[cg] How Long Will They Sit Still?

2004-10-14 Thread Catherine Fenner
I'm doing a series of gardening classes for the general public in one market area. Part of the purpose is to determine if there is enough interest to start a community garden. In your experience, how long is the attention span for adults not currently signed on for a project? Catherine [EMAIL

[cg] Autumn CG/Organic classes

2004-05-25 Thread Catherine Fenner
I've been asked to put together some adult ed. classes for organic gardening to take place in the fall. This is for a 65K median income, largely covenant-controlled area. The hope is to ignite interest in a community garden. A holistic food grocer has already supplied the funds for the CG and

RE: [cg] New community garden for hobbyists

2004-03-29 Thread Catherine Fenner
Hmmm. Food for thought, excuse the pun. Right now we're anticipating that the higher-income townhouse dwellers will grow food, but there's nothing to say that they can't use the plots for the purposes you suggest. I'll make note of your suggestion. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[cg] New community garden for hobbyists

2004-03-25 Thread Catherine Fenner
I'm working with a parks org. to develop a garden for hobbyists in a middle to upper-middle neighborhood. Organic. I've been following the discussion about plot sizes and think the smaller 4X10 is about right for a hobbyist. Someone else suggested that people wanting more than one plot must wait

[cg] New CG Water Supply

2004-01-31 Thread Catherine Fenner
A new community garden is set to go in a city park. The water is to come from a reservoir that contains water from the city streets. The park plans to put in a filtration system and I'm wondering if there's any experience here on how effective, and safe, that filtration system is apt to be. No