July Garden Events

Hello all – and hope you’re dried out in time for the first July event!

SATURDAY, JULY 4, AFTERNOON Members only Annual BBQ-licious get-together. Potluck — so bring your favorite picnic items!

To volunteer to set-up, clean-up, call Lou (212-666-7733) . Full details on fence flyer.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 6 pm- DUSK : First EVENING WORKDAY. Raindate, Thursday, July 8, 6pm – dusk.
Meeting 6PM, at which the projects to be announced.

SATURDAY JULY 25, 11am till done (??? — depends on Mother Nature’s ripening timetable) Peach Pie Pickin’ Day! Bring a basket in which to tote those peaches home!
Check fence bulletin boards / garden e-mail for exact date TBD at a later follow-up time.

SATURDAYS, 8am- Till sold out,, EACH WEEK through the Season, FARMER’S MARKET, Strangers’ Gate, 106 & CPW Sponsored by CCENYC & DEBNA, selling local farmers produce (fruit, vegetables, greens) and musicians to boot!
DEBNA members include Jean J., and Veronica W., so it’s a joint endeavor to enjoy!

KUDOS to:

Jean Jaworek for picking up summer garden supplies (garbage bags, water hoses, wheelbarrow, gloves) from Green Thumb giveaway two weeks ago.

Robin Mace & Lou Ludyny for transplanting the (mulberry?) tree from the rear of the Wet Garden community entrance bed to the lawn in the East Garden last workday.

Whomever returned the missing Rose Garden elbow-length glove to our Rose Caddy. Also, one of the missing bypass rose pruners was also retrieved. Please ALWAYS return tools to the shed and container from which you obtained them for your use. That includes gloves. Otherwise, these implements are ‘gone’ to the next gardener’s need.

Green Thumb for finalizing the 2009-2011 License Agreement, received this month.

OTHER:
What with all the rain, weeding/deadheading/pruning your individual bed plantings probably need a thorough looksee/ lookdo ASAP, before plants flop over into pathways. Also, please weed the pathways around your bed?

Lucille

Wed June 24 Garden Talk

Hi Gardeners,

Matt Brown, head of the Central Park Conservancy’s soil and water ecology will be talking about soil, plants, Central Park, our garden — and answering our questions in a walk through the garden.

Please come this Wednesday, June 24, at 6:15 — in our garden. (Matt and his crew has kindly delivered compost and wood chips to the garden this year and in years past.)

As a preview, here’s a video of Matt on Central Park’s ponds: http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageNavigator/DidYouKnow_WaterBodies

If you have questions, please contact Suzanne Charle’ at suzcharle@gmail.com.

Make Music This Sunday

Make Music New York Celelbration in the W104 Community Garden this Sunday, June 21 from 1PM-5PM

Featuring:

1PM-2PM: The Austin Walker/Linda Oh Duo–drum and bass world music from the Manhattan School of Music. www.myspace.com/austinwalkerjazz

2PM-3PM: Athena Reich & the Dustbunnies — Quirky Storytelling Pop with piano & drums featuring Athena Reich on Vocals, Piano & Ukulele & Glenn Firester on Drums & Chromatic Harmonica www.athenareich.com

3PM-4PM: Chuck Fertal–solo jazz piano from the acclaimed pianist/percussionist

4PM-5PM: Jason Lawlor–originals and covers by Florida State University Senior Jason Lawlor (alto sax, acoustic guitars, vocals).

Refreshments will be for sale to benefit the Garden. This is a free event but tips for the musicians will be appreciated.

If you are interested in helping out at the event or in donating baked goods, please contact
Alan Tenney (alan.tenney[at]gmail.com, 617-838-1277

June Events

Hi –LOTS to do the first Saturday in June!: in fact the whole month!

SATURDAY, June 6, 10 AM – Meeting. Work projects TBA

SATURDAY, June 6, 10 AM -= 2 PM GreenThumb Supplies Giveaway — Need volunteer(s) w/car or SUV
to pick up garbage bags, water hose(s), wheelbarrow. Please contact Mary Kelly [ 212 – 807 – 0266 ], get workday credit.
Pickup is at GreenThumb compound in Queens.

SATURDAY, June 6, 9 AM – 3 PM. Farmers’ Market season starts, courtesy of DEBNA, every Saturday thereafter during Summer. Known Live Musicians too from 10 AM – 2 PM, so drop by to meet, greet and eat at the Strangers’ Gate, 106th and CPW.

WEDNESDAY, June 18, Montessori ‘Graduation’ , 8 AM – 12 Noon, Stage area. The kids put on a charming ‘fly-up’ ceremony, getting ready for kindergarten in the Fall.

SATURDAY, June 20, GreenThumb’s “Summer Solstice” celebration, 10 AM – 4 PM, William Harris Garden,
NW corner of 153 St. & St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan. BBQ, Parks Playmobile, Live Entertainment, Kids’ Crafts, call GT: (212) 788-8070 for more details on this Block Party to herald the start of summer.

