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

[Julie Samuels]

Yes, Angela I agree that Greencorps could help "build" once the garden
folks  know what they want to design and build and after they have started
their garden *members* group. It would be an
effective collaborative relationship.   So I think we should start a class
like the one we had ...... since the 1990's .  In the meantime we should
send interested folks the manual (whatever we think is the best final copy)
via the internet.

*Julie*

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:06 PM Angela Taylor via Communications <
communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:

> 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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