The Colonialtown Community Garden is an effort to bring neighbors together to garden their own plots of vegetables, flowers, fruit or whatever they like. The garden will be located next to the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center on Ferncreek and Lake Highland.
To get involved please contact Trina Hofreiter
See the headlines below for more information:
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We will be building the Community Garden behind the neighborhood pool and the parking lot of the Colonialtown neighborhood Center, along the green space that parallels Spokane Ave. Our bylaws state
that anyone who wants a 4x8 plot in the garden, must pay their dues and show up to all 3 workdays (or send a
household surrogate worker) to qualify. There are 6 plots left for potential neighborhood members.
You must live within the Colonialtown North
neighborhood to qualify (Nebraska, Forest, Corrine to the north, Bumby to the
east, Colonial to the south, and Mills to the west).
Mark your calendars
and forward to all interested neighbors - your Community Garden officers have
met, and have set aside the following dates and work days to build the garden
this February.
Saturday, January 30th, 10 a.m. - noon: Garden
plot registration. Come to the garden site, where we will have a map of the
future garden plots to choose from. First come, first served. Bring proof of
address (such as a utility bill or credit card bill), checks for $15.00 made out
to Keep Orlando Beautiful (we will not accept cash or credit cards). You can
select your plot, pay your dues, decide which 'community job' you'd like
(inspection committee, grounds/maintenance committee, compost crew,
communication team, celebration team) and receive a copy of the bylaws and a
certificate proving plot ownership at that time. If you cannot attend, send a
surrogate to stand in for you (make sure they bring the docs required). This is
the only time to sign up for a plot this year, so plan ahead and be sure to be
there! (It was the fairest system we could think of). We will start a waiting
list if we need to, based on the folks who attend the registration
day.
Saturday, February 6: Work Day #1 - 8 a.m. - 2 p.m
(approximate). Every family who paid dues is required to send at least one
family member to work on this day, where we will be marking out the bed
locations and removing sod. The fence will already be installed by professional
contractors before this work day.
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A Colonialtown Community Garden general meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 21 at 7p at the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center located on the corner of Ferncreek and Lake Highland. There will be updates to possible fence and irrigation estimates. For those interested in a plot at the new community garden, please attend!
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 The CNA Community Garden is having a general meeting for all of those that signed up to garden in our future community garden on Tuesday, June 23rd, at 7p at the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center located on the corner of Ferncreek and Lake Highland. Please attend to hear the Garden Council's plans for fund-raising, by-laws and garden plot plan.
Sign Up for Community Garden Mailings/Updates in your email >>HERE!<<
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Hello, all!
This is a friendly reminder that next Wednesday, June 17th, Leu
Gardens is hosting another Community Garden workshop.
...Due to staff availability, the canning workshop we'd
originally scheduled for the 17th will not be held - instead, Ed Thralls from
the Orange County IFAS Extension office will:
1. Answer any specific garden questions you may have, such as:
"Why do my squash leaves look white/wrinkly?" "How can I tell when my
watermelons are ready?" etc.
2. Give a
presentation on "minor", or exotic, vegetables - some of which can stand the
summer heat.
Please spread the news
of this workshop, remember to remind your folks to register ahead of time by
calling me at (407) 246-3996.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Trina Hofreiter
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The CNA Community Garden board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12th at 7p at the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center.
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"Help Create Colonialtown's First Community Garden! |
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Tuesday, April 28 @
7 pm
Colonialtown Neighborhood Center
1517 Lake Highland Dr.
Interested? You must attend the organizational meeting to apply for a
space to garden. We will create a garden council and approve the design
of the garden at this meeting. ... A community garden has individual
garden plots that neighbors 'rent' for a year, and are able to grow
their own veggies, fruit and flowers in that plot.
Water is provided.
The garden will be located near the new playground on Fern Creek Ave."
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