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[Heather K]

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Comment by Heather K on April 23, 2010
Gaia's Guardians (& volunteers) - Work-group of Earthcare Volunteers & Landowners dedicated to co-creating biodiverse landscapes of community gardens, farms, orchards, forests, greenhouses & kitchens to balance localized food growing with eco-restoration.

Supporting each others eco-social-evolution dreams...

"Whats Good for the Planet is Good for People" - M.T.

Comment by Heather K on April 23, 2010
First draft on name "Planting Seeds of Change Volunteers" will be changed.
The group was approved unexpectedly by TW admin before the community connection was established.
I do have a good idea of what will emerge as a name.
R - I liked your suggestion though -
'Volunteers: Planting Seeds of Change', but to honor what is emerging with the vision Naomi is birthing I will most likely not use the words "...of change"....within the title.

Comment by Rebecca Meloy on April 22, 2010 Is this group Volunteers: Planting Seeds of Change

[Heather K]

This Sat, May 8th we had the first Rolving Garden Work-Party & Meal in the Columbia neighborhood.
Thanks Dannah & Jeff & all for co-creating this! Let us know how it went!

[Heather K]

Luke S is interested in getting some more momentum and energy going with creating more gardens from unused lawns & lands. I'm connecting him up with Shannon M and Jeff W who have been involved many other local grassroots advocates with the 'food-not-lawns' movement (that also is the name of a great book with same title by Heather Flores from down in Eugene area.). I think Luke may also be connected with Chris E. from local BUGS gardens.

It would be great if we could use this group to help channel & promote all the different volunteer opportunities for creating new gardens in our area, plus for assisting landowners to find gardeners & visa versa!

Dannah great to hear about Jeff W bringing up getting the Tues Rolving-Garden-Work-Parties going again. Anyone is welcome to connect with Jeff to help initiate this! (maybe Luke will help out with this!)

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Danah Peace said:

Hello everyone!

We had a great work party this weekend! The sun was warm and made the earth and plants smell sooo wonderful. Jeff W., Dana D. and I were able to make a great start for our neighbor on Washington to install her raised beds. .......Kimberly, a jounalist student from WWU came and talked with us about the idea of neighborhood organizing and garden parties. ...... Jeff made a good point when we talked about garden work parties and timing. He suggested that we also consider Tuesday evenings, as weekends are often busy for folks. The idea is for a get together around 5pm or so.., then for the host to provide a main dish around 6 or 6:30. ....... Peace! Danah

[Heather K]

Rolving Garden Work-Party this past Sat May 22 drew a small group of us to work together out on Sandie L place- which is out by Marietta & Fort Bellingham. Good soil and lots of beautiful sky dome overhead! The chickens now have an better pen! Tomoatoes & squash in the ground, and carrots & beets have been thinned! A new staw-bale garden bed is in the process of being built! Delicious hot stew, cornbread & salad was provided to nourish us afterwards.

This Sat's work-group was promoted at the last minute through email. In the past we usually do garden-work exchanges on a weekday evening. Be sure you are on both Shannon's Garden E-News and Jeff W. email to receive their notices!

Anyone wanting to help promote more garden work-parties and bringing volunteers together in both the city & county are welcome to join in and help out with this work of passion.