[UrbanCropCircle] [Admin Team] Gardening Program for March Gathering 3/22
Orna
ornalock at googlemail.com
Wed Mar 3 11:49:04 PST 2010
Really glad to see all the energy going into this. Please let the
rest of us know if and when we can support you in any way with set up
or anything else.
Orna.
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On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:45 AM, jenny heins
<jenny at sustainableballard.org> wrote:
> Alright - Let's drop admin and UCC off this thread and have Jenny,
> Ingela, Rhonda, Paula and Andrea coordinate. We'll get you all back
> in the loop once we have the plan set.
>
> On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Ingela Wanerstrand wrote:
>
>> Wow! this is great to see so much support for gardening in SB!
>> Of course I'm willing to help put the March program together-
>> especially when I don't have top do it all myself :0)
>> and with support from our president even (when I didn't hear back
>> from you I figured you were really,really busy,so thanks!)
>> I think having Seattle Farm Coop is great.
>> Permaculture too-I can ask Jenny Pell since I need to get back to
>> her about a project plan I'm reviewing for her that I'm sure she'd
>> like the opportunity to tell folks about.
>> If we could get Conlin,great!
>> I'd also add City Fruit - for all things happening w/ fruit in the
>> city.
>> Love the idea of having UCC folks,Laura & her garden
>> sharing,Michael etc tell their stories.
>> Seattle Tilth would be great for us too,of course, but I wouldn't
>> be too disappointed if they decline again.
>> Being the Mothership of sustainable gardening is Seattle with
>> classes that fill up fast,
>> and focusing their outreach efforts on the East side of the lake
>> where there is more need,they don't have much need to come.
>> I think of groups like ours as picking up the over flow and
>> extending their efforts,like mycelium does for plant roots.
>> Also doing things that they don't like having UCC groups or Edible
>> Garden Tours.
>> As a member of Tilth wanting to support them, what I've done in
>> past programs,
>> classes etc is to make their class lists,Nat garden Hotline cards
>> etc available to folks.
>>
>> I've been asked to do a gardening program for the Subset Hill
>> Community Center's meeting on March 31st.
>> When we get the program finalized,I'll let y'all know and send the
>> info out to UCC & SB.
>> Hopefully we can get flier for the Edible Garden Tour by then to
>> hand out too.
>> Thanks everyone!!
>> ~Ingela
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:53 PM, jenny heins wrote:
>>
>>> I put this as the intro for the newsletter. Fulvio, can you make
>>> it format right?
>>>
>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Andrea Faste wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's the March poem, from Mary Oliver's New & Selected Poems
>>>>
>>>> Children, It's Spring
>>>>
>>>> And this is the lady to be
>>>> picked by careful fingers,
>>>> whom everyone loves, young fingers,
>>>> entranced
>>>> Ms. Violet by
>>>> what has happened
>>>> in her purple gown to the world.
>>>>
>>>> or, on special occasions, We, the older ones,
>>>> a dress the color call it Spring,
>>>> of sunlight. She sits and we have been through it
>>>> in the mossy weeds and waits many times.
>>>>
>>>> to be noticed. But there is still nothing
>>>> She loves dampness. like the children bringing home
>>>> She loves attention. such happiness
>>>> She loves especially in their small hands.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 3:02 PM, jenny heins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm loving Garden Month and wrapping these 3 together.
