Lawn Chair Theatre Wed Aug 27 6-8 pm A family Arts Event

Lawn Chair Theatre is at the Acadia Community Garden site

Wed Aug. 27 from 6-8 pm.  

340 94th Avenue SE  (Beside Ecole De La Source School)

For all types of families, couples with or without children, older adults, singles.

Magician, Music, Entertainment!

All Welcome!

Soul of the City grant: Art and Garden Come Together Aug 9th event

Here is the posting from last night on our Facebook site. Sorry it didn't make it to the blog yesterday!
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What an incredible day mural painting on the road and block party.

Thank you to the amazing volunteers from the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society and the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour and the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative - you made the event! You set up, you helped out and you tore down. Somewhere in all of that, I sure hope you had time for a burger, painting the mural and fun and games! What a partnership this was!

Thank you to Sylvia Prochownik, pavement mural artist, for bringing to life the amazing mural with the help of our incredibly talented Acadia community folks of all ages.

A special shout out to Julie Sumner and Andy Poldaas, and Noel and Catherine James, for being incredible support team to Sylvia. From gridding, mixing paint, guiding and helping painters, they went above and beyond to help Sylvia and the community create Sylvia's vision on the pavement.

Thank you to The Calgary Foundation and Calgary Economic Development for the generous Soul of the City Neighbours Grant! Thank you for believing in us and our vision for this incredible day.

Thank you to Viviana and Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative,
Calgary Parks and Recreation, Calgary Roads, and everyone else at the City of Calgary that helped us, held our hand as we learned the ropes of how to do a mural and block party and answered our myriad of questions. This City rocks! All the staff involved from the City of Calgary did everything they could to help us make this happen. Thank you!

Thank you to all our Sponsors and Supporters and Special Guests- they came, they chatted, they painted, they donated, they discounted, they accomodated, and made the event event more special...

Acadia's own fabulous Firemen, Garry Deckert - Captain and Crew and the awesome Fire Engine and Constable Josh Young and his police car. These fine people keep our community safe and were so kind to come out and chat with the community, and paint on the mural and be an integral part of the festivities. We are so lucky to have you looking out for us in Acadia.

Our MLA, Justice Minister, Hon. Jonathan Denis took the time to stopped by and chatted with the community and even painted on the mural too!

Julie Black, The Calgary Foundation, came out for a visit and spoke at our opening ceremonies. It was so good to share our event with her. Without the Calgary Foundations funding, and Julie's amazing background support - this day would not happen.

Janet Melrose, the Calgary Horticultural Society dropped by for a visit and is writing an article for the Calgary Herald about our event. Janet was instrumental in helping us learn how to start a community garden and how to keep growing it.

Fabulous Porta Potties from BRIAN'S PORTA POTTIES
Traffic Cones from GRAHAM
Generator and Traffic Cones from ELLIS DON
Minerature Horses and wagon from MACDONALD MINERATURE HORSES
Old Fashioned Toss Games from ALLLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT
Buns - THE CARRIAGE HOUSE INN
Buns - MCGAVIN'S
Tables/Chairs/Benches/sundries/ - LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR
GENERATOR #2 - ANDY POLDAAS
Flowers on the new raised beds - LINDA BERRY and SHARON POLDAAS
Pressure Washer and Paint - BASELINE PAINTING
Pressure Washer #2 - VICTORIA AND ROB
Bench Boards and Mural on Bench - CATHERINE JAMES
Paint & Mentoring emerging artists - SYLVIA PROCHOWNIK
60 traffic cones-GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION

I am so sorry if I missed anyone - each of you was instrumental in making the day happen. Please let me know if I did.

To everyone in the community that came out - this day was for you! We hope you had fun. We wanted to get to know you and for you to get to know us. There would be no mural and no party if you were not there. You are part of a legacy and we hope to see you, your friends and family at Growing Acadia annual event next year. It will be a smaller event - a picnic in the park with some lovely music. Date is TBA.

