M.C.P
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
October 9, 2008
Brookview Park @ 1201 Monument Blvd.
Present: Janice Winsby, Lina Ortiz, Mary Lou Laubscher, Ivette Mauri, Bill Miller, Harold Blair, Daniel Ayala
Announcements:
Janice, just signed up for the advanced adult Spanish class at Mt. Diablo Adult Education
Harold, not feeling well and is overwhelmed with the planning for the future Lakeside Community Garden
Ivette, spending time with her four year old daughter while she is not in preschool and working with her other
Mary Lou,
Lina, has started working as a Spanish teacher in Orinda
Bill, terrific
Susan, just served chicken for thirty and has been busy
Daniel, works with 100+ children at Oak Grove Middle School and wants to start
Announcements:
2008 Gardening Seminar on October 11, 2008
Work Plan for 2009 was adopted by all members
Markham Nature Area Tour given by Ekkert Keller
Recommends a drip system
Everyone pays and has a signed agreement
Expensive timers
Beautiful gardens growing lots of different vegetables, overgrown fun to walk through
1. Ygnacio Valley High School Garden
(Chair: Kevin Edwards)
beds are finished
2. Cambridge Elementary School Garden
(Chair: Janice Winsey, Matt, Colleen, Janice, Lina, MaryLou, Leslie, Stan, Ekkert, 90 Day Committee)
Intendes to put a $900 dollar timer, current drip system is broken, currently replacing main lines that are about eight years old. A volunteer comes and does the work.
School Garden Week, Oct. 25, Garden Party 10am-2pm
3. Lakeside Apartments
A. Small Gardens Sub Committee to meet on February 27, 2008
(Susan V., Miguel, Enrique, Lina, Stan, Ekkert, Mary Lou)
Next meeting, October 15, 2008 @ 6pm at 1897 Oakmead off Monument Lakeside
RCD Director to meet with Dr. Len in the future so that they can cover
Possible seed money from MCP per Harold’s conversation with Dr. Len
Harold will check out the Flea Market this weekend Oct. 10th
Supply list, donation letter handed out
Next Steps
Grant Purposals for what? (shed, irrigation lines)
Volunteers to plant at Lakeside
Meet at Lakeside tomorrow at 11am
Agenda for Next Meeting
Update on Lakeside
This Meeting Highlights
Daniel
Lakeside planning steps
How this meeting could be improved
Too long
Next Meeting
Regular Monthly Meeting (2nd Wednesday of Month)
Wednesday, November 12th Keller House at 7pm
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
August Community Garden Action Team Minutes
M.C.P
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
Keller House
Present: Lina Ortiz, Miss Dorthea Jenkins, Susan Vought, , Harold Blair, Lucy Keller, Colleen Majors, Mary Lou Laubscher, Virginia Aguirre, Susan Lawson, Ivette Maruri, Charly Hahn, Bryan Reiss, Michael Kerr, Kathy Greene, Alex Barton, Christi Campbell
Announcements
Miss Dorthea, Lakeside Apartment Meeting- excellent attendance and good number interested in the volunteering at the
Susan Vought, reporting for Stan Hansen on Y.V. High School garden project, garden area leveled, concrete blocks purchased for raised beds, garden is measured out,. irrigation system being worked on.
Lucy, has a contact for free seeds, good for summer planting (Harriet Burk – 372-8038).Kevin Edwards from YV High in charge of getting grounds ready for school. Volunteers call him at 685-8414 x 3602
Susan Lawson, facilitator Lakeside/Palm Terrace Apt. planning group, this summer got approval for a community garden, Javier Huerta took a look at
Colleen, teaches at Cambridge Elementary taught summer school and enjoyed a few days of vacation
Harold, has moved. He misses his large vegetable garden at his old home.
Ivette, has a vision of starting a community garden in an open space where residents could grow food and then hand it out to the homeless and hungry. Wants us to check out Galindo house and property behind
Mike, runs the www.baypointcommunity.org website Friends of the
Charly, interested in creating sustainable communities
Kathy, compulsive gardener,
Christy, interested in everything talked about tonight
Lina, all moved in, back from vacation NY/camping, ready for her son to start Kindergarten at St. Francis.
(Chair: Kevin Edwards
Stan saw that trees were removed to make room for planter beds
Now there is room for two areas of raised beds.
