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

[Angela Taylor]

I think bring BUG back is a good idea.  We should talk more about it.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 10:57 PM Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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