longtime community gardener and activist Jon Crow at the ACGA
conference last July. This went our over the NYC cybergardens listserve a
few minutes ago and refers to the NY Times piece I forwarded you earlier
today on the latest Brooklyn CG bulldozings.
<< Subj: CYBERGAR
This article from NYTimes.com
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Many of you may have not been alive in 1968, but those of you who were and
walked through Morningside Park near Columbia University during the ACGA
convention last July should find this interesting - how local Harlem resid
In a message dated 4/22/03 3:40:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Adam36055 writes:
<< ubj: Re: [cg] Wood to be used in a community garden. Go to the Archives
Date: 4/22/03 3:40:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Adam36055
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skyler,
Please go to the archives o
Diana,
You may also want to look at community gardens as a subsection of Parks and
Recreation land uses. It is under this classification that those gardens
that the City of New York wants (and those under the aegis of garden land
trusts) survive.
It is my guess that instead of opening up a
I thought I 'd share this bit of "too cute" with the folks on the list...
<< Subj: CYBERGARDENS: CHILDREN INVITED:to be
Butterflies/Insects/Recyclers: GardenPageant
Date: 4/22/03 4:38:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Earth Celebrations)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T
In a message dated 4/23/03 4:03:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Adam, isn't a thing legal if it is not specifically prohibited? >>
In Land Use zoning practice:
There is a zoning code which designates certain uses (residential,
commerical, manufacturing, agricultural,
I've found ciderblocks great for stacking to make benches in gardens (flat,
not standing up or sideways) or for use in the foundation of a patio or other
large piece of infrastructure like a shed, in lieu of freshly laid cement (we
rented a mixer for the slab that our new shed sits on at the CCG
Keven,
Thank you so much sending your writing sample.
A few books to borrow, buy or steal:
Strunk & White, "The Elements of Style"
Bernstein, T.M. ,"The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage"
Adams, P.D & Tickle, A, "The Harper Collins Concise Handbook for Writers"
Hall, Donald,
An update -
<< Subj: Re: CYBERGARDENS:Sad new / Fighting New
Date: 4/24/03 12:55:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (aresh)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (CYBERGARDENS Mailing List)
Helen's Fantasy Garden is blooming out into vibrant greens.
99. 44/99% of all NYC community gardens started off and are still poor
people's gardens.
Between organizations like Green Guerillas gleaning bulbs and greenery from
professional landscapers ( and garden showcases like the Rockefeller Center
"islands") and what gardeners have scrounged off the
Skyler,
Go to the ACGA website and access the individual gardens on the links page:
http://www.communitygarden.org/";>American Community Gardening
Association
Some gardens list fees on their websites. Some raise their expenses through
cake sales, pot lucks, selling t-shirts and through rele
Knowing what it feels like to be in the "bull's eye" after 9/11, the media
furor over SARS in Toronto has to be unpleasant, especially with the reduced
tourism in that city.
Hoping all our fellow gardeners in Toronto are doing well.
A hug from New York,
Adam Honigman
_
Ms. Cowell,
I mean this kindly, but the first thing you need to learn about our common
community garden culture is that we use the word "please" alot, and thank you
when me make our requests
I'll assume that you type fast and that you meant to use those words. If
you learn that lesson,
Dear Mr. Orsorio,
Please start at the American Community Gardening Association website:
http://www.communitygarden.org/";>American Community Gardening
Association and then go to the archives of this listserve.
http://www.hort.net/lists/community_garden/. When you've found a few quotes
you l
You may want to go to the links page at the ACGA website: http://www.communitygarden.org/";>American Community Gardening
Association . While there are no specific sites for those cities, there
are cg organization in those states that you can direct your queries to, as
well as their respective
Friends,
In case the link I sent doesn't work, this piece in the otherwise garden
unfriendly NY Post is a hoot. Maybe because the article is about alcohol. I
got
it! We can save our gardens if we grow grapes for wine.what an idea!
