Hi Acadia Community Gardeners - Here is the email that went out yesterday to everyone on the email list.
Upcoming Event:
Celebrating our First Year Planning a Community Garden for Acadia
Date: Thursday, January 17th
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Location: The lobby at the Acadia Recreation Complex at 240 - 90 Ave. S.E.
Free Coffee/Tea/Hot Chocolate and Cookies and Info about the garden
Event Details: You have expressed interest in the idea of a community garden in Acadia over the last year, and on Thursday, January 17th we are celebrating our first year of planning. Please come out for free coffee and hot chocolate and cookies, generously provided by the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative. It can take a couple of years or more to start building a community garden. We have learned so much already, and met wonderful people along the way - each and every one of you! We are handing out lettuce seeds for a play on the words "Lettuce plan a garden together", to the first 50 people that show us their community association membership. I will also be setting aside a package of seeds for each of you to say a little thank you for being a part of the planning. The seeds are part of the marketing funds generously provided by the Calgary 2012 gigyyc grant we received.
ACA Membership: We are proposing this garden with the generous support of the Acadia Community Association and gardeners will require a membership to rent a plot once the garden is built. Community Association membership is not required to help plan and build the garden, but we do suggest purchasing this membership to show our community association that we appreciate and value their support. They are available for purchase at the Acadia Rec Complex.
Thank you: It's an exciting and challenging endeavour to create a garden, and each of us is the earth, the water, the nutrients and the sun that will bring the garden to its full potential. We all have all in ways big and small contributed to this proposal. Each contribution, not matter the size, is vital to helping the garden become a reality. Thank you for your support over the last year. It means a great deal to have this email list and watch it grow as more and more people in the community find out about our garden proposal. Please share the news about the garden and invite your friends, neighbours, family, and all that live/work/play/go to school in Acadia to the gatherings.
Meetings: We meet every third Thursday, from 7-8:30 at the Acadia Rec Complex. (except July and Aug and Dec.) All are welcome - children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. The garden is being built with the intention of welcoming the wide community of Acadia in. If you live/work/play/go to school in Acadia, come help our garden grow. We propose rental plots, educational sites for schools and other groups to utilize, a variety of heights of raised beds within the centre for easier access for people with disabilities, wide pathways between the raised beds, perennial gardens, benches, and garden shed with community boards to share news on. We are looking for support from the Acadia community and the larger City of Calgary community to help us make this beautiful addition to Acadia a reality.
Logo Contest: Acadia Community Garden needs a logo! Logo contest is on now. Please submit proposals for logos to acadiagarden@yahoo.ca on or before midnight of February 09th, 2013. Please let your creative friends know. The winner will receive acknowledgement on our facebook site and via our email list. All ages welcome to submit logo ideas. Logo proposals will be posted on the Facebook site and voted on at the February meeting.
Call for Interest: Acadia Community Garden Opening and Artist Showcase- opening celebration Spring 2014. This call is to gauge interest of Acadia Artists of all disciplines - Art Show/Performances - singers/musicians/dancers/performance/ visual arts/poetry/author readings/collaborative art /circus/buskers/etc. Looking for interested artists in all disciplines connected to the community - all ages/live/work/play/school in the community of Acadia to be part of the opening celebration of the garden in spring 2014 and to develop the idea of the celebration. Please email toacadiagarden@yahoo.ca with proposal by June 30, 2013. Please include basic outdoor venue requirements, set up/teardown time and approximate budget requirements. Donations of talent, production equipment rentals, tents, children's entertainment, etc will, of course, be gratefully accepted. Interested in volunteering for the opening celebration? Please pop me an email.
Come on out on January 17th and "Lettuce" celebrate together!
