<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Mamie! Yes, for sure - Julie wrote that whole document for BUGS which is already on the CCGA website I think. It would be great to also work in collaboration with folks from other cities just to get some new ideas.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 22, 2023, at 8:56 PM, Mamie Gray via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hello Amy! Would this not <u class="">also</u> be a “Julie thing” when it comes to starting a community garden? Mamie</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 8:33 PM Amy Olson via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">Hi - just a note to mention this is a real email. I belong to ACGA and have been in contact with this person before. Our Block was part of a tour when the ACGA came to Chicago a while back so we met lots of ACGA’ers. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t have any bandwidth to reply, but it would be nice if we could collaborate on this and add it to the website.<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">.…….…</div><div class="">amy olson</div><div class="">sent via iphone</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">Begin forwarded message:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><b class="">From:</b> Don Boekelheide via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:</b> May 22, 2023 at 21:26:17 EDT<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> Betsy Johnson <<a href="mailto:betsygardnerjohnson@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">betsygardnerjohnson@gmail.com</a>>, Lucy Bradley sheherhers <<a href="mailto:lucy_bradley@ncsu.edu" target="_blank" class="">lucy_bradley@ncsu.edu</a>>, "Martinez, Carlos (Parks)" <<a href="mailto:Carlos.Martinez@parks.nyc.gov" target="_blank" class="">Carlos.Martinez@parks.nyc.gov</a>>, Linda Appel Lipsius <<a href="mailto:linda@dug.org" target="_blank" class="">linda@dug.org</a>>, Naomi Lacey <<a href="mailto:president@communitygarden.org.au" target="_blank" class="">president@communitygarden.org.au</a>>, Kate Hamilton <<a href="mailto:kate@maplekeys.com" target="_blank" class="">kate@maplekeys.com</a>>, Bill Maynard <<a href="mailto:WMaynard@cityofsacramento.org" target="_blank" class="">WMaynard@cityofsacramento.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:gardeningmatters@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">gardeningmatters@gmail.com</a>, Jack Hale <<a href="mailto:jack.hale@comcast.net" target="_blank" class="">jack.hale@comcast.net</a>>, Sally McCabe <<a href="mailto:smccabe@pennhort.org" target="_blank" class="">smccabe@pennhort.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:sandy.pernitz@seattle.gov" target="_blank" class="">sandy.pernitz@seattle.gov</a>, <a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>, <a href="mailto:info@portlandcommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" class="">info@portlandcommunitygardens.org</a>, <a href="mailto:ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu" target="_blank" class="">ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:amandamedmonds@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">amandamedmonds@gmail.com</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> <b class="">[Communications] Community garden question and request</b><br class=""><b class="">Reply-To:</b> Don Boekelheide <<a href="mailto:don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org" target="_blank" class="">don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org</a>><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My questions are this:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The steps are here, thanks to Dr. Lucy Bradley, now at NC State CES:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no" target="_blank" class="">https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any key things jump into your mind about how to do that? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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!)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don Boekelheide</div><div class="">Editor (currently, anyway...)</div><div class="">ACGA's Community Gardening</div><div class="">(in case you want to read the latest edition, it's <a href="https://www.communitygarden.org/community-gardening-magazine-2023-beta" target="_blank" class="">here: Community Gardening</a>) Phone friendly.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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