As the golden sunshine and long shadows of autumn arrive, the time is ripe to plant greens for harvest at Halloween! This afternoon Eliza Sutton gave an informative and interactive talk on a variety of topics, including: crops we can plant right now, extending the growing season, monitoring plants and managing pests, cover crops, andContinue reading “Autumn Gardening Talk – 9/23/2017”
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Planting Seeds for the Future – 5/20/2017
Sunshine, bird song, and gentle Spring breezes greeted our first community event in the garden. Welcomed in by members of the Education Committee, children and their parents took a tour, gathered for a story, then planted sunflower, sweet pea, and morning glory seeds. Margie’s story book described the life of a seed, to prepare theContinue reading “Planting Seeds for the Future – 5/20/2017”
Earth Day 2017
This morning a group of garden members and neighbors arrived at the garden to find a steaming pile of wood chips (already composting!) awaiting distribution. With shovels, pitch forks, wheelbarrows, and good cheer, the hefty pile was spread throughout the garden by noontime. In addition to our mulching operation, we gave away flower and vegetableContinue reading “Earth Day 2017”
Earth Moving 4/15/2017
Garden members and neighbors showed up in force to move seemingly endless piles of dirt into our raised beds this weekend! Enormous gratitude goes out to everyone who showed up, with shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows in hand, to make a heavy task lighter for all. And thanks to Kerry Kohring, who got some wonderful actionContinue reading “Earth Moving 4/15/2017”
Build Day 4/8/2017
Members of the Summit Neighborhood Community Garden built their garden beds at the Summit Avenue Playground on Saturday, April 8th. Workers broke into teams to build the beds and line them with landscape cloth. Two of the raised beds are double height, to accommodate gardeners with limited mobility. The garden will be completed over theContinue reading “Build Day 4/8/2017”
Plants from Michael Bradlee at Frey Gardens
Does anyone need to buy some plants to get your garden plot started this year? Michael Bradlee is one of the newest members at Summit Neighborhood Community Garden (SNCG), but he has a lot of gardening experience. He grows his own Vegetables and Herbs at Frey Gardens (next to Frey Florist and Greenhouse), where heContinue reading “Plants from Michael Bradlee at Frey Gardens”
Installing Green Fence and Measuring
On Sunday March 25, 2017, the building committee installed the green fence and re-measured bed and shed areas. The green coated wire fence was modeled after the Brown Street community garden (see photo below), with the wire fencing attached to the inside of the wood rail fence to keep all the hammered fasteners and anyContinue reading “Installing Green Fence and Measuring”
Neighborhood Urban Agriculture Kick-off
2017 Neighborhood Urban Agriculture Kick-off at the Sessions St Community Garden! Hello East Side Gardeners, We hope you will join us at the Sessions Street Community Garden for the Neighborhood Urban Agriculture Kick-off on Saturday, April 8th from 11am-1pm (raindate Sunday, April 9th). Bring your SCLT membership card or sign up at the event ifContinue reading “Neighborhood Urban Agriculture Kick-off”
All-Gardener meeting Feb 13 2017
All-Gardener meeting Monday, February 13th at 7:00 PM at Summit Commons 99 Hillside Ave, in the Dining Room We’ll talk about: – Garden bed allocation; – Scheduling garden bed build days (we’re looking ahead to the weekends of April 8 & 9; 15 & 16); – Governance document amendment; – Committee formation to address: GardenContinue reading “All-Gardener meeting Feb 13 2017”
Garden fence building photos
Thanks to Annalisse Booth for taking photos of the wooden fence building in 2016.
Summit Neighborhood Community Garden 