Spring is in the Air - Come Join Us at the Acadia Community Garden!

Its time to start planning for the new gardening season!  The raised beds are going fast.  If you are interested in gardening with us this year, there are still 4'x 6' beds left. Please email acadiagarden@yahoo.ca if you would like to sign up with us!

Its going to be a fun year. We are planning our Stepping Stones Grant project. We have $600.00 to build a  garden sign with a community bulletin board.  We will be able to share our news 24 hours a day on the board.  We are going to engage the community's help with the sign so keep posted for more news on how you can get involved.

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!