[Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse

Fri Mar 20 12:27:34 EDT 2009

Hi Evan and gardeners,

Some of the posters have gone out, but there are still many more
waiting to be picked up in the office and posted around campus. The
areas that we still need to cover are colleges, Environmental studies,
east campus hall, and perhaps a couple others. Science, Math, and Arts
should all be taken care of. (Many thanks to Jason and Herman for
their efforts :D)

Please, those of you on campus, do stop by the WPIRG office and take
the posters for whatever section of campus is most convenient for you.
I've left a folder near Evan's desk that says "Planting party" with
directions re: postering.

Cheers,
Alicia

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:
> 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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