[Garden] Planting Party - Possible greenhouse usage

Tue Mar 17 20:41:02 EDT 2009

Hi Gardeners!

I'm sorry that our group seems to be experiencing frustration right
now. I certainly didn't mean to cause any of this, and I apologize if
I have. Remember, gardening is supposed to be fun?

Approaching the Biology greenhouse manager, especially if it ends up
costing money, is, in my humble opinion, a decision that should be
decided upon by group consensus and somewhat carefully thought out.
Ideally I would envision this as something we would want to do
properly at the beginning so as to build upon the relationship in the
long term, and be able to use the greenhouse on an annual basis.

Decisions and information such as what kind of plants and how much
space they would take (information needed to negotiate greenhouse
space) are, by their nature, a group decision, one that it seems will
actually be made *at* the planting party itself, (unless we agree to
have another meeting before that). I have sensed that this group is
not used to having regular meetings to discuss things. As such, I am
guessing that what will happen is that people will once again opt to
take the plants to their individual homes. I am by no means saying
that this is the only option feasible, just the most likely one in
this particular instance.

It is my hope that you will invite your friends to the planting party,
and that the posters will work to recruit a few more people, so that
in the scenario that we take the plants to our individual homes, we
have enough to people to provide foster homes :)

Peace,
Alicia

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Hi gardeners....I sent a message out last week and haven't seen it
> distributed yet so I guess I'll give it another shot.
>
> I don't have the time to run around and find somewhere to put the seeds as I
> am busy with my thesis and 4 committes that I sit on the board.  A while ago
> I suggested someone go and talk to the greenhouse managers on campus.  I'm
> guessing that no one has since we are still in the predicament of not having
> somewhere to put the plantings.  Frustraited, I went and asked the biology
> greenhouse manager if someone has approached her yet.  We have the potential
> to be able to use the facility but she needs to know some v. important
> details.  Could someone please volunteer to take communicating with the
> manager over as I don't have time nor do I know how much space we are going
> to need.  She is waiting for a reply and the clock is ticking befor we end
> up with planted pots and no where to put them.  Respond back to me
> (s3lyons at uwaterloo.ca) and I will give you the managers info.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephanie Lyons
>
> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Gardeners,
>>
>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>> have
>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>> has
>> already been taken care of.
>>
>> Things that have already been done:
>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>
>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>> to
>> their respective corners of campus.
>>
>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>> have
>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>> on
>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>> have any leads?
>>
>> buying planting soil - who?
>>
>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>> last
>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>> Optional:
>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>> spending the money!)
>> fencing?
>> turning the soil?
>> weed/pest control?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>> > submitted it to Evan for
>>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>> > respond with a
>>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>> > should change 'this'... "
>>>
>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>
>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>
>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>
>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>
>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>
>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>
>>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>> > evening (say around 7)
>>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>
>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
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