Syracuse Grows community garden event

Help Grow Community Gardening in Syracuse by joining us this Saturday, April 25th, 2009.
Resource Drive: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m and Garden Cleanup 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Bring donations to Lipe Art Park, W Fayette St., near S Geddes St. All new and gently used gardening tools are greatly appreciated. Donations should be clean and in good working order. Monetary donations are also welcome! Make checks payable to Syracuse Grows.

We hope to see you on Saturday with what is shaping up to be the largest community gardening event Syracuse has ever seen!

Needed
Tools and equipment…
Shovels, pitch forks, hoes, trowels, metal and plasti c rakes, pruners, scissors, loppers, hedge clippers, wheelbarrows, rototi llers, push mowers, hammers, nails, screws, nuts, bolts, handsaws, and childrens gardening tools.
Planting and Gardening Materials…
Vegetable and fl ower seed, starter plants and cover crop seed, tomato cages and dowels, compost, soil, pre-bagged commercial ferti lizer (manure), pesti cide-free mulch, plant pots, tubs, containers, garden bed liner, garden gloves, watering cans, compost bins, food grade barrels for rain barrels, soaker hoses and spray nozzles, twine, wire, and string.
Building Materials…
Plywood and lumber: untreated lumber of various widths and at least 4 ft in length
Structural Materials…
Tool sheds, greenhouses, shade houses, arbors, trellises, bricks and cinder blocks, chipping, pebbles and stones, wood chips and wooden pallets, picnic tables, chairs, benches, charcoal barbeque grills, and fencing material: wood posts, medium gauge wiring, hardware cloth, mesh fencing.

Garden Clean Up: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at any of 11 gardens. See map below.

Volunteer
Garden…
Pull weeds, till soil, apply compost and ferti lizers, trim hedges and trees, plant trees, hedges and starter plants
Build…
Build raised beds and fencing, paint signs and picnic tables
Neighborhood cleanup…
Work with OCRRA to clean litt er on streets surrounding the gardens
Meet your neighborhood community gardeners…

For more informati on, or to arrange early donation drop off or pick up,please contact:
(315) 443-4890 or syracusegrows@gmail.com

Participating Community Gardens:

1. Northside Community Garden I, 207 Isabella Street * Beth Killian * 415-9594
2. Northside Community Garden II, 1004 Townsend Street * Beth Killian * 415-9594
3. Eastside PEACE, Inc. Community Garden, 202 S. Beech Street * Lori Covington * 470-3325
4. Westcott Neighborhood Community Garden, 127 Harvard Place * Sasha Salayda * 447-8593
5. Lipe Art Park Community Garden, W Fayett e and S Geddes Streets * Jeanie Gleisner * 677-9147
6. Avery House Residenti al Garden, 420 S Avery Avenue * Ron Reid * 487-3314
7. Midland Ave Community Garden, 341 Midland Avenue * Aggie Lane * 478-4571
8. McLennan Ave Community Garden, 258 McLennan Avenue * Tony Williams * 472-3221
9. Cannon Street Community Center Community Garden, 515 Cannon Street * Denise Moore * 491-1382
10. Cannon Street Community Garden, 620 Cannon Street * Carolyn Stanley * 478-8525
11. West Newell Street Community Garden, 612 W Newell Street * Mable Wilson * 471-7063