9/29 Garden Day Los Angeles--Resources (mostly free) forCommunity and School Gardeners
- Subject: [cg] 9/29 Garden Day Los Angeles--Resources (mostly free) forCommunity and School Gardeners
- From: Y* S*
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 16:54:39 -0700
Hi, All--
If you're in Los Angeles County, we invite you to our upcoming Resource Day
for Community and School Gardeners.
Here's the basic information; attached is the flyer in MS Word.
For more information, please call Gloria Mitchell at (323) 838-4532, or
email her at <gjmitche@ucdavis.edu>
See you there!
GARDEN DAY L.A.
Resources for Community and School Gardens
Saturday, September 29, 2001
8:30am 1:00 pm
Carmelitos Housing Development Community Garden
851 Via Carmelitos, Long Beach
$2 per person
Sponsored and Presented by
University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County
Common Ground Garden Program
Schedule
8:30-9:00 Registration and Refreshments
9:00-9:15 Welcome. Yvonne Savio, Common Ground Garden Program Manager
9:15-10:30 Resource Presentations, Displays and Information Tables
o · UCCE Common Ground Garden Program
· Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Greenbank
· LA Community Garden Council
· 5-A-Day
· Clean and Green
· TreePeople 10:30-10:45 Walk to Workshop #1 Location
10:45-11:45 Hands-On Workshops #1 Choices:
· · Starting Plants from Seeds and Cuttings
· Simple Healthful Vegetable Recipe Demonstration
· Best Fruit Tree Varieties for Southern California
· Watering and Soils
· Composting
· Transplanting Plants and Trees
11:45-12:00 Walk to Workshop #2 Location
12:00-1:00 Hands-On Workshop #2 Choices: (Same as Workshop #1 Choices)
FREE STUFF
Vegetable, Herb, and Flower Seeds and Seedlings
Printed Information
RAFFLE (1 pm)
Trees, plants, compost bin, recipe books, etc.
$1 per ticket
SPECIAL THANKS
Community Development Commission for use of its site
Ed Laivo and Dave Wilson Nursery for fruit samples
DIRECTIONS
Near junction of 405 and 710 freeways. Fron 710 freeway, take Del Amo
exit, go east on Del Amo, turn left onto Orange, turn left onto Via Wanda,
turn left onto Via Carmelitos. Garden is on the left. Park on
street. Gather at amphitheater.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Common Ground Garden Program Assistant Gloria Mitchell, (323) 838-4539
announcement sent 8-29-01.doc
Yvonne Savio
Common Ground Garden Program Manager
University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County
2 Coral Circle, Monterey Park, CA 91755
Phone: (323) 838-4532
Fax: (323) 838-7408
Email: ydsavio@ucdavis.edu
Website: celosangeles.ucdavis.edu (click on "Common Ground Garden Program")
Master Gardener Email Helpline: mastergardenqs@hotmail.com
Volunteers of the Common Ground Garden Program help limited-resource county
residents to grow and eat more nutritious vegetables and fruits. Programs
include Master Gardeners, Fresh From The Garden volunteers, Gardening
Angels and Junior Master Gardeners (school gardens), and Community Gardens.
