RE: Warren Wilson College CG!!!

T* T*

This message reminded me of the wonderful "hoe-down" we
had in a huge building on the WWC campus, back in 1988 when
ACGA had its 9th? annual conference in Asheville, hosted
by MAGIC of course.  It was quite the event and lots of fun...but
I am sounding old, however, not as old as Jack Hale.

Tom

At 11:32 AM 3/6/02 -0500, Honigman, Adam wrote:
>James,
>
>Great news!
>The key is keeping it fun and fair: 
>1) Set up your self governance from jump street. Democracy is a lousy form
>of government but it's the best we have. Grow democracy with your garden. 
>
>2) Assemble your tools before hand and make sure they will be enough. Plan
>to take regular breaks and mix the depressives with the cheerful ones in
>your work party. Don't ask me why, but it works.
>
>3) Agree on tasks to be done and make sure that everyone has the chance to
>engage in the lower-back testing dirty work. All Indians, (sorry, I meant
>Native Americans) no chiefs.
>
>4) Lots of parties to celebrate hard volunteer work ( pizza & beer)
>
>5) Open the garden up to faculty and family. If you have some middle-aged to
>seniors in the group, even better. You may want to construct some beds for
>folks in wheelchairs as well ( this is known as enabled gardening.) Have one
>ready, for a senior or a young man back from service in Afghanistan.
>Community gardening is for everyone.
>
>Best wishes,
>Adam Honigman
>Volunteer, Clinton Community Garden
>http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Foshee [j*@warren-wilson.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:29 AM
>To: community_garden@mallorn.com
>Subject: [cg] Warren Wilson College CG!!!
>
>
>I've got great news guys!  After a couple of months of planning and talking 
>with students and administration on cmapus, Warren Wilson College will have 
>one and maybe two separate small community gardens established for students 
>and faculty to maintain this season.  I got the idea passed through the 
>campus administration last week and held a meeting last night with students 
>to discuss varieties and garden design.  This weekend we will be having a 
>ground breaking party at our site to prepare the soil.  I'm really excited 
>this CG got off the ground and that we got so much support from students to 
>help out.  I'll keep you guys informed about updates and any questions I 
>might have along the way.  Happy gardening!
>                                                     -=James=- 
>
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Unit Coordinator
Virginia Cooperative Extension - Arlington County
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