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Los Angeles Community Garden |
Visit the Garden in your neighborhood, Los Angeles is home to about 60 Community Gardens
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A new community garden is starting in Glendale! We've had many inquiries and the Coalition for a Green Glendale and the City of Glendale are making it happen. Its fun! Log into this site and use the contact form if you are interested in participating in this work in some way. |
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 |
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What community gardeners need to know about
LA’s Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance
1. Don’t waste water.
2. The Water Conservation Plan provides 6 “Phases” of water conservation based on how short LA is of water from the State, Colorado River and Owens Valley; Phase 3 went into effect on June 1, 2009 due to a 15% shortage of water and it is described below. Phase 4 is very restrictive and if we all conserve we can avoid it.
3. Automatic sprinkler systems can only operate on Monday and Thursday, and never on any day can an automatic sprinkler operate between 9am and 4pm.
4. If you use a hose equipped with a self-closing shut-off device then you are permitted to use it to water your garden by hand before 9am or after 4pm on any day.
5. You must not have leaks in your irrigation system. Check your land for wet spots and check your bill for increased use. Be a thoughtful steward of our water.
6. Reduce your total water use by 15% to protect our privileges. Community Gardens and non-profit youth sports fields have the privilege of paying the low “Schedule F” rates. The LADWP Board has the responsibility to make sure Schedule F users aren’t wasting water. If one of us is found to be wasting our water, that water waster will find themselves paying a financial premium of 1.442 times the high season water rate for Tier 2 water after an irrigation audit is completed .
7. Don’t water when it’s raining, don’t wash down pavement with our precious water, don’t serve water in your restaurant to people who don’t ask for it, and it’s no excuse for landlords to say the tenants are responsible: this is important for community gardens.
8. The penalty for violation is: first a warning, second violations result in a surcharge of $100 added to your bill, third violations result in a surcharge of $200, and so on…until the LA DWP will add a flow-restricting device to your water service.
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Friday, 17 April 2009 |
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This hybrid of community gardening and social networking is designed to growing gardens on private property across Los Angeles. We match landless gardeners with property owners who want gardens.
There is no cost to join our community. Just complete a profile, find a partner on our clickable map and follow our guidelines to form an agreement and start growing wholesome, fresh produce right in your neighborhood.
Register today at:
http://www.growfriend.org/
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 |
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Community gardens in Los Angeles County have long enjoyed partnerships with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power because community gardeners demonstrate responsible use of water in the landscape. Because community gardens are hand-watered few gardeners want the hassles that come with planting thirsty or fussy plants. Now is a critical time for gardeners to help our neighbors learn how to garden with less water. The Los Angeles City Council has enacted a Schedule A Residential Water Rate that provides penalties to those who use more water than provided for in the "first tier" amount for their lot size and temperature zone. Reduce your water use by 15%.
For all our gardens we need to find ways to use less water. Has your garden taken action to save water? How? Post your answer in the comments. |
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 |
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California is an agricultural giant, and Maria Schriver the First Lady of California is joining thousands of Californians and a certian family in Washington D.C. in planting a home garden this May on the grounds of the State Capital in Sacramento. Not only that, she's got a lot to say about school gardening.
http://www.firstlady.ca.gov/index.php/projects/school-gardens/
From her statement: “I’m so excited to be joining California Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura, the California Department of General Services, the California School Garden Network, Alice Waters, and many others to bring an edible garden to the State Capitol. This new garden will bring awareness to children, students, and visitors about the important role of food, where it comes from, nutritional value, how it is grown and harvested and ultimately how it reaches the tables of those who need it most.
“One of the first things I did as First Lady of California was visit The Edible Schoolyard, Alice Waters’s organic gardening and kitchen program at a public middle school in Berkeley, and since then through the partnership of the California School Garden Network and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, we have doubled the number of edible school gardens in the state. Arnold and I are thrilled about this new project and shining a light on California’s rich agricultural history.”
What do you think? |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
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Highland Park recently added the newest community garden to the growing list of those in and around Los Angeles, when LA Councilmember Ed Reyes helped the Milagro Allegro Community Garden open on May 9, 2009. The project is lead by two neighbors and community members, Oscar Duardo and Nicole Gatto, who happened to speak of their mutual dream of building a garden one day about two years ago when walking by the lot where the garden will be located. |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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"The Garden" by Scott Hamilton Kennedy opens at Landmark's Nuart Cinema on April 24th and tells the heartbreaking story of the struggle for the South Central Farm in Los Angeles. It was nominated for an Oscar in the documentary category and its a great way to spend an evening. Visit www.thegardenmovie.com for information on screening and how to find a DVD copy. |
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Monday, 08 January 2007 |
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Lead by UCCE's Don Hodel, this workshop offers practical fruit tree pruning advice. Answering questions like: Does it fruit on the new growth or old? What season is best?
Held at Solano Canyon Garden this Saturday January 24 at 9 am
Limited availability! See Calendar
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
 Spring and early summer are the time when everybody inclined to garden wakes up to declare: "I want to grow Tomatoes". If your garden has empty beds, remember in a few months will be the best season to show off your work, and encourage your neighbors to join the garden. So get ready! In high summer the heat will discourage the delicate would-be gardener.
On the other hand, if there is a over-long waiting list at the garden of your dreams, get on it and know that some people ahead of of you might lose interest when cooler weather comes to Los Angeles. The cool months are a beautiful time with easy gardening: Fava Beans, greens, beets, peas, and weeds too. |
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
Visit the Garden in your neighborhood, Los Angeles is home to about 60 Community Gardens
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Saturday, 06 May 2006 |
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A new community garden is starting in Glendale! We've had many inquiries and the Coalition for a Green Glendale and the City of Glendale are making it happen. Its fun! Log into this site and use the contact form if you are interested in participating in this work in some way. |
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