One last and very important thank you must go out - to the neighbours of the Acadia Community Garden. You gave us your support - 100%. You encouraged us, you believed we could do this and you let us paint a mural on our street. We are so glad to share the street with you. Thank you for your kind words and your encouragement.

Thank you all for a great day.

And now its time for bed! Good night everyone!

Corinne Sandhurst
President
Acadia Community Garden and Art Society

Volunteer orientation tonight for Saturday, Aug 9th mural painting and block party at the Acadia Community Garden

Volunteer Orientation tonight at the Acadia Community Garden 8-9 pm. If you haven't signed up yet and would like to volunteer too, you are very welcome - just come on out and let us know you need to be added to the list. If you aren't able to make it and are volunteering, we can do your orientation on the day. It's wonderful if you can make it! We appreciate your time and commitment to making this community event happen! You are an important part of its success and its going to be fun!
------------------You can sign up at the link below. Short Shifts all day from 6:00 am - 6:00 pm (set up, during the event, and Tear Down).

Location:   in the Acadia Community Garden 340 - 94h Avenue SE Orientation not mandatory but it will help the event run smoother - especially anyone assisting Sylvia, our mural artist, with the chalking of the drawing, handing out paint and setting up the "paint by number" plan for the pavement mural.

We would love your help to make this event awesome for the community! Everyone painting a mural on the road, bouncy castle, mini-horses, Firetruck, Our little Free Library unveiling, viewing the ongoing new mural on the shed by Julie S. and checking out the garden boxes- its going to be a fun filled family fun day.

Don't forget - M & M are volunteering to cook up fabulous hotdogs and hamburgers!

Volunteers - sign up https://www.volunteersignup.org/KLM43

Please share with family and friends - come on out and enjoy the day, or do double duty and volunteer a little and enjoy the day.

Hi Community of Acadia including those that live/work/play/learn/worship and live etc. here!

INVITATION: Growing Acadia - Art and Garden Come Together Event: You are invited to help make beautiful pavement art and enjoy a community blockparty with free M & M Meats Barbeque at the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society site on August 9th 11-3 pm. You can check out the growingacadia.ca is the website for more info or email: acadiagarden@yahoo.ca. or info@growingacadia.ca

VOLUNTEERING: Do you have an hour or two to volunteer? Please sign up - your help is crucial to the event's success and you will still have lots of time to enjoy delicious M & M Meats Barbeque, Bounce House, oldfashioned games, and of course - helping to paint the mural on the pavement outside the garden gates. The road will be blocked for the block party and painting - thank you to our fabulous neighbours for making it possible for us to do this!

Volunteer sign up - https://www.volunteersignup.org/KLM43

JULY 15 CONSULTATION: You are welcome to come to community consultation on Tuesday, July 15th from 7-9 pm and see the rough sketch of the beatiful artwork by local artist Sylvia P. You can also see it on the fence of the garden. We look forward to chatting with you about the upcoming block party and paint the pavement mural project.

HOW? Its through an amazing Soul of the City grant and the amazing work of our incredible charitable partners - the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, located right in Acadia for 51 years, that make this event is happening. We are a very young organziation and could not do an event like this on our own. They are helping the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society grow!

WHY? Why are we doing this? So more people can learn about the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society and feel very welcome to get involved. Many hands makes light work of creating this beautiful outdoor community space. Its also about partnerships - getting to know our neighbours, neighbouring organizations and businesses, and making it possible to develop our green space further for all that come to Acadia.

EVENT AUGUST 9th 2014 11 am - 3:00 pm The event is August 9th and we need the help of amazing, fun volunteers to make the day a success - be the artist helper and help guide all the painters to their section of pavement to paint, or help set up tables, help hand out paper plates and napkins for the free M and M Meats Barbeque! Help monitor a bounce house or the old fashioned games. Its going to be fun. Want to enjoy the day too? No worries, pick up a shift and there will still be lots of time to eat and paint, play and visit your neighbours!

Volunteer Sign up: https://www.volunteersignup.org/KLM43

Thank you and hope you can make it out for all the fun and create a lovely legacy artwork for the community - be a part of the first Annual Growing Acadia event!

