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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
p.2
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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
p.2
.
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
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