Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Little Artshram Community Garden Gathering


COME TO THE GARDEN!

Wednesday, June 15th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM,

Potluck, updates from community gardeners on tasks, sharing community news

At the Community Garden near the BIG barns, (bad weather location @ Bldg. #36)

1499 Silver Dr., Historic Barns Park, Traverse City, MI 49684

Details/questions/directions:

communitygarden@littleartshram.org

www.littleartshram.org


Monday, May 9, 2011

NEW Website for Little Artshram! AND, introducing: Urban Farming Collective and Community Gardening in Traverse City


Greetings everyone!

Little Artshram has entered into the leap year of the sleep, creep leap stage and we are debuting a beautiful new website: http://zatchs.com/littleartshram/index.php

We are currently waiting for the server to complete it's transfer, and it will soon be returend and shortened to littleartshram.org. In the meantime you can reach us at the address above.

INTRODUCING the Urban Farming Collective:

Do you currently have a Community Garden in Traverse City, or, would you like to begin one in your neighborhood? Are you a chicken farmer, a bee-keeper, a front or back yard gardener, a seed-saver, a soil-manager? Join us and help grow the TC urban farming movement!

The Urban Farming Collective is creating a Traverse City based network to meet the growing needs and interest in urban farming and the building of a local food …system, while encouraging a lower energy lifestyle.

The Urban Farming Collective offers information about potential and new Community Garden sites, workshops, programs and events, as we continue to deepen our permaculture roots, socializing in our yards and neighborhood gardens, eating good food and encouraging a local economy!

WEDNESDAY, May 11th 6-8 PM, potluck and meeting

1015 Red Drive, Building #36, Second Floor Community Room, Traverse City, MI

We will be offering garden plot sign-up for Little Artshram Community Garden, renewing plots to 2010 gardeners in good standing, and drawing names out of a hat for the remaining plots at our barns property site.

A NEW! Community Garden with small, raised-bed garden plots will be offered also, at the Cook’s House Community Garden, on Front St. in downtown Traverse City. Check out some photos of the site:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150576548885455.672094.735580454

Come and meet the 2011 UFC and Community Garden coordinators and some of the Community Gardening community and learn about the “100 YARDen Dash” we’ll be co-sponsoring with Transition Traverse City, and other Tc Urban Farming projects like the TC Coop Loop… http://www.tccooploop.com/

Here’s more info on the UFC and Community Garden potluck on May 11th:

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=165016650227019&id=122677780502#!/event.php?eid=149039681828557


Tuesday, March 1, 2011


Greetings and Welcome!

Thank you for checking out our blog or connecting with us about your interest in having a community garden plot. We are busy working up a plan for updated agreements and policies for this year's gardening season, re-designing our website and project and program blogs; and getting ready for a wonderful gardening season!

For the time being, you may contact us at the following mailing address: tccommunitygardens@gmail.com and we will send out an announcement to remind everyone of our Community Garden sign-up date, which will happen on April 16th, in collaboration with a day of Permaculture Design Project Presentations. Generally this is a first-come, first-served process, with gardeners in good-standing "grand-mothered" in from year to year.

We are concerned that this year for the first time, we have more folks on our waiting list than we may be able accommodate in a garden plot at the Barns property site. We wish to remind folks that we do have small raised bed plots at the Cook's House Community Garden, and that we can help guide you in beginning your own community garden in your neighborhood, or front yard as well. The more "yardening" the better!

In addition to other programming, we are designing a Urban Farming Collective, a project of Little Artshram, with the support of Traverse City's Mayor Chris Bzdok. The Urban Farming Collective will be a networking and support system to help grow more community gardens in Traverse City. More information about the Urban Farming Collective, and ways to get involved will be shared at the upcoming event on April 16th.

Please check our website for details about the Permaculture Design Project and Community Garden Day, Saturday April 16th, at: www.littleartshram.org

We will do our best to keep you informed of community gardening happenings as Spring approaches!

Sincerely,

Little Artshram
and the Urban Farming Collective

www.littleartshram.org