Please spread the word!

Sincerely,

Corinne Sandhurst, President
Acadia Community Garden and Art Society

Soul of the City Event at Acadia Community Garden Community Consultation July 15 7-9 pm and Event August 9, 2014

Please check out the fence outside the Acadia Community Garden when you have a moment - we posted the artist rough stetch for the "paint the pavement" part of our Soul of the City Grant Event on August 9th, 2014. 

You are invited to our community consulation on July 15th from 7-9 in the Acadia Community Garden and to the event on August 9 2014!

Please come on out, meet representatives from the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society and our fabulous charitable partners, the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour. We welcome your comments, questions and consideration of this community engaging project!

If you are interested to learn more you can email info@growingacadia.ca or check out the event website and even sign up to volunteer at www.growingacadia.ca . 

Here is the information posted on the fence at the garden site now. There is even a copy of the rough sketch for the mural hanging there.

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Soul of the City Grant Event:

Growing Acadia:  Art and Garden Come Together Block Party & Mural Painting August 9th

Community Information & Consultation:

July 15^, 2014

7-9 pm in the Acadia Community Garden

Mural Painting and Block Party Event Date:

August 9^th, 2014

11:00 am – 3:00 pm in the Acadia Community Garden and on the section of 94^th Avenue SE that includes the garden.

Note:  Road Closure - The section of road will be blocked by the City of Calgary for the day of the event for fun on the street

  

It’s A Party

The Acadia Community Garden and Art Society with our amazing charitable partners, the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, are excited to share with you information about our the Soul of the City Grant Event Growing Acadia: Art and Garden Come Together.

We are continually grateful for the support and enthusiasm we have had come our way for this unique event. This event has its’ roots in building community and fostering relationships.

Paint the Pavement

“Paint the Pavement” program is a relatively new City of Calgary Department but has already become very popular with 5 “Paint the Pavement” projects happening in Calgary this year alone.  For more information about the value of painting the pavement for communities, please see http://www.paintthepavement.org/

Our Supporters

We surveyed the neighbourhood and have the support of our Councillor Gian Carlo Carra, our MLA, Hon. Jonathan Denis, Ecole De La Source School's current and upcoming Principals, the Calgary Horticulture Society and amazing support from all 17 of the residents that live around the mural that we have been able to talk to directly. We have left flyers at the houses of neighbours we could not reach.

The project has the support of Calgary Foundation, Calgary Economic Foundation and Soul of the City and the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative. 

Mural Design

The beautiful rough sketch by the talented Acadia connected artist, Sylvia Prochownik, is posted here for you to see. We plan to paint it on the pavement of the road in front of the garden on August 9, 2014.   

You are invited

You are invited to help us paint the mural and join the block party! Come on out and enjoy free hotdogs and hamburgers served up by our amazing barbeque sponsor – M & M Meats.  There will be old-fashioned games and a bouncy house for the children.

Community Consultation

On July 15^th, from 7-9 pm we will have a community consultation and info evening at the Garden. We would like to invite you to attend and be part of the community response to the plan.  To paint this mural on the pavement, we need your support.

Volunteers

We welcome your involvement with the block party and mural painting.  It’s going to be fun!  You can volunteer by going to www.growingacadia.ca and selecting the volunteer sign-up link. 

More Information

For more information, please see our website at www.growingacadia.ca hosted by our charitable partner, the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour.  You are invited to email us also with your input about the project at info@growingacadia.ca

 

                                    

Acadia Community Garden and Art Society - Volunteer Sign Up! It's new and its easy to use!

Interested in signing up for a committee? 

Wondering what they are?

Check out our easy committee sign up at:

https://www.volunteersignup.org/3KQKC

The committee you are interested in doesn't exist yet? Have no fear its easy to start up another one. Just contact us at acadiagarden@yahoo.ca. We would love to hear your ideas!

Q & A social for the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society Wed June 18th 7-8:30 pm (last one until Sept)

The last Q & A Social at Calgary Co-Op until September.