Basalite blocks will be used to contain beds
Need volunteers to help build the beds
(Janice Winsey chair)
Gardens used during summer school
New
(Doretha Jenkins, Chair, Susan Lawson, facilitator)
7 residents from
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HEAL Grant Requirements –(Kaiser funds this Action Team)
1. Inventory of
Map where gardens are presently and other possible sites within walking distance
- City Planner needed to assist us with larger size maps
2.
Mary Lou passed out our current plan which is in progress
A strategic Plan Committee established with:
Ivette. Convenier
Lina, Facilitator
Mary Lou
Others welcomed
*HEAL Grant Strategic Plan Committee will meet
Wednesday, August 23, 2008 at 8:30am. at Country Waffles near Kohls
Oct. 4 Health Fair
Planning Committee Established
Lina, Facilitator
Lucy
Janice
Stan
Mary Lou
Any interested members
October Health Fair Planning Sub Committee)
Tuesday, September 9th at 10:30 at Ygnacio Park (Lina and Ivette)
What Our Booth will look like
School Gardens Display, posters with pictures of progress
Apartments – Display of pictures of hanging gardens
Informational Hand Outs- Starting a
Children’s’ Garden Book Give Away – Coordinate with Sally Smith (798-1680)
Parking Lot of Ideas for Future Discussions
Monument Community Healthy Eating Guide
Group planting project
Monument Community Gleaners
Galindo Property
BART Land by the
Property behind
Health Gardening Guide
Problem, ground squirrels and raccoons
Invite Brian to the Transportation Action Team
Look into Rent A Gardener for vacant lots – talk to Monument Futures
Agenda for Next Meeting
City Planner / Gardner speak on what land we can use in the future, where there are community gardens
Currently in use.
This Meeting Highlights
New faces,
How this meeting could be improved
When our regulars come back, Stan, Ekkerhardt, Bill, Janice
Next Meeting (All Members)
(normally the 2nd Wednesday of Month)
Note Change for this Month:
Thursday, September 11, 2008, Brookview Park's Clubhouse, 1201 Monument, 7-9 pm,
Within five years the
Vision Statement
A Monument Community Gardens Action Team will be established to: Foster both nutrition and health for all community members; Foster spiritual and psychological health of the community; Involve all ages and capabilities; Foster Garden Clubs, School Gardens and Large Community Gardens; Establish a Farmers Market in the Community
Monday, August 25, 2008
Our Community Garden Booth
We had an awesome at the Monument Community Pride Celebration!
Thank you Stan for your donation we served over a hundred children.
Kids took home a planted seed and painted!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
June 7 Monument Community Pride Celebration
Join us to celebrate the beautiful, talented and hard working people of the Monument Community on June 7th from 10am-4pm at 1500 Monument! Our Community Gardens Action Team will have a booth with a Kids Garden Discovery Area and there will be many other fun activities. Children will plant a seed in a pot to take home and there will be lots of dirt to dig into!
Also, come by to check our our ROLLING GARDENS, who said you need a yard to garden in. We want the residents of Monument to plant in containers on their patios and then roll them out to local storefronts to beautify the area!
Bring your own, grab your containers from your back yard and put them in anything that has wheels and rolls!
Call me if you would like to get a copy of our "WISH LIST" for our booth. Donations are welcomed at this early stage of our project. (925) 676-8515
Also, come by to check our our ROLLING GARDENS, who said you need a yard to garden in. We want the residents of Monument to plant in containers on their patios and then roll them out to local storefronts to beautify the area!
Bring your own, grab your containers from your back yard and put them in anything that has wheels and rolls!
