A Victory Garden Begins in Friendly Area Neighborhood, Eugene!
[to see more on the progress of this single-afternoon project, see photo attachments toward bottom]
By Sundog
On a cold and occasionally damp Saturday, March 29th, friends of Amy Raven and Doug Black assembled at their 2786 Almaden St. home to create a ‘Peak-oil-and-climate-change-busting’ 14’ x 18’ Victory Garden! The gifted group withstood cold rain, a hailstorm, bouts of occasional thirst and hunger, and some very muddy shoes, but the Victory of a final Victory Garden was accomplished!
The project began with the eager stripping and, eventually…flipping of the permaculturally-placed turf(thank you Denise for your resolute words!), with resulting upside-down worms! Over the next 5 ½ hours, ensuing sheet composting, buckets and wheelbarrows of fertile topsoil dumping, and meticulous placement of retaining-wall bricks resulted in the final Victory of the new garden.
The Victory Garden will accomplish different objectives:
*Lessening the need for an increasingly expensive,(freeway)transported, polluting, climate-changing food source
*Increasing the immediate nutritional value for the grower’s diets
*Increasing the healthy soulful, wholistic connection between the grower and their giving food
*Strengthening daily exercise and health
and...
*Connecting neighbors with neighbors to create healthy community-based friendships while gardening, and increasing the social value of the city, exponentially and functionally better than any iPod or TV program
Share this work with as many as you can. Go to: www.victorygardensforall.org or www.kezi.com/article.aspx?id=26164 for more.
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April 1st, 2008
Permaculture Guild Soire' Monday the 14th
April 14 at 745 W 10th. Call Bryna at 345 1586 for more info
The evening is casual, fun, educational and participatory.
Bring a friend. Feel free to bring a munchie.
6:30 - Mix and Mingle. Chat, meet new people, connect,,,,,
7:00 - Informal presentation- This month, Jan Spencer will describe some recent developments within the City of Eugene Neighborhoods Program. There is growing interest in a city wide Neighborhood Summit- a coming together of many neighborhood activists. [There was a very successful summit 15 months ago.] There is also early agreement this Summit [perhaps taking place in early 2009] should include a strong environmental/
So what? The Summit, with city staff and resources to help, could be an unprecedented boost to green living and culture in Eugene. Jan has been advocating a green summit in a variety of ways over the past month, speaking with many well placed people and has clear thoughts about how those of us with interests in eco living, permaculture, re-localizing,
7:30 - Show and Tell - An opportunity to share good news. What are people doing around town to promote eco logical culture. Share what you know. Share what you are doing. Hear what others are up to. Could bring about more postive eco action.
8:00 - Circular Think Tank - Looking for advice, need some info? This part of the Soire' is about sharing useful information about putting our green living ideas into practice. Could be about gardening, construction, design, philosophy, or anything else related to eco living.
April 1st, 2008
April 22nd, NLC meeting
Jan:
Great on the April 22nd happening! We need traction big time on peak/change, while NAs debate over how to beautify their parks, instead of planning for impending wholesale lifestyle changes. Do you have good contacts within the current NLC? I've gotten close to nowhere starting out with the local rep & committee. Do they have a master list for announcing 4/16 Lerch/Heinberg with? Or just email addresses through the city's NLC page?
Doug
April 1st, 2008
Re: April 22nd, NLC meeting
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