Wednesday, June 18th 7-8:30 pm
In the community room on the second floor - Calgary Co-Op.

This is an organizing type social - come find out about committees that are forming. You are welcome to join one or more - we would love to have your enthusaism, passion, ideas and involvement in our committees.

Damon is looking for people to help him with the excitng work of overall plan incorporating all the great ideas, from placement of the little free library - yes we have it, to the food forest, next raised beds, pergola, etc - how should we tweak the design to make it all just right!

Thank you to Calgary Reads for donating a little free library shaped like a little birdhouse to the garden. It came all primed and ready for painting. If you have a great idea for the little free library and want to paint it, we are looking for design submissions and a volunteer painter.

Soul of the City grant event, Growing Acadia: Art and Garden Come Together - Augst 9th - its going to be fabulous our block party with great hotdogs and hamburgers from M & M Meats and cooked by fabulous volunteers from M & M Meats! Bouncy house, childrens toss games by Alliance Entertainment, and of course our community mural painting project - watch for the official announcement of our wonderful mural artist. Thank you to our fabulous neighbours by the garden - we were able to talk to 17 houses and we received 100% support for the project and a fabulous donation from one of the neighbours! We love our neighbours! Thank you for all your support and encouragement. Watch for our ad in the July & August "Hello Acadia". Our charitable partners, the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour have put their hearts and hands into helping make this event special. We are so glad to be getting to know them and appreciate all their efforts! Thank you!

Lawn Chair Theater is August 27th (not Augst 29 as previously published - my mistake). Its going to be great. The line up of performers is tentative but from what I have heard - its going to be a great evening of free entertainment. More to come!

So much is happening at the garden! Watch for splashes of art to appear as artists are starting on projects to brighten up the garden fence, shed and bench.

Remember - if you have a great idea and would like to see something happening in the garden - please contact us. It's our garden and the more of us involved, the more beautiful and enriching it becomes for all of us!

Thank you to the amazing board and volunteers and gardeners - you are phenomenal - without you - the garden would not exist!

Q & A Social Night this Wednesday 7 pm at Acadia's Calgary CO-OP Community Room

It's our Acadia Community Garden and Art Society Q & A Social Night this Wednesday- no agenda, just having fun chatting about the garden plans & what we are all growing, and dreaming about what to put in the experimental ethnic edible beds, and herb beds.

LOCATION: At Calgary Co-op Macleod Centre (in Acadia)
We were able to book the wonderful community room on the second floor this month! There is a flight of stairs to reach it.
If you can not manage the stairs, please let us know and we will see what other arrangements we can make.

Hurray! Thank you Calgary CO-OP!.

TIME:  7-8:30 pm

All Welcome!  Yes you can bring your kids!

If you would like coffee/tea - you can purchase it in the store coffe bar. We will provide water & cookies from our wonderful Calgary CO-OP.

Address:  Co-op Macleod Centre

8818 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2H 0M4

4 more beds completed and soil coming on Tuesday!

What an amazing build today!  Andy, Kierra and I thought we were the only ones that were coming and throughout the build at least 15 other gardeners, including four amazing community youth) showed up and helped.  It was so inspiring!  Thank you everyone!

We met a wonderful group of young people growing beautiful tomato plants in their greenhouse.

We also met a lovely woman from Kazakhstan that is going to help us with the the ethnic community bed. She is researching the seeds that her mother planted in Kazakshstan when she was young for us.  If you have ideas for our ethnic edible experimental bed, it will be ready to plant after the next build.

We will be building more beds in the next couple of weeks - two community beds to share with everyone in the community - the ethnic edibles bed and the herbs and lettuces bed!  We will also get started on the composting system!

We started at 9 am and finished around 1:30 pm.  What a great day in the sun!

Thank you to the Acadia Strong Neighbourhood Initiative Grant for making the compost and shared community bed build possible!

If you have a great idea, please talk to them and see if you can apply for a grant for your great idea too!