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
Volunteer,
Clinton Communi
Cityview Community Garden grows more than food
By Anna Dvorak, CamdenNews.org, April 4, 2004
McKinley Community members are starting a community garden
this spring. The project is an exciting partnership between Fellowship
Missionary Baptist Church, Cityview School and the McKi
Friends,
Imagine if our local municipalities highlighted our city funded gardeners
this way? A different culture, for sure -
Aberdeen Gardener
05 April 2004 10:18
The former Head Gardener at BBC Scotland's Beechgrove Garden has landed a
lead role in preparing the city for this summer's
Garden plots already attracting applicants
By TERESA RESSEL\Bonne Terre, MO Daily Journal Staff Writer
BONNE TERRE -- About a half dozen people have expressed interest in a
community garden the city plans to start.
City Manager Larry Hughes, Council Member Janet Barton and St. Francois
County He
Canton woman wins $25,000 scholarship
She designed program to help troubled youths
By Katie Byard
Beacon Journal staff writer
CANTON TWP. - It's a good thing Kristen Stryker's big project isn't only
about the vegetables.
She's not very fond of them.
The 18-year-old's gardening program -- Hel
Friends,
This senior gardener probably could use some more gardeners and help from
nearby CGers, the Agricultural Extension and CA ACGA members to help him
sustain
this garden for his community.
Everbest,
Adam Honigman
Resident gives park life
By Yunmi Choi, Daily Journal Staff
A shock o
Women dig in and help revive city allotments
By Harvey McGavin
The Independent
07 April 2004
Stressed-out city dwellers have come to the rescue of one of Britain's most
familiar but frequently neglected urban features: the allotment.
Nearly half of the plots in Britain were taken over by develope
Students Cut Red Tape for Emory's Garden
By DANNY C. FLANDERS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/08/04
Gardeners across the South will head to the nursery today in a Good Friday
ritual that says spring officially is here.
Hopeful that the threat of one last frost has passed, they
>From the Washington Post, "Got Plans" column
Tuesday, April 8, 2004
Washington, D.C.: Hi Gurus,
I was wondering if you could tell me anything about community gardens in the
Adams Morgan, Woodley Park, or Dupont Circle area. I'd really like to sign up
for the spring and summer, but I don't
Alaska On Line: Gardening in Alaska
Web posted Sunday, April 11, 2004
Gardeners share tips for getting plants growing
By Phil Hermanek
As springtime brings longer days and warmer temperatures, gardening
enthusiasts in many parts of the country look out their kitchen windows at the
plot of
> Subj: [cg] information on starting a community garden in Memphis, TN
> Date: 4/12/04 4:26:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent from the Internet
>
>
>
> Please help me get started planning comm. gardens here in Memphis. What gov.
> help
Damiano Center Kids Cafe offers free gardening and enrichment activities
followed by a kid-friendly meal for ages 6-18. Children 5 and younger may
attend
if accompanied by an adult. Program is from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday,
June 14 to Aug. 13 at the Damiano Center, 206 W. Fourth St. F
Friends,
Here is Van Cheeseman's reply, and it's a lovely one that was addressed to
me, and Judy Tiger, but I think should be out here on the listserve becuase
there are so many really bright and experienced Community Gardeners out there
who
should pipe in to give these nice folks in Memphis,
U. group will plant community garden
By Nicole Delisio, Bowling Green State University News
Reporter
April 13, 2004
Hoping to plant seeds of unity on campus, members of the Environmental Action
Group will break ground for a community garden by the end of the month. The
garden will be locate
Community Garden reaps first crop; group donates collards to orphanage
By Gabriel Jones. Emory University
Contributing Writer
April 13, 2004
A local vegetable garden created by Emory students is beginning to show the
rewards of its volunteers' work. The first crop, much of which died in the
w
Community Food Pantry Garden Continues
Submitted ByJeanne Hollingsworth
(April 14): Johnny’s Selected Seeds Helps Make Food Panty Garden a Reality
Rob Johnston and his company, Johnny’s Selected Seeds, give 10% of their
profits to non-profit organizations promoting gardening. The Garden Instit
Friends,
Until that day when they get a website, here goes.
