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
kind wishes,
Anna Lise
Spring is just around the corner, and things are happening in the garden.
See you all soon,
Suzanne Charle’
This National Gardening Association page link is for Over-Winter Maintenance.
http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/reminders/2986
Lucille found a good article with information about preventing plant theft from the November 2005 edition of House & Garden Magazine. Download at:
http://west104garden.org/articles/Stop-Garden-Theft.pdf
Some Tips:
Tips from Sergeant Martin Peirson, Metropolitan Police Service, London
Also, the Home Depot Garden Center offers a garden club with expert advice and special offers at:
http://homedepotgardenclub.com/
Happy New Year! LM
We are now officially registered as a Parks/Recreation- Green Thumb community garden for the next two years. This is very important as the original Attorney General’s Agreement expires in 2009 and all registered gardens weigh in the decision to extend this Agreement another 3 years. One of the major selling points is that these gardens will be open to the public 20 hours a week, including free special events, workdays, neighborhood group uses, etc. Open Hours are to be posted from May through October — and we have 15 of those between Wed., Sat, Sun usual schedule already. Members can submit suggestions for events we can support to offer at our Garden’s Opening Meeting in the Spring.
Also, those of you who signed the GT sheet at our Closing Meeting with your e-mail address will be receiving the GT Program Guide via e-mail this season, all else will continue to receive them and postcards from GT via regular mail.
KUDOS to:
Frank Grech for keeping our sidewalks clear! He’s been BUSY this season!
Jean Jaworek for a fulfilled 2nd Winter Solstice and Can-Do Collection! And to those who bundled up to bring food bundles!
OTHER:
Happy Chinese New Year to all.
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!).
FYI — when thinking about your spring planting plans. LM
The Floyd Bennett Gardens, the largest community garden in nyc, continues to post interesting garden info it their newsletter. From time to time I will repost info here:
In this issue–Time to Think About Getting Your Hands Dirty ‹‹Attracting Butterflies and Other Pollinators
There are gardeners who plant only crops of vegetables and then there are those who know the importance of balancing both worlds. This year, think about planting your usual and then expand and create an environment that helps you, the birds and the rest of the wonderful world of pollinators. Remember, without them we are nothing!
Happy Gardening-JW
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
The National Gardening Association’s Mid-Atlantic Regional report for January has been released, with articles on Camelias and reminders to:
Read more at:
http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3016
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.
View a slideshow at:
We lucked out!
It was a relatively hassle-free delivery, with the alternate side car-parkers cooperating.
The compost is rich, dark and delicious. And there is LOTS of it, we didn’t take the full truck load because it was just too much.
Fortunately the port-a-potty has been taken for the season, so we don’t have to worry that we are blocking it with our new mountain.
Please be careful as you pull the tarp away to grab your share. We used the tarp that was used when the fence was painted silver.
Therefore on the one side of the tarp there are lots of silver particles that shake off as you move it. This will contaminate the soil, PLEASE do your best to handle it delicately.
If anyone has a fresh / spray paint-free tarp that they can offer as an alternative to the one we used, please be generous and share it 🙂
Enjoy!
P.S. two issues:
1. If anyone knows the “generous” landscaper that keeps dropping off the white and HEAVY bags of bad soil for our use, please ask him to stop.
These bags are inhibiting our ability to open the delivery gate.
2. Tree guards are not yet installed and this is a good thing because the dump truck would not have been able to access the delivery gate.
Do we want to consider not installing this guard due to the likelihood that it will prevent future deliveries?