Last Saturday was great! We have made so much progress with the bottle wall and the new potting bench is finished!
Saturday May 2nd 2009 Rain or Shine1-4pm
Hopefully we will be out in the garden planting and building up the new bottle wall. If it is raining we have an inside activity prepared. We will be making planters from used 2 liter bottles. We have some bottles, but would love to have a few more for the project. We hope to see you there. And remember come prepared to get dirty in the garden.
Wednesday May 27th 2009 5:30-7:30pm
Green Drinks Greensboro at Elsewhere.
Friday May 29th 2009 8:00pm
Bloom Under the Moon Garden Opening Celebration
Saturday May 30th 2009 1-4pm
Little Green Thumbs sustainable toy workshop, urban petting zoo and plant planting.
Operation Urban Green back alley garden 2009 is in full effect. We have really gotten a lot of work done so far this season, but the garden still needs a lot of work. Construction on the bottle wall is in process as is the potting bench area. The bamboo arbor is up and ready for some plant action. As always we welcome anyone in the community who wants to come by help out on a Saturday afternoon. We will be in the garden from 1-5 this Saturday April, 21st. If you are interested, send us an email at urbangreen@elsewhereelsewhere.org or just come by Elsewhere at 606 and 608 S. Elm St. Greensboro NC 27406.
Hi everyone, Elsewhere is open again for the season. We are excited about working on some new projects for our community garden and we are ready to get started. We are still working on some projects from last year like getting our rainwater drip irrigation system in efficient working order and getting the bottle wall permanently sealed. New projects in the works right now include; a bamboo arbor, birdbath, hanging baskets, herb and flower beds, container planting, planter boxes, potting bench and work space, lounge area and community meeting table.
We meet Saturdays from 1:00pm to around 5:00pm. We can also use some donated items. We are looking for seeds, seedlings (herbs, flowers and vegetables), soil, mulch, empty 2 liter bottles, and cereal box style cardboard. If you are interested in volunteering please email us at urbangreen@elsewhereelsewhere.org to sign up to get on the volunteer list, or just stop into the museum.
We hope to see you in the garden!
Also check out the new audio uploads from Jim Dee, Sustainability coordinator at Guilford College, who spoke a bit back during one of our Green Dialogue events.
Hi everyone. It has been an intense month of urban green. We've had a lot happening...in fact so much happening that we haven't had a moment to update this blog--but here we are with an update.
In august, David Newton, a professor in Guilford's art department brought his First Year Experience class by to help in the garden and explore the museum.
Yep! we got plants--rosemary, thyme, sea grass, black-eyed Susan's, and...ohh! yes! we have moon vines!! moon vines---big hunking giant white flowering moon vines. If I might make an editorial aside--moon vines are the most metaphorically depressing plant ever. They are rely on lush, thick, fast growing vines that produce large, beautiful white blossums that open only at night and by the next morning they have collapsed on the ground dead...OH THE TRAGEDY!--
So ahead of us is the production of 10 more flourescent light planter boxes to install on the wall, a bamboo arbor with muscidines (Bamboo has been soaking and now curing for almost 6 weeks), another bottle wall, and well...we need to advertise our new bird house--its really nice, made from an old doll house with a peep through window from inside the museum...so if you know any birds looking for a home--let us know. in short...everything is coming along quite nicely.
Selections from Stephanie Jane Edward's presentation on GPS mapping systems, as part of the Green Dialogues Series.
Thanks forever for everyone who's been coming off the asphalt and into the alley these swampy days! We are really working together and slowly but surely getting projects off/into the ground. If you are visiting the blog for the first time and are interested in getting involved, please shoot us a comment or email, or just show up every Saturday in the alley behind Elsewhere Artist Collaborative at 606/608 South Elm Street.
Project List for Saturday:
* Patio footprint and water drainage preparation-- Jay will be leading those who want to help make a work space/patio near the fence by leveling and paving the central block of bricks.
2.We will continue to build, fix, and paint planter boxes from old stuff for later installation on the facade
3.We still gotta transplant tomatoes upside down in 5-gallon hanging buckets and devise a system for hanging them and watering them until the drip irrigation is under way.
4.Brainstorm possible worm compost systems we can build from on site materials, read about worms, and start to make some space for a container.
5. Hauling mulch from our front sidewalk and other areas around Elm Street from tree cuttings in a wheelbarrow.
Materials Wish-list for Saturday, and beyond!:
mattocks/picks, bricks/pavers, perforated drain pipe & mesh sleeve, soil, seedlings/plants, compost, hooks, wheelbarrows, rope/wire, cement screws, varnish, paintbrushes, rags, and any extra tools you have that you want to bring to use as well as any donations you might have. If you have an idea for it, we can probably integrate it.
