Summer Night on the Plaza - gardener bouquet arrangements

Hi Gardeners!

I just want to have a quick follow-up from Juan's e-mail last week regarding Summer Night on the Plaza, which is this Thursday at City Hall.

The Steering Committee has posted a flyer at each toolshed (see poster below - click to enlarge) asking you all to join us in giving Neighborhood Services and the Committee for a Clean and Beautiful Glendale a big thank you for their contributions in making the Gardens happen. It is a pretty simple, easy, and fun request and we hope you can help out. Again, please see the flyer for additional information.

In case you missed it, here are some details pasted from Juan's email to the gardeners...

On behalf of Neighborhood Services and Glendale, Clean & Beautiful, Inc., I would like to invite you to our annual fundraising event, “Summer Night on the Plaza.” We will have delicious food and decadent desserts from some of Glendale's favorite restaurants and bakeries, the sizzling salsa sounds of Orquesta Charangoa , a silent auction featuring unique one-of-a-kind items, and an exhibit of the finalists in the "My Hometown" Photo Contest. All proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction items will continue to fund our in-school environmental education, community beautification and graffiti removal programs. Glendale Clean & Beautiful, Inc. is the primary sponsor for the community gardens, so I hope you will be able to joins us.

Tickets may be purchased directly from Joan Zierhut, online at www.summernightontheplaza.com or at the door on the day of the event.

Any questions may be directed to Katrin Madatian at (818) 551-3098 or kmadatian@ci.glendale.ca.us.
I look forward to seeing you at the event!

Juan

I've been to this event many times in the past and it truly is a blast. I'll be there on Thursday and hope you'll join us in celebrating our Glendale pride and community involvement!

Best,

Alek Bartrosouf


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Summer Night on the Plaza and Our Gardens' Contribution!

Here comes the big annual fundraiser that partially supports Neighborhood Services, the Glendale city department that oversees our gardens and made them possible in the first place.

Our gardens are contributing the centerpieces for the event and we need everybody's help to make it happen.  All you have to do is recycle a jar, bottle, tin can or other decorative object, use plants from your plot to fill it and poof, it's a beautiful centerpiece.  The plants don't have to be flowers. Why not a bouquet of dill or other greens?  Please leave them in either garden's shed no later than sundown on Wednesday, July 27th.  Joan will provide tags so everyone seeing them will know that they're from our community gardens.

Here's the information from the city:

Join Neighborhood Services and the Committee for a Committee for a Clean & Beautiful Glendale (CCBG)  for our 8th annual fundraiser, "Summer Night on the Plaza". We will have delicious food and decadent desserts from some of Glendale's favorite restaurants and bakeries, the sizzling salsa sounds of Orquesta Charangoa , a silent auction featuring unique one-of-a-kind items, and an exhibit of the finalists in the "My Hometown" Photo Contest. All proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction items will continue to fund the Committee for a Clean & Beautiful Glendale’s in-school environmental education, community beautification and graffiti removal programs. See you there!


http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/planning/summer_night.asp

In this season of plenty

Hey everyone

In the last few weeks I've heard a lot of "can you use some kale?" kinds of comments and since I'm also blessed with abundant greens (among other things) now seemed like a good time to mention some other destinations for your plot's productive bounty.  If your harvest is more than you, your family, friends and neighbors can accommodate you're eligible to reap the kharmic rewards of donating your surplus.

My first stop for this exercise is usually my neighborhood fire station.  Firefighters have to pay for and prepare their own food during their 24-hour-long shifts and they always appreciate contributions. They're also some of the nicest people in the world and it feels great to honor and thank them for their generous work.

My friend Vivian, a Glendale librarian, also recommended Meals on Wheels as a donation destination. Their address is 320 W. Windsor Road, Glendale. Their phone number is 818-246-5586.

If you have other places you'd recommend we all consider please leave it/them in a comment.

Thanks!

Hannah

PS The picture above left shows two purple potatoes I put into the ground and the next picture shows maybe half of the magical potato bounty I pulled out of my plot not much later on.  Turns out potatoes are the potato seeds!  Just cut them so at least 2 eyes are on each slice, put 'em in the ground and see what happens.  Important note: Don't eat any potatoes that have green on them or have grown on the surface of the soil, apparently they're a hazard.