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Neighborhood Improvement Day Pics

Jim Rizzo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:49:53 +0000

Here are some pictures from Neighborhood Improvement Day on October 31.

Pictures from Tree Planting

Jim Rizzo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:52:54 +0000

I know this is a little late, but here are some pictures from the tree planting on October 24. Pictures by Jen Schroth.

Pictures from the last Farmers Market of 2009

Jim Rizzo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:36:55 +0000

Here are some pictures from the final Farmers Market of 2009, held on Sunday, October 25.

Another Great Turnout!

Robin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:56:13 +0000

We had another very successful farmers market at Davis Park today with over 250 people attending. We have a few more vendors now, as well as students from LaSalle Academy’s Environmental Society selling flowers and herbs that they grew in their garden at the school. Our vendors are now selling fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants, pumpkins, honey/honey products, hand made vegetable soaps and lotions, jams, jellies, sauces and salsa, and prepared foods.

The Providence Community Library, a community-based organization, joined us today to promote the nine neighborhood libraries in Providence.

We had many people sign up to join Elmhurst Clean & Green and expressed an interest in volunteering, which is fantastic!

We asked folks to tell us what they would like to see in Davis Park and received great feedback, some of which has been discussed, but hearing it from the community really lets us know we are on the right track. Ideas ranged from more trees to music to a fenced-in dog run to skateboarding, all of which are on our list of possibilities.

Next Sunday, 9/27, we will have our first music concert during farmer market at Davis Park. Our new member, Sally Jane, who just moved here from Oregon, is a bluegrass musician and will perform. We are very excited about this wonderful new addition to our markets.

Below is a slideshow of pictures from the farmers markets.

Photos from Build Day

Jim Rizzo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:01:13 +0000

Photos from Pre-Build Day

Jim Rizzo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:00:24 +0000

Davis Park Community Garden Update

Nina Wang — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:15:02 +0000

On Monday June 8th, two gardeners volunteered to meet the compost delivery truck around 1pm and were surprised to find the water pipe installers busy at work with dirt compiled up at the location for the compost pile. Fortunately, the compost delivery truck was about 15 minutes late, and the pipe installers, once they knew about the compost delivery, worked a miracle in cleaning up the location for the compost delivery. So by 2pm the compost truck left with the compost pile at the preplanned location.

Later that same evening, a few gardeners came to prepare their beds and put in some plants. There were other onlookers, children and a city councilman who enjoyed the evening at the garden.

Davis Park Community Garden Build Day

Laura Archambault — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:58:10 +0000

On May 30, 2009, the Davis Park Community Garden was launched with first member workday. 21 garden beds were built, (16) 4’ x 10’, (2) 10 x 10 and (3) 4’ x 4’. All but one small bed have caretakers who have agreed to abide by the rules of the garden, signed a contract and paid their $25 membership fee. Some have even started planting.

The day was marked with much enthusiasm with a special thanks to Robert Rude for donating his tools and talents in getting the last of the beds completed. Thirty volunteers of all ages showed up to assist in the creation, placement and soil preparation of the beds. There is still space for additional beds so a list is being created and when the final design is complete, we will finish the last of the space.

A BIG THANK-YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

Here are a few photos from the day.

Let's Get Started

Everyone helps ont he first work day.

Hard at work

Phase 1 complete