[Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse

Fri Mar 20 10:50:15 EDT 2009

That's fantastic news! Good show. Have any of the planting party 
posters already gone out?

Evan

>Hello fellow gardeners,
>
>I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology 
>dept greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! 
>The news doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats 
>and pots for planting and her staff will look after the watering 
>until we are ready to plant in the garden.  We also can go and use 
>the work bench in the greenhouse for our planting party.  It is 
>important that the compost we plant the seedlings in is bought in 
>the bags and is sterilized...there are labs experiments in the 
>greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not brining in any 
>pathogens.  The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16 flats. 
>Saying all of this I would really appretiate cooperation with use of 
>this facility...this is on a trial basis and we are really fortunate 
>for this generous support.  
>Non-researchers and non-biology people have never been allowed to 
>use this space.
>
>Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be 
>planted.  I need to notify the manager.
>
>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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