[cg] Liz Christy Bowery Houston Community Garden NYC

2002-08-12 Thread DLogg60798
Next year the Liz Christy Bowery Houston Community Garden in NYC will be 30 years years old. Does anyone have any historical material ( photo's, newsletters, press clipping, etc ) they could copy and share for the gardens birthday. Also, does anyone know where some of the original gardeners a

[cg] Garden software

2005-03-28 Thread DLogg60798
There are a few simple garden design software packages. Do a google search for a company called "small blue planet". They make a really easy to use garden design package. Don Loggins __ The American Community Gardening Association listserve i

[cg] Gardening Software

2005-03-29 Thread dlogg60798
The web address of the product I tried was http://www.smallblueprinter.com/garden/ I really liked the software. Its very easy to use and is up and running in five minutes. Best of all you can download and try it for free. I also use professional landscape design software but this is a nic

[Community_garden] Thoughts on Increased Open Hours

2008-08-27 Thread dlogg60798
As a long time community gardener I feel that we have to look at this as a political issue. The terms of the Attorney Generals settlement protecting community gardens ends in 2010 and we may have a new Mayor in 2009. There?will be?pressure on Parks to sell off community gardens again. We need

[Community_garden] Pre 1976 Gardens

2009-06-10 Thread dlogg60798
The Liz Christy Community Garden was started in 1973 and is still going strong.? Donald Loggins -Original Message- From: community_garden-requ...@list.communitygarden.org To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Sent: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01 pm Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol

[Community_garden] Correct Community Greening Review Link

2009-10-02 Thread dlogg60798
The correct link for the Community Greening Review is: http://www.communitygarden.org/docs/cgr2009.pdf -Original Message- From: community_garden-requ...@list.communitygarden.org To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Sent: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 1:00 pm Subject: Community_gar

[cg] Re: [tb-cybergardens]: Incorporation of Community Garden & Public Green Space in New, Manhattan Contruction Project

2005-11-07 Thread dlogg60798
Thanks Adam. The Liz Christy Garden has gone down the same path this year and it might be interesting to document how we and you worked with the developer to insure the gardens are safe. It may be useful to other gardens having to deal with developers -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[cg] Re: [tb-cybergardens]: NYC Community Garden Insurance - Final Note

2005-10-28 Thread dlogg60798
Thanks for the update. I would also like to thank Jack Linn for all his help with the Liz Christy Community Garden, which if all goes well be open to the public, bigger and better in 2006. Community Gardens take lots of work and we fully understand the Parks Department can not provide the res

[cg] Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

2006-04-05 Thread dlogg60798
New York Times By DAVID W. DUNLAP Published: April 4, 2006 A 20-story, 300-unit rental apartment building would rise on the southeast corner of the grounds of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine under a deal nearing completion between the cathedral's trustees and AvalonBay Communit

[cg] Re: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #2507 - 1 msg

2006-08-17 Thread dlogg60798
here is a sample Position: Executive Director Organization: Gorman Heritage Farm Contact: Search Committee Email: Description: Purpose: The Executive Director of Gorman Heritage Farm (GHF) will provide leadership and direction to assure the continuing development and financial stability of pro

[cg] Re: [tb-cybergardens]: Cock Robin Killed the Trees

2006-01-31 Thread dlogg60798
NYC has laws against damaging trees. Why has the contractor been allowed to continue to get permits if they are killing trees? Outside magazine, April 1996 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn--or Else By Todd Balf and Paul Kvinta "Those guys deal with rapes and murders all day," says New York City

[cg] Re: (Urban.Parks) The Final Word on those Brooklyn Trees

2006-01-31 Thread dlogg60798
Not the final word, I hope we hear that the trees are replaced and that some action is taken to insure this does not happen again. Someone issued a permit for the work. Maybe a Parks Horticulturalist or Landscape Architect should be required to be onsite. As Mr. Glaeser knows, this is not the

[Community_garden] Garden Films

2007-09-23 Thread DLogg60798
FILM TITLE: Dirt FORMAT: VHS PRODUCER: David Evans CONTACT: Walkabout Releasing 240 East 39th St, #12E New York, NY 10019 ABSTRACT: DIRT depicts a year in the life of the gardens created by local people of New York Ci