Heckscher Meeting Recap

[Rachael Brody]

Heckscher Children’s Learning Garden Meeting Re-cap: Wednesday, April 21^st

 

Thanks for coming out in the cold rain!  It was really important to get an idea of who is committed and I think we did get all of the beds divided up almost equally!  I will be posting a laminated map of the garden & open-hours sign up sheet on the shed this weekend or early next week.  To get a key to the garden, you must sign up for at least 2 open hours!  You can be a member of the garden without having planting space.  

 

School Involvement: The Green School is planting in a little more than ½ of the front bed. They are in the garden every Monday from 4-5.  The Lyons school is doing a component on sustainability and will be holding some fieldtrip classes in the garden through the end of the school year.  

 

Events: One thing we did not cover was events!  If you’d like to hold an event in the garden (aka large BBQ, party, etc) please bring the request to the monthly meeting and share the information with the whole group.  No more than 20 people and the gates must stay open to the public.  There are some event forms which live in the GARDEN BINDER which will be in the shed early next week (with the map and open hours signs).  There will also be a calendar in the binder for you to add your event to.  

 

Compost: Committee now headed up by Noah and Tim! (thanks!) Let’s get those bins actually working. I will see if we can get Jason or Kara from NYRP to remove the material currently in the bins so we can start afresh.  I will also make signs indicating which bin is for what:  EVERYONE: please bring food scraps to the garden and drop in the first bin on the Left.

 

Next meeting/workday/potluck set for May 23^rd, 1pm.  The seedlings will be dropped off on May 20^th and ready to plant!  Slowfood’s Neighborhood Farms Project will also be there recruiting for the summer camp (right Sandra?)

 

 

Proposed projects and events: Feel free to add to the list with your own ideas or choose a project to be involved in.

1. Dye planting mixed in with the ornamentals- Patricia- I will talk to Jason and find out which area would be best for you.  
2. Build a bat house
3. Live music
4. Movie night

 

Requests for NYRP:

-          2 more rain barrels

-          Clean out compost bins

-          2 small planter boxes in small area behind chairs for the Neighborhood Farms Project.

 

If you were unable to make the meeting, there are still many ways to stay involved in the garden- the summer children’s program which will be taking most of the front bed could definitely use some additional hands and I’m sure there will be plenty left over to harvest as well.  I also attached a document of Garden Beautification Tasks. Or you could join the compost committee!

 

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Rachael

 

 

Rachael Brody | Community Outreach Coordinator

New York Restoration Project | 254 W. 31st. St. 10th Floor | NY, NY 10001

o. 212-333-2552 | m. 540-290-0317 | f. 212-333-3886 | www.nyrp.org

 

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[micki josi]

Hey Rachel,

Sorry I couldn't be at the meeting.  We had a super gardening day on Tuesday and an amazing trip to Swindler Cove on Thursday (EARTH DAY)... it was an amazing week altogether!  I would love to get my kids involved in the compost.  Seems like the browns in there right now will break down if we start adding food scraps.  If you guys clean it out, what will we use for browns?  Is there a compost crank?  BBG has them for like $40.  Is there a cover for the compost bins?  I might like to start collecting food scrap from the school with the kids.  We want to create a schedule and bring the kids there almost everyday for lunch since we could water the plants then.  Do we need to schedule classes to come there in advance or get approval?  On Earth Day a kid from our school accidentally broke a chair, but today I spoke to Jose and he said you guys would be able to fix it. 

Should we come on May 20th to look a seedlings?  Or should we maybe wait until the following Monday and take what's left?  We aren't picky and also have lots of seeds to plant.  I am going to put together a Worm Compost harvest sometime... I could actually do it in the garden, but on second thought that might not work as well since we need a lot of table space.  I will probably do it in late May or Early June.  I can ask Karali if we can invite people outside the school and then mix the compost into our plot.  I also want to show the movie DIRT!  I just bought it and it's amazing!  Could we show that in the garden?

Thanks for everything!

Micki

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[Mimi Fierle]

2 "green" thumbs up on a Dirt movie event in the garden!

[parsons...@yahoo.com]

Hey Rachael

Thanks a bunch. Everything sounds great. I would like to be involved with the compost. Have agreat weekend.

Chris Parsons

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From: "Rachael Brody" <rbr...@nyrp.org>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:14:00 -0400

To: <Hecksch...@googlegroups.com>

Subject: Heckscher Meeting Recap

[Rachael Brody]

Hi Micki!

 

Just wanted to respond to you in regards to the seedling giveaway.  We’ll be dropping off the seedlings the 21^st but I think it’ll be best for you and the class to pick yours up on the following Monday.  We’ll put aside a good variety for you!

 

For everyone else: we’ll have our planting day on Sunday the 23^rd.

 

Thanks and talk soon!

Rachael

 

Rachael Brody | Community Outreach Coordinator

New York Restoration Project | 254 W. 31st. St. 10th Floor | NY, NY 10001

o. 212-333-2552 | m. 540-290-0317 | f. 212-333-3886 | www.nyrp.org

From: hecksch...@googlegroups.com [mailto:hecksch...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of micki josi
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:56 PM
To: hecksch...@googlegroups.com; Karali Pia Pitzele; Lynn Loflin
Subject: Re: Heckscher Meeting Recap

 

Hey Rachel,

[Noah K. Goldstein]

Hey everybody,

Super exciting stuff! Tim and I spoke about doing an overhaul on the compost system... the 16th or the 23rd would work well for me... any takers?

Noah

[micki josi]

I can do Mondays from 4-5pm, but not Sundays unfortunately.

[micki josi]

Monday is perfect for us to pick up our seedlings and plant them... THANKS!

[Inga Nielsen]

Hey Rachel,
 
I just wanted to check what time everybody is meeting up on Sunday.
 
Best,
Inga
 

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Subject: RE: Heckscher Meeting Recap
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 13:15:26 -0400
From: rbr...@nyrp.org
To: hecksch...@googlegroups.com

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The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy.

[Sandra McLean]

Hey there!

I will get there between 1:30 and 2PM. I hope to meet everyone!

Sandra

[Rachael Brody]

Workday starts at 2:00pm all!

 

See you Sunday!

 

Rachael

 

Rachael Brody | Community Outreach Coordinator

New York Restoration Project |

254 W. 31st. St. 10th Floor | NY, NY 10001

o. 212-333-2552 | m. 540-290-0317 | f. 212-333-3886 | www.nyrp.org

 

[parsons...@yahoo.com]

Hey

Ill be at the meeting but will only be able to hang around until 2 ish.

Thanks
Chris

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From: "Rachael Brody" <rbr...@nyrp.org>

Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:18:00 -0400

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