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Dear Garden Friend,
Summer greetings from your Community Garden! This is our first Garden Newsletter, and we hope to continue to provide seasonal news from the Garden to keep you updated on past and future events and activities.
We have plenty of opportunities for you to connect with the garden during late summer and early fall - please see the "Upcoming Events" section below for more information. If you have any suggestions or requests for educational classes or garden events, please email us at communityrootsgarden@gmail.com. We appreciate your feedback.
Feel free to forward this newsletter on to anyone who may be interested in getting involved, or, if you wish to be taken off our list, click "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the page.
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WHO WE ARE
For those of you who are new to our garden, the mission of Community Roots
Garden is largely to increase food security, both by providing the
harvest to those in need and by empowering the community to grow their
own food. Besides growing food, we are eager to grow community. We want
to help ourselves and others become more self-sufficient and food
secure. We want to share our food and share our knowledge about how to
grow food. And we invite your involvement - anyone is welcome to come and volunteer with us (see hours below or on our website)!
Community Roots
Garden is a ministry of, and is located, at the North Oxnard United Methodist Church in Oxnard,
California. We recently received a significant grant through Community Action of Ventura County, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. We were able to hire two Garden Masters, Eric Humel and Katerina Friesen, to oversee and coordinate education, volunteers, and garden development. Drop by for a tour of the garden during the week at any time (well, call first) and meet these two new garden coordinators who are excited to carry on the vision of Community Roots!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Work/ Play Day Activities:
Our Work/Play Volunteer days are on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Come anytime!
Volunteer harvest days are on Wednesdays from 1 - 3 p.m.
August 7 and 14: North Field expansion preparation
We are expanding into a huge new area and could really use some help shaping beds and preparing the soil for some late summer crops.
August 21: Indigenous Herb Garden Planting with Mixtec gardeners (flyer English)
We're partnering with MICOP, or Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project, to plant an herb garden with traditional Mixtec medicinal and culinary plants. Special hours: 10 - 6 p.m.
August 28: End-of-month potluck lunch, 12:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share!
Free Workshops:
Saturdays at the Garden, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Click for links to flyers.
September 4: How to Make Compost, Vermicompost, and Mulch
Lorraine Walter, Master Composter
September 11: Water-wise Gardening in Ventura County
Andrea Blue, Summer Intern and UCSB master's candidate in Environmental Science and Management
September 18: Container Gardening Workshop
Eric Humel, Garden Master
Off-site Education:
August 19th: 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. Container Gardening Workshop in Spanish
Public Housing on Squires Rd, Oxnard
August 25: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Container Gardening Workshop for disabled adults
350 N. C. Street, Oxnard
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SUMMER AT COMMUNITY ROOTS
Some of our summer highlights included:
- Fun times at our Summer Garden Party in July, including danza, (pictured below), cooking demonstrations, good food, good people and a bonfire. Thanks to all the volunteers who made this event possible!
Danza
Valle de Guadalupe performs "Danza de los Viejos" at the Summer Garden Party- Beautiful broccoli (usually a winter crop, but it does great with our foggy weather)
- Passing the 1 TON mark of produce harvested from the garden in the last year!
- Welcoming new board members Troy and Lisa (still looking for new members - reply if interested!)
- Harvesting from our abundant Anna Apple tree, and planting some fall pumpkin patches
- Getting to know new volunteers, like Sylvestre, John, Kyle, Troy and Clover
- Eating Nancy's good cookin' on our new sustainably harvested redwood picnic benches
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Our Cabbages are Famous!
Kitty McGinnis, a volunteer and our resident garden artist, recently entered a picture from the garden into a local art show. Check out our beautiful purple cabbages in her great shot on the left!
Her photograph was selected to be part of the show - check it out at the Harbor Village Gallery, 1591 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura Harbor Village;
hrs. M,W,Th 12-5; Fri and Sat. 11-6--Exhibit up until 9/5/10. Congratulations, Kitty!
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Contribute to our Harvest Donations
If you have any, please bring extra fruits and vegetables from your home garden to contribute to our Garden's harvest. Your extra produce will be given to local families in need.
If you don't grow food but would like to contribute to our effort in growing food for the hungry, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help our garden grow. Click HERE for more information about donating or becoming a friend of the Garden.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Katerina Friesen
Community Roots Garden Coordinator
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Community Roots Garden
phone: (805) 616-2326; email: info@communityrootsgarden.org
www.communityrootsgarden.org
Located at: North Oxnard United Methodist Church
2300 W. Gonzales Road
Oxnard, California 93033
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