>>>>> I sent out these 3 emails:
>>>>> Richard Conlin - City Initiatives (Local Food, Urban Ag, etc)
>>>>> Amy & Charmaine - Seattle Farm Coop
>>>>> Liza Burke - Seattle Tilth
>>>>>
>>>>> we'll see what turns up.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Andrea Faste wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ingela didn't mention the 3/31 event yesterday at Urban Crop
>>>>>> Circle, I'd not heard of it before just now, but I don't see
>>>>>> any great conflict, either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I do know is that Mayor McGinn will be addressing the
>>>>>> "green" infrastructure on March 14 at the Groundswell annual
>>>>>> meeting, so I like Julia's idea of calling March garden month.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm in favor of focusing our MG local GARDENING RESOURCES like TILTH.org
>>>>>> so that people are aware of the solid gardening support there
>>>>>> is in the city. I don't know if Jenny is doing her SmallWonder
>>>>>> starts, but that's another resource. Also, Walt's Organics,
>>>>>> and other local businesses. I'd also love to just have a
>>>>>> relaxed conversation about the inedible joy and wonder of
>>>>>> growing things and playing in the dirt. All that poetic stuff
>>>>>> summed up by Voltaire....'there's always the garden.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Julia Field wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What if we made it gardening month, and focused the MG on some
>>>>>>> other aspects than what Ingela is covering in her talk? Get
>>>>>>> Richard Conlin to come talk about all that the city is
>>>>>>> initiating? And maybe also some brief examples of how to grow
>>>>>>> food when you don't have a yard, like Michael talking about
>>>>>>> claiming a neighbor's spare space, Laura McLeod on her garden
>>>>>>> share, someone on growing food in containers (for apt/condo
>>>>>>> dwellers)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doing something else quick - screen a movie and have a
>>>>>>> discussion? Serve popcorn. City Chickens came up as a
>>>>>>> possibility - this could tie into growing food, sort of....
>>>>>>> Or Kathy was talking about End of Suburbia 2 or something?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:51 AM, jenny heins wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Obviously not. I knew I should have sent those Advance notes
>>>>>>>> out earlier!! I got them all posted right away and then got
>>>>>>>> stuck by the fact that they are in a protected board space
>>>>>>>> and I wanted to make them accessible to everyone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I knew that Ingela and Carol Beers had been talking about
>>>>>>>> doing something collaboratively around gardening at SHCC, so
>>>>>>>> this must be the first result of that discussion. I had only
>>>>>>>> heard that they were talking about another learning garden.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not just us - Apparently Paula who is in the Garden Guild is
>>>>>>>> not aware either - she just replied to my email asking for
>>>>>>>> help with the Monthly Gathering saying that she would like to
>>>>>>>> help, but didn't mention this. Maybe we can spin this as
>>>>>>>> "March is Gardening Month for SB"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This also serves as a reminder of why we need to make sure
>>>>>>>> that all the key people are able to come to Advances. So
>>>>>>>> glad that we have set the dates for the rest of them for the
>>>>>>>> year. Amy, can you take responsibility to ensure that we
>>>>>>>> have a rep from every guild at all the upcoming advances?
>>>>>>>> And, if not possible, initiate date change so that we do?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Or, does someone have a completely other topic for March,
>>>>>>>> quick? There were some that we piled all together like kids
>>>>>>>> & families, bees and 20 ways to get to know your neighbors,
>>>>>>>> or barter fair and sustainable economies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FYI - here is the link to the Advance notes. We need a
>>>>>>>> discussion about how to make them accessible to all
>>>>>>>> participants if not to the whole SB community.
>>>>>>>> http://sustainableballard.org/wiki/index.php?title=Board:Advance:_February_2010
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Julia Field wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Admin,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just saw this in the Groundswell newsletter. How is it
>>>>>>>>> that we have scheduled two similar events a week apart? Do
>>>>>>>>> we know what "we" are up to?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wed, 03/31: Edible Gardens
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This is a gardening program co-sponsored with Sustainable
>>>>>>>>>> Ballard. Ingela Wanerstrand of Green Darner Garden Design
>>>>>>>>>> will discuss many topics to get you started gardening--
>>>>>>>>>> tools, soils, garden books and other resources; and
>>>>>>>>>> especially edibles. We will also have a few vendors,
>>>>>>>>>> offering starts, fertilizer info, seeds, and other
>>>>>>>>>> gardening goodies.
>>>>>>>>>> Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
>>>>>>>>>> Location: Sunset Hill Clubhouse
>>>>>>>>>> Contact: Michael McCutcheon, 271-2265
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For more information about Groundswell NW and these
>>>>>>>>>> opportunities, please contact Andrea Faste, amfaste at comcast.net
>>>>>>>>>> or 783-6963; or Dave Boyd, dave.boyd1 at comcast.net or 498-6636
>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please explore our web site: www.groundswellnw.org. Click
>>>>>>>>>> here to change your email address or unscubscribe.
>>>>>>>>>
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