Call me if you would like to get a copy of our "WISH LIST" for our booth. Donations are welcomed at this early stage of our project. (925) 676-8515
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
April 16th Meeting Minutes
Monument Community Partnership
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
April 16, 2008 at the Keller House
Present: Virginia Aquirre, Janice Winsby, Susan Vought, Ekkehardt and Lucy Keller, Lina Ortiz, Mary Lou Laubscher, Stan Hansen
Guest Speaker, Donna Snyder: Container Gardens Expert
Shared about her trip with Elder Hostel to Ventura County where they visited many farms and fields. Here are some tidbits of her presentation. She visited a strawberry field and found that there are two different types of strawberry pickers. The first type of worker shows up that day to work and the second type are employed through the Union. The first type works faster and harder and the second type pace themselves. Hard work because you are picking with your pointer and thumb and your back is bent. The strawberries are put in the boxes unwashed so that they stay fresh longer. This particular strawberry field took six years to get it to where it can produce this many strawberries. A tip she learned is to not wash your strawberries early, wash them on the day you will be eating them. She also visited a lemon farm and lemons from this farm were used in Sunkist products. She saw many truckloads arriving to this farm to dump their lemons. The most pristine lemons are selected for Sunkist products. Sunkist does not pack lemons unless there is an order for them. She then went inside to a warehouse where she saw many catwalks that were completely mechanical. She saw women picking out the bruised lemons. The bruised ones are used to feed livestock. She was most impressed by a photographic computer that scans and separates the lemons by size and color and she thought this was truly amazing. Next she visited 100 acres of pixie tangerines at Tom Churchill’s farm. He inherited this land and then found a niche in the tangerine market. She brought a pixie tangerine for us to taste and it was delicious. You can buy them at Trader Joe’s and fancy supermarkets. She also talked about an unusual farm they visited where they grow black radishes as well as white ones and are long like carrots. They sell these radishes to restaurants only. This reminded her of a farm she once went to where all they grew were different types of sprouts and also only sold them to restaurants.She showed us pictures of a tomato plant green house, where they grow tomato plants in individual containers. Here are her tips for the garden: -When planting tomato plants take a small clear plastic up that has the top part removed and place around the stalk to protect it from bugs. -One teaspoon of tobassco sauce with garlic and water, also wet newspaper, or dawn soap can be used to spray at the base of the plant to protect it from aphids or bugs. -Plain water also works. -Add B1 to the soil when transplanting a plant or fish emulsion is also great and will keep the plant’s environment thriving so that it can flourish and grow.
Check In’s and Announcements:
- Janice, introduced how to help schools during this economy. She talked about www.DonorsChoose.org which is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.
- Virginia, worked on a logo collage for our community garden action team.
- Ekkert, Markham Nature Area Plant Sale, May 4th
-All Facilitators Retreat, Saturday, April 19th, 9-4
-Senior Action Team Meeting, April 21, 9:30am Police Sub Station, “Driving Longer and Safer”
-Grant Training First Five, Tuesday, April 22 10 a.m., 1485 Enea Circle, Suite 1200
-more material was brought in for the future Garden Library at the Keller House
-Our Community Gardens Action Team blog is at, www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
-For Cambridge Elementary School Garden updates visit, http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/garden.htm.
-All Facilitators Retreat, Saturday April 19th 9am-4pm
-Senior Action Team, Driving Longer Safer Monday, April 21 9:30pm
-Family Friendly Grant Information Session, Make Up April 22, 10am at the First Five Regional Office
Committee Reports
1. Ygnacio Valley High School Garden
(Chair: Kevin Edwards) for pictures of the future garden site please visit, www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
Stan Hansen and Susan Vought visited Cambridge’s garden yesterday and thought it was beautiful. They liked what the beds were made of, concrete blocks. Cheaper and more affordable than ties. Will consider this as an option for the future Ygnacio Valley High School garden.
Considering changing the direction of the beds, will speak with Kevin Edwards.
2. Cambridge Elementary School Garden
(Chair: Janice Winsby, Matt, Colleen, Janice, Lina, MaryLou, Leslie, Stan, Ekkert, 90 Day Committee)
Visit http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/garden.htm to see pictures of the gardening activities taking place at Cambridge, Janice Winsby is leading activities and announced that on April 26th there will be a work party of kids and families. Has a mound of woodchips waiting to be shoveled.
Drip system in, a friend of a father of one of her students who is a gardener did the work. Would like his name so we can refer him to others needing garden services. Lina will start compiling a list of gardeners on the monument whose services may be used on future jobs.
3. Smaller Gardens
(Chair: Miguel Salgado, Colleen, MaryLou, rep. from Martha’s group, Matt, Ceasar Chavez Club, SAT)
A. Small Gardens Sub Committee met on February 27, 2008
(Susan V., Miguel, Enrique, Lina, Stan, Ekkert, Mary Lou)
Colleen suggested we give hand outs and free seeds at the Monument Celebration at our booth.
Old wheel barrows or plaster 2 wheel carts are useful for rolling gardens.
Planning our Booth at the Monument Pride Celebration on June 7, from 10-4pm
(Signs, Informational Flyers, Small Container Examples, Buzz Bertalero Hour, Pass Out Seeds,Garden Art Picture Display of our Monument Gardens, Food Display of what Monument Gardens Grow, Youth tell their gardening experiences from Ygnacio Valley High, Oak Grove Youth, and Cambridge.)
