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

[Angela Taylor]

Also we should consider referring folks to the new greencorp located on the
southside.  Just a thought.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:01 PM Hermitage Street Community garden via
Advocacy-outreach <advocacy-outreach at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:

> 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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Angela Taylor
Wellness Coordinator
Garfield Park Community Council
4215 W Washington Blvd
Chicago, Il 60624
773-948-8989 ext. 110
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