[Advocacy-outreach] [Communications] Starting a Community Garden

[Hermitage Street Community garden]

Sounds good to me.

Cordia Pugh
Program Director
Hermitage Community Gardens
5647 S Honore street
Chicago, IL 60636
Phone: (773) 245-3017
Email: hermitagestreetcommunitygarden at gmail.com

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 1:22 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> It's not surprising that the pandemic shifted everything we knew and a
> surge in gardening happened, offering a balm; it helped to keep people
> from worry and helped them become more resilient. There's email to CCGA
> Communcations and Education with requests for help starting new community
> gardens in Chicago. We will all likely need to pitch in if the requests
> keep coming this fast.  Julie wrote a helpful manual on how to start a
> garden and it's on our website
> http://chicagocommunitygardens.org/starting-a-community-garden/. It
> should be easier to find rather than having to start at the top and scroll
> from Resources there down to DIY Guides to find it. .Do we need a uniform
> first response to these emails to gather more information, using some of
> the questions in Julie's guide to establish common ground?  These new
> gardens will need resources, seeds, soil, lumber...etc. Anyone interested
> in working on a draft from Julie's guide?
>
> It strikes me as the very purpose of Advocacy and Outreach to help these
> folks get started, but the requests aren't going to them. Communications
> can forward them to A&O, but I think this is a multi team response.  Hope
> you agree.
>
> Lorraine
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 12:33 PM Hermitage Street Community garden via
> Communications <communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello ALL,
>> I received the following communique from a church community ORG that is
>> interested in starting a community garden program.
>> Please reach out if able to assist them.
>>
>> Cordia Pugh
>> Program Director
>> Hermitage Community Gardens
>> 5647 S Honore street
>> Chicago, IL 60636
>> Phone: (773) 245-3017
>> Email: hermitagestreetcommunitygarden at gmail.com
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 1:36 PM Cheryl Ferguson-Foster <
>> cfergusonfoster at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good afternoon,
>>> This email is for Cordia Pugh.
>>> My name is Cheryl Foster and I'm a member of the Antioch MB Church of
>>> Chicago located at 450 W. Englewood Ave. (63rd and Stewart).
>>> As per our conversation on Feb. 28, 22, our church ministries are
>>> interested in starting a community garden at 62nd and Normal in the church
>>> owned vacant lot there (I apologize for giving an incorrect address
>>> initially). We want to include the block club in the planning and
>>> maintenance as well.
>>>
>>> My contact information as requested is:
>>> Cheryl Foster
>>> email- cfergusonfoster at yahoo.com
>>> 312-375-7860
>>>
>>> Thank you so much, I look forward to speaking with you.
>>> Sincerely, Cheryl Foster
>>>
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