The Gardening Season begins at the Acadia Community Garden and Our First Build of the Seaon May 17th 9:00 am

Here is an exciting message from the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society's fearless Build Leader, Andy!
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The water has been turned on!

We will be building 4 new raised beds on Sat. May 17, starting at 9:00 AM.

All who are able to volunteer to help are invited. 

Tools to bring if you have them are: shovel, edging tool, cordless drill/screwdriver, knife to cut cardboard,

Keys to the garden shed will be distributed to those gardeners who don't have one.

Instruction to watering system will be available.

They will be filled with garden soil mid next week, weather permitting for 3 gardeners on the wait list to be able to garden!

Thanks,

Andy

May Hello Acadia Newsletter - Acadia's 5th Annual Spring Clean Up Sat May 10th 9-2 pm.

The "Hello Acadia" newsletter is out. Acadia's 5th Annual Spring Clean up is happening Sat May 10th. 9 am - 2 pm .

Details are on page 8. 

It's a wonderful event the Acadia Community Association (ACA) holds each year. They are looking for more volunteers, in case you have some time to volunteer. Free coffee provided. Please contact Frankie at 403-259-2660 if you are able to help.

There is lots of interesting info in the May Hello Acadia. Please check it out and considering getting involved with the ACA if you aren't already!

link to Hello Acadia - May 2014
https://secure.mindsdesign.ca/Site//files_user/1398709167670.pdf

Note: The community garden is looking for good condition rakes, shovels, pitch forks, watering cans, hoses, etc. if you are spring cleaning out your gardening supplies, and don't need them anymore. Please contact acadiagarden@yahoo.ca and we can arrange pick up. Thank you!

Soul of the City Grant & Annual General Meeting for the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society April 16 at Acadia's Co-op community room at 7 pm

The AGM for the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society is:

Wed April 16 at 7 pm (tomorrow)

Acadia's Calgary Co-OP Community Room (second floor) 

It will be followed by a bit of social time and a brief mandatory gardener's meeting

Everyone Welcome!

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Wow! Laurie and I presented last night at Soul of the City event. Our project, with our fabulous partners, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour is Acadia Grows: Art and Garden Come Together!

There were 7 other incredible projects presented and we thought it would be so hard to choose the five winners. Its was inspiring to hear all their project ideas!

We didn't make it to the top 5....but at the end, Calgary Economic Development announced that all the projects were so compelling that they felt all 8 should be funded!

So.... we are delighted to announce that, with our partners, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, we are hosting a fabulous community block party at the garden and inviting all that come to help paint a multicultural mural. We are planning for August 9th. Thank you Soul of the City! Thank you Calgary Economic Development!

More details to come soon! Thank you to everyone that supported us in this project and encouraged us to try!

Soul of the City Neighbours Grant Application - we made it to the final rounds!

Acadia Community Garden and Art Society and our fabulous charitable partner, The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour - We did it! We made it to the next round of the Soul of the City Neighbour Grant application.

We are in the final 8 of 41 applications!

We put together our awesome project: Growing Acadia: Art and Garden Come Together! More details to come!

Please show your support of this project please! Tweet about us, comment on our facebook and blog! You can buy tickets and help select the winners too!

Twitter @corinnesandhrst (just leave out the u in my last name)
hashtag: #acadiacommunitygarden
Blog - http://acadiacommunitygarden.blogspot.ca/
From the Soul of the City webpage...

"HELP US DECIDE THE WINNERS OF THE SOUL OF THE CITY NEIGHBOUR GRANTS

Thank you to the dozens of people/community groups who applied for a Soul of the City Neighbour Grant. Join us to select the grant winners at the 10th Soul of the City event, ‘Celebrating Community’ Monday, April 14 at Vertigo Theatre. Soul of the City Neighbour Grants is a partnership initiative of Calgary Economic Development and The Calgary Foundation."

You can find out more at this link! Come on out and support this home grown Acadia application!

Thank you for your support! Please share the news!

