Fall at the garden!

Here are some photos of the great composting workshop the Backyard Farmers and Chesapeake Bay Foundation held at our garden followed by some fall planting of trees that Lisa brought us from Edible Landscapes!

Compost Workshop Oct 17th!

Join Backyard Farmers and the

Chesapeake Bay Foundation for an

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

ABOUT COMPOSTING

WORKSHOP

Saturday, October 17, 2009

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Humphrey Calder Community

Garden

414 N. Thompson St.

(corner of Patterson & Thompson)

$10 donation requested;

free to Humphrey Calder garden plot owners

Compost is the essential component to a healthy, organic garden.  It provides plants with nutrients, retains water, prevents erosion, and reduces waste.

This workshop will cover the basics of how compost is made and what easy, affordable materials are needed to create a healthy compost pile.  After this workshop, you will know how to grow your own compost crops, build a healthy compost pile from kitchen scraps and yard waste, have a worm bin and even start a composting program at your place of work or in your community.

More at www.backyardfarmer.us or www.cbf.org/gardeners

Work Day Progress!

Here are some photos taken on this past saturday’s work day. Three hundred large metal cans (donated by Ukrops) were cleaned, tops/bottoms removed, flattened and are getting nailed to the shed for the siding material. A three bin compost was built and the raised/childrens beds were constructed. We are still collecting bricks for the gathering patio in the center (if you have any to donate, please do!)

Thanks to everyone who came to help!

Work Day Phase 2

Please come join us for our second work day to finish the next phase of the community garden!

Saturday May 30th

9am-12pm

We will be finishing the shed, fence, working on the gates, building more raised beds for children, seniors and Grow A Row.

We are also collecting old bricks from people to build our community gathering space in the center of the plots, please donate any if you’ve got extra. And stack them behind the shed please!

THANKS SO MUCH! Hope to see you there!!!

Ellwood Thompson’s 5% day for garden!!

Please come support the Humphrey Calder Community Garden on Saturday June 13th as garden volunteers bag and carry ET’s shoppers groceries as an oppurtunity to raise money for the next stages of the community garden!

ET’s offers this oppurtunity to non profit organizations a couple times a year to allow for them to raise some money while spreading the word about their organization and chat with community members!

So please come do your grocery shopping at ET’s on June 13th and 5% of that days sales will generously be donated to the Humphrey Calder Community Garden!

Plot Owners Meeting

Thanks to everyone for coming by the meeting last night…even in the rain!

Quick recap:

1. The HCCG 2009 lease agreement will be posted here….if you have not     done so…..please print, sign and return.

2. We will schedule another saturday morning work day soon to finish fence and shed…..date to follow

3. Let’s start gathering old bricks to build our community gathering space

4. The garden needs list will be posted….if you are able to donate any needed items or materials, we’d greatly appreciate it!

5. Ellwood Thompson’s 5% day Fundraiser for the garden….volunteers will be needed for 2-4 hour shifts….date to follow….sometime in June….tell your friends to come shop! This is a great opportunity to raise money for the garden effort!

6. Laura is hard at work preparing our Gardenburger grant application….cross your fingers!

The plot owners at the Humphrey Calder  Community Garden would like to thank The City of Richmond’s Dept. Of Parks and Recreation, Ellwood Thompson’s, City and Guilds, Wellpoint and especially Tricycle Gardens for everyone’s hard work and support in creating our amazing community garden! Looking forward to enjoying it together!

Fundraiser TONIGHT at ET’s Coffee Shop!

Please come join Tricyle Gardens and Ellwood Thompson’s fundraiser for the newest comunity garden project in Richmond….the Humphrey Calder Community Garden.

There will be food provided by Ellwood Thompson’s and beverages being sold.

There will also be live music by Scattered Smothered and Covered, an acoustical roots band. http://www.scatteredsmothered.com/

The donations being raised will help provide the community garden with rain water collection barrels, accessible raised garden beds, a fence/gate, compost bins and other necessities to make the garden a success!!

Thanks for your support! See you at ET’s Coffee Shop from 7-10 pm TONIGHT!!

Final meeting before Work Day!!

This thursday night at 7:30 pm at the Humphrey Calder Community Center will be the final organizational meeting for the community garden volunteers.

We will be reviewing what will be done at the Work Day April 25th as well as the after work day celebration party!

If you are involved in the community garden or would like to know more about it…PLEASE attend this meeting! Very important!!!

AND don’t forget our Community Garden fundraiser at Ellwood Thompson’s new Coffee Shop on Thursday  April 9th at 7pm…..Please come join us for live music, beverages, food and an oppurtunity to support the neighborhood’s first community garden venture!

Come Support the HCCG!

Mark your calendar!

Fundraiser for

Humphrey Calder Community Garden
at
Ellwood’s Coffee

10 S. Thompson St.

April 9, 7-10 PM

Come on out and help the community raise funds in support of

Humphrey Calder Community Garden

This community garden is a joint venture by

Tricycle Gardens and Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market

with Humphrey Calder Community Center and the City of Richmond.

Other partners in this project include

Wellpoint, James River Air Conditioning Company, and

City & Guilds Builders and Developers

Email List & April 4 Times

The work day on April 4th is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Also, if you’re interested in communicating with everyone via the e-mail list, just join the google group here: http://groups.google.com:80/group/rvagarden

And then you’ll start receiving emails and be able to send them out by e-mailing rvagarden@googlegroups.com!