[Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!

[Jennifer Hood]

It might be an interesting to have the planning experience, sure.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>wrote:

>  Nope I haven’t submitted the UW Garden.   The idea is the students would
> provide the design we would just have be able to commit at least 3 gardeners
> to attend on the day of (October 3rd).  What do people think, wanna
> participate?
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> Candace
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> *From:* Peter Belej [mailto:pbelej at sandvine.com]
> *Sent:* July-30-09 9:52 AM
> *To:* Candace Wormsbecker
> *Subject:* RE: [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
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> Have you submitted our Community Garden to the list already?  Or, is it
> that we have to actually create some sort of design and submit that?
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> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Candace Wormsbecker
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:33 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
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> *Opportunity to Design Your Dream Garden!*
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> *Community Garden Council Teams up with UW School of Planning*
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> Would you like the chance to have your garden redesigned and made more
> accessible to your community?
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> On *Saturday October 3rd, 2009*, the University Of Waterloo School Of
> Planning will team up with Waterloo Region Public Health, the Community
> Garden Council of Waterloo Region and Opportunities Waterloo Region to hold
> a day-long design charrette (a collaborative session where a group of
> designers create a model featuring design solutions based on the needs of
> the participants) for some of our existing community gardens and potential
> new community gardens.
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> Undergraduate students from the School of Planning will be presented with
> some of the challenges that face community gardens everyday. The students
> will then plan a new design for the garden which allows it to be fully
> accessible to people with diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as levels of
> physical ability. Ideally we would like to redesign a garden from each city
> (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) as well as one from a township in the
> region.
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> This is an opportunity for your garden to get the makeover of your dreams!
> Unfortunately, due to time and budget constraints, there is only space
> available for four gardens to be evaluated and designed during the
> charrette, so if you are interested in submitting your garden’s name for
> consideration, please do so as soon as possible.
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> Submissions can be made to Candace Wormsbecker at candace at owr.ca or by
> phone at 519-883-2353 ext. 5984 before August 10th.
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-- 
Jennifer Hood
PhD Student
Department of Biology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 x36439
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