SPLT Plant Sale / Bake Sale and EPIC Raffle!

When: Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Time: 8-9 open for members of SPLT, get your membership renewed or become a member at the door, open for the general public from 9-1!

Where: American Legion Hall in South Portland, 413 Broadway. 

Annuals, Veggies, Herbs, Hanging planters, Perennials, Perennials, Perennials!

Ample parking, great prices and the best volunteer staff service ever!

THIS YEAR HALF OF THE PROCEEDS RAISED FROM THE PLANT SALE WILL BE DONATED TO THE CGC GARDEN!

Come to the SPLT Plant Sale first and buy your veggies for your garden bed at the CGC garden!

We will have high quality herbs and vegetables at a reasonable price for you! Come on down and make us your first stop!

Make a new garden in your yard, add to your garden or redesign your garden, the SPLT Plant Sale makes it so affordable! Now is the time to add "CURB APPEAL".

Many perennials are low maintenance, when they are local they are hardy and provide years of enjoyment and we have a wide selection so you can choose plants for the soil conditions and amount of sunlight in your garden space!

We have very experienced gardeners on staff for the entire day, so now is the time to learn how to get plants in the ground and have success with a garden!

Please contact us with any questions - 

Crystal

CGC Secretary

communitygardencollective@gmail.com

Community Garden Collective Spring Fundraiser!

CGC is having a spring fundraiser!

What: Flatbread Company benefit night

Date: Tuesday, April 17

Time: After 5 p.m. until closing

Location: 72 Commercial Street

Plenty of parking is located in the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Parking Garage

Have a delicious flatbread dinner and help us raise funds to finish building the Community Garden in South Portland at Hamlin School!

The Flatbread Company in Portland supports local organizations that have an impact on our community. The primary way they accomplish this is through benefit nights that are held on Tuesdays at their restaurants. The Community Garden Collective (CGC) will be the non-profit group on April 17.

The Flatbread Company will donate $3.50 for each large flatbread and $1.75 for each small flatbread sold during the benefit. This money will be used by CGC to fund the irrigation system, tool shed and the fence as well as other garden needs.

CGC will also take donations for a raffle of a beautiful painting donated by Ellen Thayer, artist and gardener. You can either donate money or pick up a Clynk bag at the event with the promise to fill the bag with 5 cent (or 15 cent) recyclables when you go home. Once you bring the filled bag to any Hannaford the funds from your returnable cans and bottles will go into an account for CGC! It's a great way for CGC to raise money and for you to have a nice meal out with friends!

Please spread the word and let your friends know on Facebook by putting our website link on your Facebook page: www.communitygardencollective.org. We hope to raise much needed funds for the garden, and your help is essential!

CGC also has a few beds left for rental. If you would like to rent a bed for the summer of 2012 please contact Helen or Susan at communitygardencollective@gmail.com or call Helen at 207-408-1039. We can always use donations of time, labor or materials. We can also use some gardening tools that are in good shape. If you would like to donate some tools please contact us. You can also drop off tools at Crystal's house at 17 Highland Ave. Just leave them in the breezeway!

Contact us if you would like to help in any way!

If you have never been to Flatbread Company take a look at their menu and learn more about how they use local and natural sources of food for their flatbread, salads and other menu items by going to: www.flatbreadcompany.com.

The Confirmation E-mail Has Been Sent!

Hello CGC 2012 Gardeners,
for those of you who have e-mail you should have received a notification from CGC from our garden coordinators Helen Slocum and Susan Chase - the planting season will soon be upon us!

Check your inbox for the details of how to pay the rent for your garden bed, how to attend a mandatory orientation meeting, and how to help CGC raise funds for the completion of and the operation of the garden at Hamlin School!

Please contact CGC if you have any questions or concerns at communitygardencollective@gmail.com.

Thank you!
Helen and Susan

Work Day: Saturday 10/22 from 9-12

Hello!

The Community Garden needs your help!
On Saturday, October 22 from 9-12

We will be:
- Building the last of the garden beds and screwing the corners of the present beds (if you have a power drill please bring it! We need to put more screws in the corners of the beds)

- Collecting and spreading seaweed, manure, grass and leaves

- Spreading woodchips as needed

Please come for an hour, two or the whole time! We will have another work day next Saturday 10/29 from 9-12.

Thanks!
Crystal
CGC Secretary

Lisa's Fantasy Sheet Mulch Recipe

For those who missed Lisa Fernandes' fantastic "No-Dig Gardening" workshop, click here for Lisa's "magic soil" recipe. One of the things we learned at the workshop is that this recipe is very flexible, so you can use what you can find in your yard and garden to create great growing conditions for your garden next spring. Just make sure to top your layers off with the newspaper and hay layers to keep the weeds away!

Creating Our Community Garden - Ready to Plant, Spring 2012

VOTE Daily in October for CGC to win a portion of the $25,000 Better Neighbor Fund!

DAY 2 OF VOTING 
Here's the link:
http://www.facebook.com/TownandCountryFCU?sk=app_4949752878


Town and Country Federal Credit Union is giving away $25,000 to benefit our community in November. Anyone can vote for their favorite community groups or causes during the month of October.
CGC is one of the groups in the running for a piece of these funds!


Here is how you can help us fund and build our first organic garden:


HOW TO VOTE for the Community Garden Collective in three easy steps...

1.)  Click this link:
http://www.facebook.com/TownandCountryFCU?sk=app_4949752878

2.)  Click on the advertisement for the "BETTER NEIGHBOR FUND".  The causes are listed alphabetically. 


3.) Please find the Community Garden Collective on the list, select us and fill out the information at the bottom of the screen.

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND VOTE EVERY DAY!
The awards will be presented in mid November.

Gardening info for the day:
"Permaculture, at its core, is a design system for creating sustainable human environments. It offers positive solutions to the problems facing the world by using ecology as the basis of organizing systems of food production, housing, technology, economics and community.

Permaculture defies one-sentence definitions. It is as rich and complex as life itself."

This information is from Portland Maine Permaculture: http://portlandmainepermaculture.wordpress.com/what-is-permaculture/

Thank you for your vote,
CGC