*Stan knows of a sign painter and we will give him a call. *We will hand out a one page sheet of How to Grow A Garden. *Our group will bring examples of their own container gardens. Lina will bring two rolling gardens, Elena and Anthonys garden. Colleen Major will also have some of her potted plants there in a rolling wagon.
*Janice our Master Gardner will be there to answer gardening questions. *Confirm Buzz Bertalero. *The garden art project will be to use markers and crayons draw their favorite flower, veggie, tree etc…
*Booth Help Schedule: 9-10am, Set Up, Jancie, Mary Lou, and Lina will be there all day, 10-11:30am, 11:30-1pm, 1-2:30pm, 2:30-4pm,
Next Steps: Plan our booth for the Monument Community Pride Celebration on June 7th,
Agenda for Next Meeting: No speaker in May because our meeting will be dedicated to planning our booth. No meeting in June because June 7th we will be at the Monument Pride Celebration helping at the booth, July mtg. second Wed. of the month
This Meetings Highlights: Good Speaker, Food, Good company, Good team spirit
How this meeting could be improved: End on time
Next Meeting: (Regular Monthly Meeting, 2nd Wednesday of Month)
May 14th Keller House, 6-8 pm, brown bag dinner
May 28th possible last minute planning meeting Lina will notify if needed
*Bring pictures, a friend and come 15 min’s early to see pictures on the laptop
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
April 16, 2008 at the Keller House
Present: Virginia Aquirre, Janice Winsby, Susan Vought, Ekkehardt and Lucy Keller, Lina Ortiz, Mary Lou Laubscher, Stan Hansen
Guest Speaker, Donna Snyder: Container Gardens Expert
Shared about her trip with Elder Hostel to Ventura County where they visited many farms and fields. Here are some tidbits of her presentation. She visited a strawberry field and found that there are two different types of strawberry pickers. The first type of worker shows up that day to work and the second type are employed through the Union. The first type works faster and harder and the second type pace themselves. Hard work because you are picking with your pointer and thumb and your back is bent. The strawberries are put in the boxes unwashed so that they stay fresh longer. This particular strawberry field took six years to get it to where it can produce this many strawberries. A tip she learned is to not wash your strawberries early, wash them on the day you will be eating them. She also visited a lemon farm and lemons from this farm were used in Sunkist products. She saw many truckloads arriving to this farm to dump their lemons. The most pristine lemons are selected for Sunkist products. Sunkist does not pack lemons unless there is an order for them. She then went inside to a warehouse where she saw many catwalks that were completely mechanical. She saw women picking out the bruised lemons. The bruised ones are used to feed livestock. She was most impressed by a photographic computer that scans and separates the lemons by size and color and she thought this was truly amazing. Next she visited 100 acres of pixie tangerines at Tom Churchill’s farm. He inherited this land and then found a niche in the tangerine market. She brought a pixie tangerine for us to taste and it was delicious. You can buy them at Trader Joe’s and fancy supermarkets. She also talked about an unusual farm they visited where they grow black radishes as well as white ones and are long like carrots. They sell these radishes to restaurants only. This reminded her of a farm she once went to where all they grew were different types of sprouts and also only sold them to restaurants.She showed us pictures of a tomato plant green house, where they grow tomato plants in individual containers. Here are her tips for the garden: -When planting tomato plants take a small clear plastic up that has the top part removed and place around the stalk to protect it from bugs. -One teaspoon of tobassco sauce with garlic and water, also wet newspaper, or dawn soap can be used to spray at the base of the plant to protect it from aphids or bugs. -Plain water also works. -Add B1 to the soil when transplanting a plant or fish emulsion is also great and will keep the plant’s environment thriving so that it can flourish and grow.
Check In’s and Announcements:
- Janice, introduced how to help schools during this economy. She talked about www.DonorsChoose.org which is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.
- Virginia, worked on a logo collage for our community garden action team.
- Ekkert, Markham Nature Area Plant Sale, May 4th
-All Facilitators Retreat, Saturday, April 19th, 9-4
-Senior Action Team Meeting, April 21, 9:30am Police Sub Station, “Driving Longer and Safer”
-Grant Training First Five, Tuesday, April 22 10 a.m., 1485 Enea Circle, Suite 1200
-more material was brought in for the future Garden Library at the Keller House
-Our Community Gardens Action Team blog is at, www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
-For Cambridge Elementary School Garden updates visit, http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/garden.htm.
