Savin Hill Garden Society

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Comment by Peter McNamara on April 5, 2010 at 12:17am

Upcoming Events
City Farm Fest Saturday May 8, 201011:00am-2:30pm West Cottage St & Brook Ave, Dorchester

Join us on our West Cottage farm to kick off spring! Bring along family, friends, neighbors. Enjoy great food and live music.
Take advantage of our compost giveaway ($1/bag, free when you bring your own durable bags or containers, 5 bag limit). Buy transplants ($3/six-pack) and seeds for your garden--most varieties selected for high yield/ease of growing. Come early for best selection.
Meet other participants and learn more about planting your raised bed by attending the workshop, offered twice (11:30am & 1:00pm).


What if you want to build your own raised bed garden?
Check out the manual with instructions, prices and pictures of how to build your own.
http://thefoodproject.org/build-a-garden

Comment by Peter McNamara on April 2, 2010 at 9:45pm

Next weekend (05/09/10) is the D2:Earth event at the Hines. Attendees can learn about native plants and edible gardening, green collar jobs, cooking demos and sampling, eco-fashion, renewable energy, butter making , book signings, green home remodeling, energy savings and more—all part of the interactive environment at D2E. For more information and to purchase advance tickets, visit the D2E website at www.d2eboston.com. or http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/

Comment by Peter McNamara on April 2, 2010 at 9:40pm

Great event next weekend at the Hines (05/09/10). Attendees can learn about native plants and edible gardening, green collar jobs, cooking demos and sampling, eco-fashion, renewable energy, butter making , book signings, green home remodeling, energy savings and more. http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/

Comment by Jeff F. Skiba on March 27, 2010 at 5:36pm

Thanks Peter!

I want to echo something Peter wrote. NOTHING has more influence on a legislator than a personal letter or call expressing your views! Unfortunately for us, we have to deal with Stephen Lynch. I have dealt with his office before and he is USELESS!

BUT, I want to that Peter for his work on our garden project. He came up with a long list of potential funders for our garden.

thanks again!

Jeff

Comment by Peter McNamara on March 26, 2010 at 8:24pm

Take Action!

Tell your congressional legislators to fund community gardens and support the bill titled Community Gardens Act of 2009. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to eligible entities to establish, build, or operate community gardens.

Contact your Congressional Representative (either Michael Capuano or Stephen Lynch) to tell them to support this important bill. Tell them why community gardens are important and what they provide for the community. So pick up the phone or send in a letter. It is vital that we demonstrate our support for community gardening. Each voice will help influence the decision, so don't under-estimate the impact your letter can have. For the complete bill language and current list of co-sponsors go to www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3225 .

If you are uncertain as to who is your Representative, go to https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml,. You can then use this same site to email your Representative to support this important bill to fund community gardens.

Please share this information with your fellow community gardeners.
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Comment by e kosi on March 23, 2010 at 1:50pm

Hi Jeff,
I'm moving to Savin Hill in April with Ryan Murphy. I'm very excited that you are working on a community garden and would love to get involved. I currently have a plot in JP off of Lamertine Street SWCF. I'm taking a course offered by the Boston Natural Areas Network called MUG at Home in April. http://www.bostonnatural.org/MUGatHome.htm
Could you tell me where you are hoping to start the Community Garden and if you have tested the soil?
With Kind Regards,
Eva
Kind Regards,
Eva

Comment by Peter McNamara on March 17, 2010 at 10:45am

Krafts has started a program for Community Gardens. Also it's almost time for the Food Project in Roxbury, raised bed program. For a fee they will come out and build a bed in your back yard.
Here is the history of the Food Project.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_Project

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Comment by Jeff F. Skiba on March 8, 2010 at 6:55am

Answered in Email.

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