Historical April 1998 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The McPherson Community Gardeners are getting ready to dig in for another gardening season.
If you do not have a raised bed but would like to get outside for a stretch, feel free to join us on these working dates: Saturdays: April 4th 11am – 2pm April 18″‘ 9am-noon May 9th 9am-noon May 16th 9am-noon The McPherson Garden is located on the north side of the 59xx block of McPherson, just east of DesPeres.
We are also in the process of building a new community garden across the street from the Hamilton Community Center.
The new Block Unit 1035 Community Garden will be located at 5838 Westminster, across from Hamilton School. Their scheduled working dates are: Saturdays: March 28″‘ 2pm-5pm April 18th 9am-noon April 25th 9am-noon May 9th 9am.noon May 16th 9am-noon The Beautification Committee will meet Sat. April 4th at 10am at the SDCC office. 6008 Kingsbury. to prepare for Operation Brightside’s Project Blitz. Our 1998 Blitzs Day clean-up is scheduled for Saturday,May2.The meeting agenda will include: plantings on the DesPeres pocket parks. alley cleanup, Four Corners Park beautification, 1″ chance to sign up for watering flowers at Four Corners, and other special projects.
We will be joined by Mary Lou Green, Executive Director of Operation Brightside.
We are also interested in establishing a neighborhood plant exchange to take place this spring.
This will be an opportunity to thin out the plants that are crowding some parts of your garden and give them to a neighbor who can use. them or trade for something you would like in your garden—sort of like a plant swap meet.
We hope you can join us for some of these projects, and we’ll see you in the alley on Blitz Day!
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1998.
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