-All Facilitators Retreat, Saturday April 19th 9am-4pm
-Senior Action Team, Driving Longer Safer Monday, April 21 9:30pm
-Family Friendly Grant Information Session, Make Up April 22, 10am at the First Five Regional Office
Committee Reports
1. Ygnacio Valley High School Garden
(Chair: Kevin Edwards) for pictures of the future garden site please visit, www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
Stan Hansen and Susan Vought visited Cambridge’s garden yesterday and thought it was beautiful. They liked what the beds were made of, concrete blocks. Cheaper and more affordable than ties. Will consider this as an option for the future Ygnacio Valley High School garden.
Considering changing the direction of the beds, will speak with Kevin Edwards.
2. Cambridge Elementary School Garden
(Chair: Janice Winsby, Matt, Colleen, Janice, Lina, MaryLou, Leslie, Stan, Ekkert, 90 Day Committee)
Visit http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/cambridge/garden.htm to see pictures of the gardening activities taking place at Cambridge, Janice Winsby is leading activities and announced that on April 26th there will be a work party of kids and families. Has a mound of woodchips waiting to be shoveled.
Drip system in, a friend of a father of one of her students who is a gardener did the work. Would like his name so we can refer him to others needing garden services. Lina will start compiling a list of gardeners on the monument whose services may be used on future jobs.
3. Smaller Gardens
(Chair: Miguel Salgado, Colleen, MaryLou, rep. from Martha’s group, Matt, Ceasar Chavez Club, SAT)
A. Small Gardens Sub Committee met on February 27, 2008
(Susan V., Miguel, Enrique, Lina, Stan, Ekkert, Mary Lou)
Colleen suggested we give hand outs and free seeds at the Monument Celebration at our booth.
Old wheel barrows or plaster 2 wheel carts are useful for rolling gardens.
Planning our Booth at the Monument Pride Celebration on June 7, from 10-4pm
(Signs, Informational Flyers, Small Container Examples, Buzz Bertalero Hour, Pass Out Seeds,Garden Art Picture Display of our Monument Gardens, Food Display of what Monument Gardens Grow, Youth tell their gardening experiences from Ygnacio Valley High, Oak Grove Youth, and Cambridge.)
*Stan knows of a sign painter and we will give him a call. *We will hand out a one page sheet of How to Grow A Garden. *Our group will bring examples of their own container gardens. Lina will bring two rolling gardens, Elena and Anthonys garden. Colleen Major will also have some of her potted plants there in a rolling wagon.
*Janice our Master Gardner will be there to answer gardening questions. *Confirm Buzz Bertalero. *The garden art project will be to use markers and crayons draw their favorite flower, veggie, tree etc…
*Booth Help Schedule: 9-10am, Set Up, Jancie, Mary Lou, and Lina will be there all day, 10-11:30am, 11:30-1pm, 1-2:30pm, 2:30-4pm,
Next Steps: Plan our booth for the Monument Community Pride Celebration on June 7th,
Agenda for Next Meeting: No speaker in May because our meeting will be dedicated to planning our booth. No meeting in June because June 7th we will be at the Monument Pride Celebration helping at the booth, July mtg. second Wed. of the month
This Meetings Highlights: Good Speaker, Food, Good company, Good team spirit
How this meeting could be improved: End on time
Next Meeting: (Regular Monthly Meeting, 2nd Wednesday of Month)
May 14th Keller House, 6-8 pm, brown bag dinner
May 28th possible last minute planning meeting Lina will notify if needed
*Bring pictures, a friend and come 15 min’s early to see pictures on the laptop
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
February Meeting Minutes
Monument Community Partnership
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
February 13, 2008
Keller House
Present:Virginia Aquirre, Harold Blair, Janice Winsby, Miguel Salgado, Susan Vought, Ekkehardt and Lucy Keller, Bill Miller, Lina Ortiz, Matthew Fragoso, Mary Lou Laubscher, Sukhwinder Kaur, Susan Lawson, Angelica Beckman, Enrique J. Sanchez
Announcements:
Lina Ortiz is our new facilitator-in-training and she set up a blog for our Community Gardens Action Team. Visit www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com to view pictures and comments and to write your own.