Duluth Community Garden Program
206 West 4th Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55806
218.722.4583
Executive Director: Sue Katt
Kids' Garden Coordinator: Annie Kregness
And a contact e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friends,
The tradional allotment garden in Scotland is changing, as this article from
the "Scotsman" states. Along with their revitalization, there is a growing
social component that sounds like they may be evolving into the community
garden
model.
Everbest,
Adam Honigman
>From "The Scots
Time for CCC plots to sprout gardeners Time for CCC plots to sprout gardeners
Dwindling turnout worries organizers as more than 100 plots await people
wishing to tend flowers or vegetables
04/15/04
DENNIS McCARTHY
OREGON CITY -- The ground has been tilled, the weeds have
For starters, begin reading the ACGA website, and links completely. American
Community Gardening Association . Carefully reading through ALL
of the pages and ALL of links should give you the right questions to ask.
The short answer is that community gardens are grass roots citizen created
ope
CG from WestportNOw.
April 16, 2004
Community Correspondent Report: Gardeners Organize
(Editor's Note: With the report below, WestportNow launches its new
"community correspondent" program in which we encourage Westport residents to
submit
news reports to WestportNow. The views expressed or im
Alta Vista Gardens holds plant/art sale
Alta Vista Gardens will hold a membership drive and plant and art sale from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 1 at Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive,
Vista. The event is to promote membership and volunteerism at Alta Vista
Gardens,
which is a community-
Community gardens
County parks now offer plots to would-be urban farmers
MARY NEWSOM
It was 1980, in Baltimore. A friend I was visiting introduced me to that
city's allotment gardens, where apartment dwellers such as my friend could grow
gardens on unused city land. I wondered then why Charl
CharlotteObserver Sun, Apr. 18, 2004
Dig into spring at Cornelius community garden workshops
CORNELIUS - The Cornelius Park and Recreation Department and Piedmont
Landscaping and Naturescaping Training (PLANT) will sponsor a series of
community
garden workshops this spring.
Workshops ar
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Comments from Sender: Great community gardening happenings in the "other"
PortlandPortland, Maine
Everbest,
Adam Honigman
This story can be found online at:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/local/040419comgardens.shtml
Adopt-A-Flat grows nonprofit's funds
Growing Hope looking for volunteers
Monday, April 19, 2004
BY KATHERINE LOWRIE
News staff reporter
In the spirit of springtime, plant enthusiasts can help grow seedlings that
will later be transplanted into community-based gardens, thanks to a ne
Friends,
I'm taking the bus from NYC to the Washington, DC "March for Women's Lives"
this Sunday, April 25, 2004. Will be carrying my cell, 917-225-3215 in case
other community gardeners are there at this event and want to talk, meet up.
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
Food organization to hold info session
2004-04-22
Athens News
Community Food Initiatives can help anyone in the Athens area who would like
to grow a garden but does not have the space to do so.
The Athens Community Gardens, located on West State Street, currently has
gar
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Fruits of your labours
By John Ives
IN TODAY'S choked, grey towns and cities, a growing army of people is choosing
to return to nature and get its hands dirty.
Allotments were once the sole preserve of the flat-capped old man with a
You have been sent this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a courtesy of
washingtonpost.com
Personal Message:
Friends,
Fellow Clinton Community Gardener, Annie Chadwick & I took the bus yesterday as
did a number of community gardeners ( who checked in on my cell phone.) Women,
who are cent
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Personal Message:
Friends,
This is the article explaining the Women's Rally that community garden members
attended, among close to a million others. The other article, while
informative, was about
Ditto, Justin Grishki!!!
Professor Jane E. Schukoske's Community Land Use monograph, "Community
Development Through Gardening: State and Local Policies Transforming Open
Space" is
arguably the best studies on community garden land use that we have, by
anyone!
It is probably one of the best
Friends,
>From time to time, I receive requests for items that I've posted over the
years, but as you can imagine, I purge stuff from my hard drive pretty
regularly.
However, all posts made to [EMAIL PROTECTED] are archived and can
be accessed by month, date and author.
Here is how you get
> Subj: [cg] Grants
> Date: 4/27/04 1:05:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent from the Internet
>
>
>
> Are you aware of any Educational grants for a Private school to develop a
> community Garden?
