All garden members are encouraged to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

Time:
Sunday, March 7th at 11AM

Location:
Fifth Avenue Commitee, 621 Degraw Street (betw. 3rd and 4th Ave.) Google map

We have a fun and important agenda, as well as a meeting facilitator to keep us on track!

Agenda:
- POTLUCK BRUNCH! (please bring a dish or beverage if possible)
- celebrate last season’s success
- steering committee elections
- updates and reports
- budget approvals
- and a SPRING GARDENING WORKSHOP (leader to be determined)

The garden is a winter wonderland at the moment but spring, glorious spring, is just around the corner!

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Join us for a Mini-Maintenance day in the garden this Saturday, January 23 starting at 10AM

**Weather Permitting**

1. Add/turn collected home food scrap/compost
2. Tweak tracking of sifter tumbler
3. Gather windblown trash
4. Get wood chips from the tree guys
5. Lubricate the locks
4. DREAM FOR SPRING!

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This Saturday, November 14th, is the first day of Project LeafDrop and the last Garden Workday of the season. The Warren-St. Marks Garden has become part of the growing network of community gardens and greening partners who are helping take some of the City’s 20,000 tons of residential leaves out of the waste stream and putting them to good use making compost. The garden will be collecting leaves on the following dates: November 14, 21, 22 from 11am to 1pm. Master composters will be on hand to answer questions about composting and distribute literature. If you’d like more information about Project LeafDrop or if you’d like to volunteer to assist in the collection effort, please contact Pat McCarty by email.

And, don’t forget that Saturday is the last Garden Workday of the season. Just because its starting to feel like winter doesn’t mean there aren’t things do in the garden. Winter crops are looking great but there’s more to tend to. Come by at 10am for the general meeting or if you had a late night bender, sleep in a bit, show up when you can and someone will give you mindless garden task to take the edge off. Very therapeutic and less calories than a bloody mary!

In the Better Late then Never department, here are some photos from the Community Harvest Day which took place in late September.

Kathy and Ruth at Harvest Day

Caterpillar

Tibor grilling or gardening?

Home-baked goods

Naomi and her big brother

Perrin with chalk as face paint

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Hope to see lots of garden members this Saturday morning for the Garden Workday. There will be a meeting at 10AM to review what’s been happening in the last month in the garden, the plan for the day and plan for the next month. And then the work around the garden will begin. You don’t have to have a garden plot. You don’t have to be an expert gardener. And you don’t have to get dirty–unless you really want to. Just show up and get involved!

Who said there was a tomato blight?

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FUN, GAMES, FOOD, DRINK, and HOOPLA!!!

SHARE THE HARVEST AT A POTLUCK BBQ PARTY - New date-Saturday, September 26, 3PM ’til sundown

Meet fellow gardeners and neighbors to say goodbye to summer and hello to the harvest! Bring friends and family, something for the grill and something to drink or eat TO SHARE!

If you have any fun party ideas or for more info contact: Kathy at events@wsgarden.org

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Next Wednesday, September 2, is Movie Night in the garden. The fun starts at 7PM with a cartoon for kids and then the main movie will be “Silent Running”–the feelgood, sci-fi, save the planet film from 1972.

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Last Wednesday night the community garden was lit up with a showing of the garden/bug/scary movie “Joe’s Apartment”. Thankfully, the weather forecast was wrong and the crowd stayed dry. Fun was had by all. Stay tuned for details on the next movie night!

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Warren St. Marks Community Garden Movie Night

Wednesday, August 19, 7:30 pm (Raindate:  Saturday, August 22, 7:30 pm)

It’s a New York romance, it’s a comedy, it’s a creepy horror film, it’s a musical - and more! It’s about performance art, about eminent domain, about community gardening….  it’s… it’s…

IT’S JOE’S APARTMENT!

Rated pg-13. Outrageous enough to offend some adults; audacious enough to delight all children.

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For those of you not in the know, “A**” refers to Arm. So, um, get your arm over to the garden this Saturday morning! Here are some of the compelling reasons why you should be there:

A Compost Workshop will be lead by our resident compost pros, Kate and Rico. Make sure to ask them about the rumor of a compost tumbler made from a repurposed bike. Wow, repurposing with a repurposed bike!

At noon, head back to the picnic area to learn Pickling Techniques from Jerah. Fingers crossed–she’ll bring more of her amazing pickled veggies from home, as she did for the first demonstration earlier this summer.  Ya know, Jerah should call this International Pickling Techniques as she honed her pickling skills while living about zillions of places all around the world.

If this is not enough to get you out of bed before noon on Saturday, how about a little drama? I heard the mystery of Trouble in the Land of Zucchini may be unraveled. Not sure of the plot line but it sounds like a good one!

Still not intrigued and feeling that 10am on Saturday is too early to be social? There’s always a need for solitary weeding, digging and hauling. All socials types will be accommodated.

Saturday, August 8th starting at 10AM.

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The Warren-St. Marks Community Garden is looking for garden members to participate in the:

FIRST Annual Urban Farmy Olympics (Part of the Harvest Fair)
Location: Garden of Happiness, Prospect Ave between 181st & 182nd Streets, Bronx, NY

Teams must include: Members of your community garden · At least 2 youth · At least 2 elders · At least 6 people total

Win prizes, make a name for your garden and earn bragging rights.

Come out and enjoy a day of festivities, good food, good music and a chance to hear our local elected officials and Parks personnel address the current state of community gardens and urban farms in our city.

Urban Farmy Olympics events may include:
· Wheel barrow Obstacle Course · Potato Sack Race · Veggie Toss
· Flower Arranging · Apple Bobbing · Compost Turning Race
· Three-legged From Seed-to-Harvest Race · Bocci Tournament · and MUCH more!

Other categories include: Team Spirit - Be the most creative team in coming up with a name, cheer, team costumes, or any other form of team spirit!

Community Organizing & Fund Raising - Raise funds with your team! The money teams collect will go into a Community Organizing and Advocacy Fund, which will allow for more gardens to participate in advocacy work.

If you’d like to sign-up or get more information, contact Pat at dewlynoted@yahoo.com.

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