Matthew Fragoso, Mt. Diablo CARES After School program received a grant to put gardens in sixteen different schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. Gardening classes will be offered once a week, a nutrition program, one hour structured fitness class and more. Mt. Diablo CARES After School Programs are a collaborative of the Concord Community & Recreation Services Department, The Mount Diablo Unified School District and the Ambrose Recreation and Park District to provide enrichment, academic and support services for children and their families beyond the traditional school day. The centers serve about 2,200 students at these school sites in Concord, Pleasant Hill, Bay Point and Pittsburg:
Mary Lou attended the Mental Health Symposium at Alhambra High School. along with Harold and Dr. Len to represent the Monument Corridor and MCP. They have 93 million dollars for preventative health services and they did not know about us.Our county wide outreach needs to be improved.
Susan Lawson, Lakeside/Palm Terrace invited us on March 5th at 8am to the Lakeside Senior Strollers first event. A stroll to Ellis Park and back.
Overview of meeting with Dr. Len Kruszecki on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 3pm
(Dr. Len, Mary Lou Laubscher, Stan Hansen, Kevin Edwards, Lina Ortiz, Matthew Fragoso, Janice Winsby)
Consortium idea introduced by Dr. Len where multiple members in the community apply separately for the Kaiser Community Grant. Each keeps own identity and applies separately while stating they belong to the .
Monument Community Gardens Coalition.
In the future the Community Gardens Action Team could draw a map of the Monument Area with future garden sites and offer mini-grants for Monument residents to start their own gardens at home.
It is important to learn about and incorporate into our work HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) strategies developed by Kaiser.
Learn more Healthy Eating Active Living-Community Health Initiative at: http://xnet.kp.org/communitybenefit/regions/nca/HEAL/HEALinitiative.html
1. Ygnacio Valley High School Garden
(Chair: Kevin Edwards)
Kevin/Stan next step to grade the ground.
The plan is to involve the cafeteria in serving the fruits and vegetables from the garden and to recycle food for the compost.
2. Cambridge Elementary School Garden
(Chair: Janice Winsey, Matt, Colleen, Lina, MaryLou, Leslie, Stan, Ekkert, Nelson Funes from the after school program is in charge of the garden area
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Thurs., February 7, 2008 Janice, Matthew and Gloria Evie from St. Mary’s College met at Cambridge to discuss the Next Steps for the garden.
Talked about drawing up a new plot plan, where to put two new raised beds, where compost should be, and where to add a workstation. Also two recycling bins to put together.
Janice spoke to the Gardner and he will save yard trimmings for compost and she also spoke to the person in charge in the cafeteria and they will also separate left over food for compost!
Discussed paying the district for the electrical work.
Work still to be done; clearing out the weeds on the ground, prep the ground, subsurface is asphalt.
Gloria Evie is an instructor at St. Mary’s College and 20 of her student’s volunteer, tutor and are part of an outreach program for Cambridge Elementary. She was a key person in the planning for the garden at Cambridge. KAIWANIS International Service Club is also helping with the garden.
Lina had an impromptu meeting on 1/25/08 with Marie Schrimer the principal, toured garden area and took pictures. Brought pictures to the meeting and posted them online on the CGAT blog.
3. Smaller Gardens
(Chair: Miguel Salgado, Colleen, MaryLou, rep. from Martha’s group, Matt, Ceasar Chavez Club, SAT)
“Garden Wagons” coined by Miguel Salgado and the group agreed that Rolling Gardens would now be called “Garden Wagons”. Mr.Trowbridge from Concord H.S. could have students participate in winning designs for Garden Wagons. Miguel or Lina to visit with Mr. Trowbridge this month. Other small garden ideas:
Window Boxes
Porch Gardens
Hanging Gardens
Herb Gardens
Tea Gardens
Mushroom Gardens
Moss Garden
Edible Flower Gardens and Hanging Gardens
Flower Pots with Hot Peppers
A. Small Gardens Sub Committee to meet on February 27, 2008
(Susan V., Miguel, Enrique, Lina, Stan, Ekkert, Mary Lou
Ekkert has about ten fifteen galloon pots to plant in and will donate them to us.
Each one of us will receive one and plant our own type of garden.
Our gardens will be on display at the June 7th Monument Community Pride Parade
Lina will bring her truck for those who need assistance transporting the pots.
