[Communications] Community garden question and request

[Don Boekelheide]

Thanks very much, Linda! You guys in Denver are nuggets of community garden
gold (which reminds me - congrats on the game...)

I also want to thank you again, Linda, for setting up the CG leadership
forum. I highly recommend it to all on this email thread.

Don

(Also good to know about that red pen. Good sharp-eyed editing is
indispensable for decent writing, I think. Kate Hamilton, in Toronto, is
also a pro in that department, who helped enormously with the last issue of
Community Gardening.)

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:21 AM Linda Appel Lipsius <linda at dug.org> wrote:

> Great article, Don!
>
> Shockingly, I have no comments (my team knows I love the red pen…). Like
> the community space, green space and inviting the community in. A few
> things we are working on here in Denver.
>
> Happy spring, everyone. 🌷
>
> Linda Appel Lipsius
> CEO | Denver Urban Gardens <http://www.dug.org/> (DUG)
> linda at dug.org | 720.250.7003
> https://calendly.com/linda-dug/30min
>
>
> On May 22, 2023, at 8:51 PM, Don Boekelheide <
> don.boekelheide at communitygarden.org> wrote:
>
> 
> What the heck, I finished a draft. So, check it out, if you want.
>
> 10 steps to sustaining a community garden DRAFT
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B48UDJuoqwvWiM2yYNcpI-JTgWn4LtjpBfHjXV580eI/edit?usp=sharing>
>
> It's very raw, just off the top, so feel free to make any suggestions you
> want. Maybe some of my suggestions stink. It needs to be much shorter. The
> order can change, and more important stuff (I said nothing about grant
> writing...) may need to bump my touchie-feelie draft suggestions.
>
> Anyway, I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
>
> I'm hoping to have this edition of Community Gardening out by early June.
> So, it's quick turnaround. Sorry about that!
>
> And of course it's spring. Nobody who works with gardening has any time in
> the spring, who am I kidding? I know that!
>
> Don
>
> PS: If Google Docs won't let you in, it should prompt you to tell me to
> give you access. I will, though it may take me a few hours before. I'm
> outside a lot (see above.) Beautiful weather here this week, not too hot
> yet. Sugar snap peas, in abundance.
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:25 PM Don Boekelheide <
> don.boekelheide at communitygarden.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> If you don't mind me calling this a convening of a Council of Wisdom, but
>> I have a question or two, and a connection you might be interested in.
>>
>> My questions are this:
>>
>> First, the upcoming edition of ACGA's Community Gardening will feature an
>> article about ACGA's famous "10 steps to starting a community garden."
>> (Community Gardening is now the name of ACGA's magazine, formerly The
>> Community Greening Review, and before that (with Sally McCabe as editor for
>> much of its existence) The Journal of Community Gardening.)
>>
>> The steps are here, thanks to Dr. Lucy Bradley, now at NC State CES:
>>
>>
>> https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no
>>
>> Rather than rehash them, the original 10 are still pretty darn good (see
>> question 2), so the story will propose 10 steps to SUSTAINING a community
>> garden. Two questions about that:
>>
>> Any key things jump into your mind about how to do that?
>>
>> And would you mind looking over the draft a little later this week? It
>> won't be super-long, maybe 600-800 words. That way, you can add (and you'll
>> be credited!) your thoughts and suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Second question: Does anyone know where our original 10 steps originated?
>> Was there a principle writer, or did ACGA's board come up with it, or a
>> little of both?
>>
>> Now, finally, for those of you interested, Linda Appel Lipsius, ED of
>> DUG, has created a national leadership forum to discuss community gardening
>> and related issues, using technological tools that weren't around when
>> those first 10 steps were created. If you are interested and have time,
>> please contact Linda, who is on this email. The meetings I've attended are
>> truly inspiring. ACGA's current board members are taking part, so you can
>> "meet" some of them there, too.
>>
>> Best, and thanks (and I'm impressed with all you guys have accomplished,
>> on behalf of community gardens, and simply in your lives. You are amazing
>> and inspiring, all of you!)
>>
>> Don
>>
>> Don Boekelheide
>> Editor (currently, anyway...)
>> ACGA's Community Gardening
>> (in case you want to read the latest edition, it's here: Community
>> Gardening
>> <https://www.communitygarden.org/community-gardening-magazine-2023-beta>)
>> Phone friendly.
>>
>>
>>
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