Corinne Sandhurst
President
Acadia Community Garden and Art Society


http://www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com/why-calgary-be-part-energy/soul-city

Soul of the City

www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com

Calgarians; do you dream of creating something great for your community? Maybe it’s a community garden, a neighbourhood mural, a 

Annual General Meeting - Acadia Community Garden and Art Society - Wed April 16 7-8:30 pm Acadia's Calgary Co-Op Community Room

The April Annual General Meeting followed by a Mandatory Gardener's meeting of the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society will be:

Wed April 16 7-8:30 pm 
Acadia's Calgary Co-Op Community Room - Thank you Calgary Co-Op!

All are welcome to come out to this meeting! Please consider taking a role in this fabulous outdoor gathering and rental raised garden bed space.

Voting members are paid raised bed gardeners and the executive of the Acadia Garden and Art Society.

Next gathering of the Acadia Community Garden Thursday, March 20th 7-8 pm at the Acadia Co-Op Coffee Shop (note the change of date please)

7-8  pm on Thursday, March 20, 2014 - Garden get together - All Welcome - Our meeting date this week had to be changed. Sorry! We are meeting at the Acadia Co-op coffee shop at 7 - 8 pm on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Sorry!! 

We will be sharing our executive summary and annual report, and reviewing the awesome Acadia Community Garden and Art Society job descriptions - come on out and learn all about the garden. All of you wonderful regulars - come out and visit your garden friends!

For anyone that missed the last October article in the Calgary Herald Neighbours, here is the link to "Community Gardens Celebrate Success  http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=eb63092e-476d-40f9-9049-feb7145e2072

The blog does not get updated as much as our facebook site. Please check us out on facebook under Acadia Community Garden!

We look forward to seeing you!

Corinne Sandhurst

President

Acadia Community Garden and Art Society

Queensland Garden Club - Wed. March 5th at 7 pm.

Next Meeting for the Queensland Garden Club is 

Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 7 pm at the side door of the Queensland Community off the parking lot.

The topic - 
Do-it-Yourself Garden Decor
With Marlene Schneider & Darlene Burke

It will be a wonderful session. First meeting is free and then $10.00 to join for the year.

Acadia Community Garden folk are going on a Field trip - Feb 5th. We will not have our own meeting in Feb. / Acadia Community Garden is taking names for Raised Beds

The Acadia Community Garden folks are going on a field trip to Queensland Garden Club on Feb 5th. We will not hold our own meeting this month. 

You are welcome to join us and make some new gardening friends at the Queensland Garden Club....

Let us know if you would like a carpool at acadiagarden@yahoo.ca

From the Queensland Garden Club - February 5th at 7 PM at the Queensland Community Centre, 649 Queensland Drive S.E. Our meeting is in a room at the back of the community hall and has it’s own entrance door at the top of a short flight of stairs (sometimes we remember to put a sign on the door that says “Queensland Garden Club”. ). Guests are welcome to attend their first meeting for free, and we encourage people to join our club after that for the amazingly awesome price of $10/year.

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Note - Acadia Community Garden is taking names and assigning raised bed boxes for 2014 growing season. email us at acadiagarden@yahoo.ca to sign up or for more info. Three sizes of boxes or you can take a 1/2 box:

10 x 4 $50.00
8 x 4 $40.00
6 x 4 $30.00

Please send us your choices in order of preference - we will do our best to accommodate your request on a first come, first serve basis.

Happy New Year!

Acadia Community Gardeners - we received this lovely invite from Joanne of the Queensland Garden Club. Joanne did an awesome presentation for us in November on Winter Sowing. 

"Just wanted to remind you that members of the Acadia Community Garden group are welcome to attend the Queensland Garden Club’s talk this Wednesday. The focus will be tips on growing Veggies in Calgary, Seed Starting and I will do a short demo on Winter Sowing. The first two topics will be covered by two other ladies in our club, so you guys wouldn’t have to listen to me again.

Our meetings start at Wed, January 8 at 7 pm at the Queensland Community Center, 649 Queensland Drive S.E."

Its free to attend our first meeting free and we are welcome to join for $10.00 annual fee.

Thank you to the Queensland Garden Club for this generous invitation!