Next Steps
Press release in the Concord Transcript about Mt. Diablo Cares After School Program (Bill has experience writing press releases)
Go to Ygnacio Valley H.S. and take pictures of future garden area. (Lina)
Write a letter for garden material donations to send to different businesses. (Lina)
Set up group email list. (Lina)
Agenda for Next Meeting
Buzz Bertalaro to speak about: Small Gardens, Water Conservation, Soil Conditioning and more
3.
Report from Small Garden Committee
Good and bad mushrooms (Enrique)
This Meeting Highlights
Everything
Good networking
Lots of input
New member Enrique loves herb and cactus gardening, knowledgeable about mushrooms
How this meeting could be improved
Start and End on time
More people
More diversity
Missed Stan
Next Meetings
Small Gardens Sub-Committee
Thursday, February 27, 2008, 6pm at Brookview Park, 1201 Monument Blvd
The Community Room will be on the right near the end of the main drive.
Bring mental picture of what type of garden you will plant
Regular Monthly Meeting (2nd Wednesday of Month)
March 12, 2008, Keller House, 6-8 pm, brown bag dinner
Bring pictures of your own garden or of anything that interests you
Bring an interested friend
Come 15 minutes early to see Bill’s pictures of us on TV
Mission Statement
Within five years the Monument Community Gardens Action Team will help with the establishment of five community gardens within walking distance of high density neighborhoods in the Monument Community
Vision Statement
A Monument Community Gardens Action Team will be established to: Foster both nutrition and health for all community members; Foster spiritual and psychological health of the community; Involve all ages and capabilities; Foster Garden Clubs, School Gardens and Large Community Gardens; Establish a Farmers Market in the Community
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
February 13, 2008
Keller House
Present:Virginia Aquirre, Harold Blair, Janice Winsby, Miguel Salgado, Susan Vought, Ekkehardt and Lucy Keller, Bill Miller, Lina Ortiz, Matthew Fragoso, Mary Lou Laubscher, Sukhwinder Kaur, Susan Lawson, Angelica Beckman, Enrique J. Sanchez
Announcements:
Lina Ortiz is our new facilitator-in-training and she set up a blog for our Community Gardens Action Team. Visit www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com to view pictures and comments and to write your own.
Matthew Fragoso, Mt. Diablo CARES After School program received a grant to put gardens in sixteen different schools in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. Gardening classes will be offered once a week, a nutrition program, one hour structured fitness class and more. Mt. Diablo CARES After School Programs are a collaborative of the Concord Community & Recreation Services Department, The Mount Diablo Unified School District and the Ambrose Recreation and Park District to provide enrichment, academic and support services for children and their families beyond the traditional school day. The centers serve about 2,200 students at these school sites in Concord, Pleasant Hill, Bay Point and Pittsburg:
Mary Lou attended the Mental Health Symposium at Alhambra High School. along with Harold and Dr. Len to represent the Monument Corridor and MCP. They have 93 million dollars for preventative health services and they did not know about us.Our county wide outreach needs to be improved.
Susan Lawson, Lakeside/Palm Terrace invited us on March 5th at 8am to the Lakeside Senior Strollers first event. A stroll to Ellis Park and back.
Overview of meeting with Dr. Len Kruszecki on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 3pm
(Dr. Len, Mary Lou Laubscher, Stan Hansen, Kevin Edwards, Lina Ortiz, Matthew Fragoso, Janice Winsby)
Consortium idea introduced by Dr. Len where multiple members in the community apply separately for the Kaiser Community Grant. Each keeps own identity and applies separately while stating they belong to the .
Monument Community Gardens Coalition.
In the future the Community Gardens Action Team could draw a map of the Monument Area with future garden sites and offer mini-grants for Monument residents to start their own gardens at home.
It is important to learn about and incorporate into our work HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) strategies developed by Kaiser.
Learn more Healthy Eating Active Living-Community Health Initiative at: http://xnet.kp.org/communitybenefit/regions/nca/HEAL/HEALinitiative.html
1. Ygnacio Valley High School Garden
(Chair: Kevin Edwards)
Kevin/Stan next step to grade the ground.
The plan is to involve the cafeteria in serving the fruits and vegetables from the garden and to recycle food for the compost.
2. Cambridge Elementary School Garden
(Chair: Janice Winsey, Matt, Colleen, Lina, MaryLou, Leslie, Stan, Ekkert, Nelson Funes from the after school program is in charge of the garden area
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Thurs., February 7, 2008 Janice, Matthew and Gloria Evie from St. Mary’s College met at Cambridge to discuss the Next Steps for the garden.