>
> Thank you,
> Bruce
>
Bruce,
I don
The Witchita Eagle - 04/28/04
Spring bustin' out at community gardens
The concept of leasing space to aspiring horticulturists is growing in
Wichita, along with a sense of green-thumb kinship among the gardeners.
BY ANNIE CALOVICH
The Wichita Eagle
At least four community gardens are growing i
Friends,
Yesterday morning I received a news brief from the Manhattan Borough
President's office which included this item,
Manhattan Borough President C. VIRGINIA FIELDS
and Council Member HELEN DIANE FOSTER
withCouncil Members:MARIA BAEZ,
G. OLIVER KOPPELL, ANNABEL PALMA,
MADELINE PROVENZ
Friends,
This is significant. Community Gardens are now being used as a magnet for
tourism in Philadelphia. Just another example of the added value community
gardeners add to their cities and towns.
Everbest,
Adam Honigman
Tours Showcase Philadelphia's Neighborhoods; Newest Tour Addition T
Students nourish a community garden
LIZ HAMLIN , Staff Writer, Mt. Olive, NJ Chronicle 04/28/2004
MOUNT OLIVE TWP Neighbors will garden, vegetables will ripen, and flowers
will bloom on the former site of the township's recycling center this summer.
The gardens are part of a three
Friends,
I know that for some on these lists, the mention of the name "Starbucks"
creates the same degree of animosity as let's say Bhopal & Union Carbide,
"Neutron Jack" Welch and General Electric and others about whom the last good
Republican President, Theodore "Big Stick" Roosevelt call
: 4/29/04 11:49:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: LTanenb50
> To: Adam36055, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> You know, Adam - its not useful to be so belittling about others' particular
> political view about Starbucks just becau
Friends,
NYC's Juan Alonzo community garden ( 565 W. 51 St.) is on the N.E. corner of
51st Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen and has had an
"interesting" time with the developer of the adjacent renovated tenement in
terms
of drainage, etc. so we're getting a work party tog
Jim,
What you need to do is visit gardens to get a sense of what your taste is.
More than anything else, it is important to develop a visceral sense of what
you
like, and learn the whys later - because life is too short.
I'm a community gardener, but love to go to the major botanical garden
Forum on community gardening
The Parks Action Resource Center kicks off Boston's forum for the first Plant
Yourself in the Park Day, a city-wide day of volunteerism June 5. The forum
takes place Saturday, May 8, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Bunker Hill Community
College, Charlestown,. This half-day
When you're dealing with a city school custodian or a well meaning volunteer
who may not be a gardener, you want to make it easy.
For "automatic pilot," gardening, I really like drip hoses - so all the well
meaning soul needs to do is turn on the water, and the roots get nice and wet.
Best
This year, after revamp, they won't all get back to the garden
By Colleen Walsh, Boston Globe Correspondent | April 3, 2005
On a recent raw morning, Cambridge resident Karan Marsh, 53, carefully
patrolled a small empty plot of land near Central Square for garbage. She
smiled as
she discovered th
Friends,
A few years past, this listserve used to get queries about Florida Community
Gardens, and alot of folks were scratching their heads to think of any we
could forward folks to. Now, there are more and more community gardens being
started in Florida - an ideal place, like California for
3/29/2005
New garden group to tackle project at Brown-Elton Tavern
By JOANNA MECHLINSKI , The Bristol Press
BURLINGTON -- A new gardening group will tackle a special garden at
Brown-Elton Tavern this spring.
Four master gardeners from Burlington, Plymouth and Barkhamsted -- graduates
of a yearlong
The Garden Watchdog Guide to Gardening by Mail
http://davesgarden.com/gwd/
Before you buy, check it out at this site, which lists and ranks more than
4,000 vendors of gardening products. Site is searchable by company name,
product
category or geographical region. Ratings and comments are pro
Friends,
This was from a "women's" website our of Arizona:
http://sheknows.com/about/look/1188.htm. What interest me now is that
community gardening is now being gradually accepted as a "regular," and not
fringe
activitiy for people to be engaged in throughout the United States. This has
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