contact:

hamiltongardenz@gmail.com

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

2/22/11- Ideas - Adam Kandel, Patrick Sutter -patrick

Ideas -Adam Kandel- Patrick Sutter
2/22/11

Workshops
Organize Seasonally
Spring- Seed Starting; Creating Transplants
            Seed Share Day
-Plants make so many seeds
-Gather to exchange and trade seeds

-Transplant Sale- Fundraiser - involved w/ previous workshops

Random...

Permaculture Installation
   ex: -neighborhood- need a swale built- rain garden- Guilds

Plant Guilds Workshop
   -multiple plants that have symbiotic relationships
   -a permaculture concept
   ex: Kandel blueberry/ iris guild at Louise's

Companion Planting Workshop
   -various gardens/ locations in neighborhood
   -Seasons, Spring workshop

-(Permaculture Plant Guild all seasons)

Campanion Planting
   -edible com. plants
     ex: 'carrots love tomatoes'
   -right in garden bed growing - specific

Permaculture Plant Guild
   -more broad perspective, permanent agriculture, (as opposed to annual)
   -sun, slope considerations, etc.

Native Plant Workshops
   -Darrin Crew- HRWA
     -he could walk away with percentage of donations/ Hamilton Gardens the rest...

Raised Beds -incorporate other ides
   -cool idea- Cody
   -ex: Styrofoam box/ concrete for walls

Material Use
   -mattress- Lynn
   -cedar wood
   -tires, shoes
   -Rock Quarry - Fisher?
   -resources

Education
   -raised beds because of poor soil, contamination
   -place to get soil tested
   -CGRN- localize https://www.bigtent.com/groups/cgrn

Why Garden?
   -produce example- comparison
   -Harvest Fare vs. Garden
   -visual/ taste test

Now What
   -easy recipes from garden
   -simply food
   -CSA shares
     ex: what to do w/ collards?
   -what to eat raw? what to cook?

*Idea: specifically connecting with neighbors
ex: Offered a bee keeping workshop but no one else in 20 houses near by knew

'Hamilton Gardening Capitol of Urban Gardening in Baltimore'

Hamilton Gardener features Hamilton Gardenz
   -interviewed for newsletter
   -blog/ newsletter or both

Hamilton Garden Tour
   -connect w/ that flowers organization...?
   -or have our own version of edible gardens
   -Edible Garden Tour Walk

Hoop-house Workshop
   -assembly/ maintenance
   -usage
   -putting/ installing in neighbors yard and having $5 donation for workshop fund the project
   -Already know $, measurements, etc.

Basic Workshops
   -Urban Composting
   -Fruit Tree- planting/ pruning
   -Winter; indoor sprouting- Adam soon to give workshop
   -Autumn -fermenting food workshop
      -canning, sauces, soups, ex: 5 different kinds of soup in pantry for winter

-Beekeeping
-Rain Barrels
-Make Own Soup and Laundry Detergent
-Restoration Tools/ Wheel barrels
-Starting your first Garden
-Dry Herbs/ Spices
   -teas
   -ex: drying cayenne peppers
-Localizing/ Independence- Community Off the Grid
   -Interested
-Schedule of Events on Blog/ Website
   -Newsletter to show next workshops
   -Lists of months and months workshops
   -RSVP to events, does it matter?
   -respond through email if you will attend
   -Refer people to blog
   -Have the two events upfront w/ email to RSVP for attendance
-Gathering Salad at the end of work day or workshop
-Traveling Workshops

--> People to connect/ contact...
-Louise Mitchell
-Roy Skeen
-Atom Fisher
-Whitney Fisher
-Darrin Crew
-Miranda Betts
-Arthur Morgan
-Sarah Krones
-Lynn Dodds
-Regina Lansinger

-Garden Jams
   -music, yoga, tai-chi, meditation, games, art/ scultptures, sitdown and get warm in the sun -Leila : ), play, pictures -Monica

No comments:

Post a Comment