Talked about drawing up a new plot plan, where to put two new raised beds, where compost should be, and where to add a workstation. Also two recycling bins to put together.
Janice spoke to the Gardner and he will save yard trimmings for compost and she also spoke to the person in charge in the cafeteria and they will also separate left over food for compost!
Discussed paying the district for the electrical work.
Work still to be done; clearing out the weeds on the ground, prep the ground, subsurface is asphalt.
Gloria Evie is an instructor at St. Mary’s College and 20 of her student’s volunteer, tutor and are part of an outreach program for Cambridge Elementary. She was a key person in the planning for the garden at Cambridge. KAIWANIS International Service Club is also helping with the garden.
Lina had an impromptu meeting on 1/25/08 with Marie Schrimer the principal, toured garden area and took pictures. Brought pictures to the meeting and posted them online on the CGAT blog.
3. Smaller Gardens
(Chair: Miguel Salgado, Colleen, MaryLou, rep. from Martha’s group, Matt, Ceasar Chavez Club, SAT)
“Garden Wagons” coined by Miguel Salgado and the group agreed that Rolling Gardens would now be called “Garden Wagons”. Mr.Trowbridge from Concord H.S. could have students participate in winning designs for Garden Wagons. Miguel or Lina to visit with Mr. Trowbridge this month. Other small garden ideas:
Window Boxes
Porch Gardens
Hanging Gardens
Herb Gardens
Tea Gardens
Mushroom Gardens
Moss Garden
Edible Flower Gardens and Hanging Gardens
Flower Pots with Hot Peppers
A. Small Gardens Sub Committee to meet on February 27, 2008
(Susan V., Miguel, Enrique, Lina, Stan, Ekkert, Mary Lou
Ekkert has about ten fifteen galloon pots to plant in and will donate them to us.
Each one of us will receive one and plant our own type of garden.
Our gardens will be on display at the June 7th Monument Community Pride Parade
Lina will bring her truck for those who need assistance transporting the pots.
Next Steps
Press release in the Concord Transcript about Mt. Diablo Cares After School Program (Bill has experience writing press releases)
Go to Ygnacio Valley H.S. and take pictures of future garden area. (Lina)
Write a letter for garden material donations to send to different businesses. (Lina)
Set up group email list. (Lina)
Agenda for Next Meeting
Buzz Bertalaro to speak about: Small Gardens, Water Conservation, Soil Conditioning and more
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Report from Small Garden Committee
Good and bad mushrooms (Enrique)
This Meeting Highlights
Everything
Good networking
Lots of input
New member Enrique loves herb and cactus gardening, knowledgeable about mushrooms
How this meeting could be improved
Start and End on time
More people
More diversity
Missed Stan
Next Meetings
Small Gardens Sub-Committee
Thursday, February 27, 2008, 6pm at Brookview Park, 1201 Monument Blvd
The Community Room will be on the right near the end of the main drive.
Bring mental picture of what type of garden you will plant
Regular Monthly Meeting (2nd Wednesday of Month)
March 12, 2008, Keller House, 6-8 pm, brown bag dinner
Bring pictures of your own garden or of anything that interests you
Bring an interested friend
Come 15 minutes early to see Bill’s pictures of us on TV
Mission Statement
Within five years the Monument Community Gardens Action Team will help with the establishment of five community gardens within walking distance of high density neighborhoods in the Monument Community
Vision Statement
A Monument Community Gardens Action Team will be established to: Foster both nutrition and health for all community members; Foster spiritual and psychological health of the community; Involve all ages and capabilities; Foster Garden Clubs, School Gardens and Large Community Gardens; Establish a Farmers Market in the Community
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Project #1
Here are photos from my first visit to Cambridge Elementary School in Concord where I had an excellent impromptu meeting with Marie Schrimer the Principal. The "Garden Area" is large with 13 planting beds and there are lots of possiblities! These pictures are for those who may not be able to visit the school before we plant in April 2008. Together we can work on creating an amazing garden area for the Cambridge Elementary students, their families and for all the multi-generational residents in the Monument Corridor. If you have any suggestions please email me at lina-ortiz@excite.com. Thanks for your enthusiasm and support during this exciting time!
Principal, Marie Schrimer with Cambridge Elementary Students
Cambridge Elementary from my parking spot.
Garden Bed #1
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Sprinkler System
(the electrical components of the sprinkler system need to be evaluated)
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