All Discussions Tagged 'sharing' - Transition Whatcom2024-03-28T12:07:30Zhttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=sharing&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGardenShare – Whatcom County - Urban & Ruraltag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-02-16:2723460:Topic:155782010-02-16T23:48:16.045ZHeather Khttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK
<p> <strong>Online GardenShare network now established!</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Bellihgham:</strong> <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/"><strong>http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/</strong></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Whatcom County:</strong> <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/whatcom/"><strong>http://www.urbangardenshare.org/whatcom/…</strong></a></p>
<p> <strong>Online GardenShare network now established!</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Bellihgham:</strong> <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/"><strong>http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/</strong></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Whatcom County:</strong> <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/whatcom/"><strong>http://www.urbangardenshare.org/whatcom/</strong></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Go Direct to these sites to either create your profile for an available garden space, or as a gardener.</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>(July 2010 thanks to Chris E. and Amy from Seattle)</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Below historic info is from the past before this new local gardeshare online site was established in July 2010:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Until our neighborhoods are included in an urbangardenshare website, you are welcome to use the original discussion, now called "Garden Space Available"</strong></p>
<p> <a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topics/garden-spaces-available?xg_source=activity">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topics/garden-spaces-available?xg_source=activity</a></p>
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<p><strong>For a couple of years, some of us gardeners have admired Amy's Seattle website and would like to create something as good for Whatcom county. And Amy has offered to add whatcom neighborhoods to their website! Click 'follow' button to be part of the progress.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Also connect with Chris E. at BUGS who has also been communicating with Amy' ****</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Join in our GardenShare Project, between gardeners & garden-spaces in rural & urban lands, at ' <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org">www.urbangardenshare.org</a> '</strong><br/></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Are you an Edible Organic Gardener with gardening skills to share and longing for more garden space?</strong></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>Are Do You Have Garden-Space you want to share and benefit by the earthcare skills of an organic gardener?</strong><br/></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Please do go to the current seattle's gardenshare website & explore ( <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/">http://www.urbangardenshare.org/</a> )</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><em>“ Urban Garden Share pairs together eager gardeners with eager gardens.</em></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><em>When neighbors come together and co-operatively grow food, dirt flies and good things happen.”</em></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>If You Are A Gardener, click on the 'create a gardener profile' at</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/?p=create_gardener">http://www.urbangardenshare.org/?p=create_gardener</a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>If You Have Garden Space to Share, click on the 'create a garden profile', at</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/?p=create_garden">http://www.urbangardenshare.org/?p=create_garden</a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">**** ***** ***** ***** *****<br/></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Follow this discussion as we co-create with Amy Pennington, Jesse, Colin, Gannon, myself, & friends as we add Whatcom gardeners & gardens to the already existing urbangardenshare.org website that was first created for Seattle neighbors by Amy & friends.</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Once we have the site running for Whatcom gardeners & gardens, we will request help with local promotion to spread the word, and we hope to have the site ready before April's planting days and before our Whatcom Transition Great Unleashing event!</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">There is already a demand for garden space needing gardeners, and especially for gardeners & new-gardeners needing sunny garden space!</p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><strong>I need an computer or gardening friend to help, with just a little time, with this project, so please let me know if you can be available to back me up when I'm not able to be online....I'm a gardener and not always functional on computers.</strong></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">You can click the “Follow” button on this discussion page to stay updated.</p> Garden Spaces Availabletag:transitionwhatcom.ning.com,2010-01-14:2723460:Topic:142722010-01-14T18:56:41.441ZHeather Khttp://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK
<p>Many people are looking for more garden space to grow their vegetables & fruit.</p>
<p>2011 Update- Bellingham Urban-Garden-Share website- <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/">http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/</a> </p>
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<p>Also post your needs & offerings on your neighborhood Transition groups site-…</p>
<p>Many people are looking for more garden space to grow their vegetables & fruit.</p>
<p>2011 Update- Bellingham Urban-Garden-Share website- <a href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/">http://www.urbangardenshare.org/bellingham/</a> </p>
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<p>Also post your needs & offerings on your neighborhood Transition groups site- <a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/groups">http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/groups</a></p>
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<p>Past Discussion script prior to urbangardenshare posted below:</p>
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<p>"LANDOWNERS" - If you can offer some sunny land for a gardener to improve the fertility & diversity of, either in the country or urban zones, please let us know by posting on this discussion.</p>
<p>(include your address location/neighborhood). Then after you communicate with a potential gardener, you decide if it is a match for you. </p>
<p>(Later community volunteers hope have a more effective online matching service through the "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org/"><font color="#004276">www.urbangardenshare.org</font></a>".)</p>
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<p>GARDENERS OFFERING THEIR SKILLS to improve the fertility & diversity of anothers garden or land. </p>
<p>If you are interested in edible gardening on some land posted here, please contact the person who is offering the land space through their comment page. </p>
<p>Another good way to find garden space, is to walk through the alleys in your neighborhood looking for gardens that could use your help, or land that would be good to garden. (Start out small if you are a beginner.) (Also try posting on the fourthcornerexchange.com network exchanging local 'life-dollars'.</p>
<p><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/communityasksandoffers"></a> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><strong>"Land-owner" - once your offer of sharing land or garden space is met, please return to this discussion and 'X" out your reply post. reply post, move the curser to the right of the top line of your post. </strong> (This is done by signing on to TW, than going to your st until the hidden "X" appears, then click on that X to remove your post.)</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Also consider joining our TW Community Asks & Offers Group and posting your offer or need there.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/communityasksandoffers"><em>http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/communityasksandoffers</em></a></p>
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<p>Also needed, is someone willing to coordinate & find an online garden-sharing & mapping system for our Whatcom area. If you know anyone who is already doing this in our county, please pass the word. Attempts have been made in the past with volunteers & interns, but the follow through has not yet happened! Any ideas on which local organization would offer office support & space for someone committed to making this happen?</p>
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<p>Some locations where people live are shaded by tall trees and there is not enough sun to grow edible plants. Those elder tree are beneficial to the whole neighborhood beyond the limits of the home. Its important that neighbors are encouraged to preserve their trees.</p>
<p>Sharing part of the sunshine on your land to a neighbor to garden on, could help those old trees stay standing. If you're not growing a garden in your yard, then plant trees & shrubs!</p>
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<p>Soon to include whatcom sharings:</p>
<p>http://<a target="_blank" href="http://www.urbangardenshare.org"><font color="#004276">www.urbangardenshare.org</font></a></p>
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<p>Other leads for finding possible garden space in the urban center of B'ham, would be through Chris E of BUGS - see his TW group , his website, or phone him.</p>
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<p>original discussion title was - Garden Spaces Available for Gardeners - Urban & Rural Locations</p>
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