RE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

H* A*

Don, as we all know and love his sage advice, is a star. He knows so much
about all that green dirt gardening stuff. My hero for sure. Gee I'd love to
be there to meet you all in non-cyberspace - but I'm chained to NYC.
Bulldozer season is warming up and we have gardens to protect here. It's
rough. 

Maybe it's different on the mainland, but here in Manhattan community
gardening is awfully political. I get developers looking at our garden
everyday salivating. However, when they see the parks dept sign, their
dreams of sugarplums and luxury condos get quickly dissapated. We love to
garden, but without the political will to back gardeners up, gardeners are
playing soldiers and native american, and guess who has the bows and arrows
versus the gatling guns!

Best wishes.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dboek@aol.com [SMTP:Dboek@aol.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 2:27 PM
> To:	jeanie.abi-nader@frontiercoop.com;
> community_garden-admin@mallorn.com; community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re:  [cg] CALL FOR PROPOSALS
> 
> Hi, Jeanie,
> 
> Thanks for posting the CFP. I really look forward to attending, hopefully 
> with others from Charlotte, NC. I do have a couple questions: Did I not
> get 
> the entire workshop list? Does the workshop list suggest the appropriate 
> subjects for papers? 
> 
> I can't help noticing that there are no technical gardening issues-nothing
> on 
> urban soils or composting or partnering with environmental groups
> interested 
> in native plants (a potential area for skill and enterprise building in
> low 
> income neighborhoods). I'm not saying that ACGA _should_ address such 
> horticultural and agro-ecological issues. ACGA does invaluable and
> important 
> work. That said, for the dirt gardeners among us, it does seem a bit odd
> to 
> head off to a gardening meeting where the entire focus is on organizing, 
> political, economic and marketing issues, with nary a flower, veggie or 
> compost pile in sight. At the official sessions, that is-I imagine away
> from 
> the organized meetings, gardeners will talk about things we love doing at 
> least as much as the things we ought to be doing.
> 
> Don Boekelheide
> Charlotte NC
> 
> In a message dated 3/20/00 10:13:28 AM, jeanie.abi-nader@frontiercoop.com 
> wrote:
> 
> >ABOUT ACGA
> >ACGA is a national non-profit membership organization of professionals, 
> volunteers,
> >and supporters of community gardening and greening in urban, suburban,
> and 
> rural
> >communities. ACGA seeks to promote community gardening and greening as a 
> means
> >of improving the quality of life for people and their communities.  Visit
> 
> the ACGA
> >website at www.communitygarden.org.
> >
> >ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
> >Each year the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) national 
> conference
> >gathers people involved in all aspects of community gardening and
> greening 
> to share
> >experiences and learn from each other. The conference program will
> include 
> slide
> >presentations, panel discussion, keynote speakers, hands on workshops, 
> networking,
> >visits to Atlanta's historical sites, and a trip to Callaway Gardens.
> >
> >WORKSHOP TOPICS
> >
> >1. Food Security
> >a.     Farmer's Markets
> >b.     Food Banks
> >c.     Entrepreneurship
> >
> >2. Management
> >a.     Community Gardens
> >b.     Public Space
> >c.     Community Gardening Leaders
> >
> >3. Community Building
> >a.     Kid's Gardens
> >b.     Volunteers
> >c.     Leadership
> 
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