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Water from the sky helps make things grow! Seed, cultivate and feed your beds now! |
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GrowFriend is a hybrid of community gardening and social networking. It is the safe, easy and fun way for gardeners to find land! |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
 Please join Al Renner, Executive Director of the LACGC, for a presentation and open discussion regarding Garden to Plate, a multi-pronged effort to promote fresh food grown locally. Renner’s experiences growing up on an Illinois farm and his deep involvement in the community gardening movement in Los Angeles provide him with a unique perspective on the evolution of attitudes towards food security, community building, healthy foods and nutrition over time; the issues and opportunities the movement faces today; and new strategies for cultivation and community building that may lead us into the future.
The event will take place on Friday 19 April 2010 at 7.30pm at the G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice. Hope to see you there! |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
 Carlos Maguellal shows off the fruits of his labor at Stanford Avalon CG. The digital version pales in comparison to the print edition of this issue, dedicated to Los Angeles; readers are encouraged to pick up the hard copy! |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
 We are pleased to announce that Milagro Allegro Community Garden has been selected as a host site for the UCCE Grow LA Victory Garden initiative. Of the ten training sites, it is the only one which is a community garden! Congratulations to our friends in Highland Park!
The course will be offered at this site as a series of four weekend classes in April 2010 and will be taught by Master Gardener Milli Macen-Moore at Milagro Allegro Community Garden 115 S. Ave 56, Los Angeles, CA 90042.
Highland Park residents who wish to register or get more information should contact Milli Macen-Moore at 1-800-863-5476 or milli@modern-sustainability.com. The Milagro Allegro Community Garden - Highland Park course will cost $15 per workshop, or $50 for the four-class series, and will be held from 10 am - 1 pm on April 10, 11, 17 and 18. Space is limited and advance registration is requested. Spanish translation will be provided.
Please refer to the news item below for more details on the UCCE Victory Garden initiative and other training locations. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
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UC Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County is pleased to launch the “Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative” in March and April 2010 for those who wish to grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables. This initiative will help new gardeners learn to start their own gardens quickly and easily in a container, in the backyard or at a community garden, bringing together local families and neighborhoods to share their experiences, skills and produce. Participants will be able to turn this new interest in gardening into successful, productive gardens that will generate positive changes in their homes by helping to lower grocery bills and enhance opportunities to eat healthy, nutritious foods. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
 The public is invited to visit this four acre site, comprised of vegetable beds, permaculture terraces and a fruit tree orchard nestled on the hillside above Solano Canyon Community Garden. Mark Donofrio of Larchmont Grill, Michael Duddie of Mirabelle Restaurant and farm manager Charles Lee will join Al Renner to answer questions about their restaurant-supported agriculture program initiated in 2009. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 |
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A recent study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy estimates that $1 invested in non-profit advocacy groups results in approximately $91 in benefits to the residents of the target community! More details available in the LA Times story. |
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
 Many thanks to Don Hodel of the University California Cooperative Extension, who led a hands-on demonstration of pruning techniques at Solano Canyon Community Garden in late January. Thanks, Don and all the participants!
Don taught more than 25 participants how to properly use thinning out and heading off techniques when dealing with fruit trees. Download the UCCE brochure to learn more about pruning. |
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
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FOOD FORWARD is an all volunteer grassroots group of Angelenos who care about reconnecting to our food system and making change around urban hunger.
We convene at properties we have been invited to and glean the excess fruit on their trees, donating 100% to local food pantries. Visit Food Forward to participate!
Our current receiving partners are SOVA Community Food and Resource Program, a program of Jewish Family Services, and MEND POVERTY. Combined, they distribute the food we glean to over 30,000 clients a month across Southern California. A project of the LA Community Garden Council. |
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 |
Free Your Garden!! In 1946, a Los Angeles municipal code known as the Truck Gardening Ordinance was written to allow the growing of vegetables in a residential (R1) zone for sale off-site. What this means, however, is that it is technically prohibited for city dwellers in R1 zones to grow fruits, nuts, flowers or seedlings and sell them off-site - at local farmers’ markets for example.
Happily, on July 8th, 2009, Council President Eric Garcetti introduced a motion to explore allowing “the cultivation of flowers, fruits, nuts or vegetables defined as the product of any tree, vine or plant, and that these products be allowed for use on-site or sale off-site.” This positive move needs support, and lots of it! The LACGC and some of our urban farming friends call this the Food & Flowers Freedom Act. Please take a moment to support the Food & Flowers Freedom Act by writing to your Los Angeles City Councilmember. Tell her/him you want to support urban farming in Los Angeles. Tell her/him you want the Planning Department to expedite their work and propose ways to fully-legalize urban farming in Los Angeles. Please cc Council President Eric Garcetti and send an email copy to Urban Farming Advocates – Los Angeles at gdake@pacbell.net To find out who is your local councilmember, go to this link: http://lacity.org/lacity/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/index.htm |
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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The New York Times ran an article May 14, 2009 "For Urban Gardeners, Lead is a Concern".
Los Angeles Gardeners might learn more by reading an article by Don Hodel (UC Coop Ex) and Andrew Chang (UC Riverside). This article discusses many trace elements that appear in urban gardens, including lead, what levels of them are expected and what levels should cause concern, and what we can do to reduce their presence.
Testing our soils and posting the results is an important confidence builder. Wallace Labs is one place where a soil test can be had for $75.
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