SUNDAY, June 21, Make Music New York”, citywide celebration in community gardens, with live music here in our gardens! Last year’s event was super fun for all, 11 AM – 5 PM planned, for a family event.
Contact Paula McKenzie to volunteer your services for setup and cleanup. [ 212 – 222 – 6337 ]

THANKS TO:
Paula McKenzie & Raleigh Mayer & Julie Soledispa for spearheading /coordinating the successful Mother’s Day Plant Sale with Bake Sale and Flea Market for good measure!

Linda Prudhomme for 24-hr. turnaround getting check to GT for 4 months’ rental of, and to
Guy Pinté for clearing the space and taking delivery of the Porta-Potty into the East Garden. .

OTHER NEWS:

GT is holding A Photo Contest, celebrating its 30th Anniversary. Submit your favorite photos for a chance to have them displayed in Parks Art Gallery. Rules, deadlines at: www.greenthumbnyc.org.

All for now, LM

June 21: We need Volunteers for Make Music NY1{

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The Make Music New York Event is coming up on Sat., June 21th! In order for it to be a success in our garden, we need volunteers for the following positions:

Music coordinator: Someone to interview and book musicians for the day – 6 groups have contacted the garden expressing interest.

Activities coordinator: Someone to bring other activities to the garden (ie. contact Vita Wallace).
Publicity coordinator: Create a flyer and make sure it gets distributed before the event.

June 21 Volunteer coordinator: Lou Ludyny has agreed to be the contact person for the day of June 20th, but he will need atleast 5 gardeners assisting him with set-up, clean-up, etc.

Please let me know if you would like to take on any of these responsibilities.

THANK YOU! Paula

Garden Spring Festival and Mother’s Day Plant Sale

West 104th Street Garden
SPRING FESTIVAL

This Saturday, May 9th
Noon – 4 pm
104 street between Central Park West & Manhattan Avenue

MOTHER’S DAY Plant Sale
FLEA MARKET
BAKED GOODSFOOD

To Reserve a Table for Flea Market
Call 646 – 363 – 4513 (Julia)

Garden Member Art Show:

Anna Lise Jensen, a member of the garden, invites all members to an art exhibition (which includes art inspired by our garden.

A Lot of Possibilities, February through March, Sundays 12-4pm
http://www.spaceallover.org/pages.php?content=gallery.php&navGallID=94

Flyer for Anna Lise's show
Flyer for Anna Lise's show

kind wishes,

Anna Lise

Alice Tully Hall Season opens – Free and $25 tickets

From Gail Brewer — FYI, LM

In light of the financial times, these might be of interest.

Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center is re-opening and tickets go on sale on February 22, 2009. Tickets are $25 for many events but there are also 4 free concerts. Free Events

These include two concerts by The Juilliard School: an all-Schubert lunchtime performance (2/25) and a Messaien program featuring the Juilliard Orchestra led by David Robertson (2/26). Two additional free events will be offered by LCPA: an afternoon concert by The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with soloist Hélène Grimaud (3/4), as well as the world premiere of Phil Kline’s Space performed by ETHEL in the grand foyer, preceding the New York, New Music, and New Hall evening (3/3).

Info: 212 721-6500; or www.LincolnCenter.org

DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO WINTER PERFORMANCES AVAILABLE for
The Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet. Go to their websites for information (most New Yorkers already know about these opportunities!).

Sat Jan 31- Film: The Healing Gardens of New York

Saturday, January 31, 8:30PM
Orchard House Cafe
58th Street at First Avenue
Reservations recommended: email requests to mail@orchardhousecafe.com or call 212-371-1170

The Healing Gardens of New York
Producer, Alexandra Isles, will introduce this beautiful and inspiring documentary and after the showing
invite audience discussion.

The Healing Gardens of New York tells the stories of the lives and communities transformed by gardens
and green spaces created in response to crime, neglect, poverty and urban decay. In cities dominated by glass and concrete, the film takes an in depth look at how gardens can be a platform for social change and an opportunity to develop new skills and transform lives.

Award winning documentaries by Alexandra Isles have been shown at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC), Museum of Modern Art (NY), numerous film festivals including the Human
Rights Watch and Margaret Mead Film Festivals, and all have aired on PBS.

Please call me at 917 597 0433 for any questions
Many thanks,
Pat Hemminger
Orchard House Events

Solstice Pictures

The second annual Garden Winter Solstice Tea Party was held on Saturday, December 20 in the garden.

A group of approximately twenty-five hearty souls gathered for the celebration. Many pounds of canned goods were received on behalf of City Harvest through the event’s Yes We Can Can drive as well as $93.61 for the garden cats via the Spare Change for Cats initiative.

Many thanks to all those who helped brighten the shortest day of the year.

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