April+28,+2009

Meeting Notes April 28, 2009 - Westmeade Library.

We had a Progressive meeting --- kind of like a progressive dinner with the first course at 3:30 and the second course at 6:00 p.m. tonight. Bill Timmis, Darlene Nall, Karen McIntyre, Amy Rugaard, and Nicholas Way contributed ideas...

Bill was tilling the Butterfly Garden as we left -- We now have forms to fill out so that we can pay our bill to Gardens of Babylon, and Vicky will be charged with actually overseeing the disbursement of the money.

top soil over it and plant! Darlene will get estimate on cost of additional soil and plants.... Bill suggested that we might need 4 yards of soil He pointed out that soil amounts can be deceptive We discussed encouraging people to donate plants and come to plant them with their children. Bill will provide sunflower seeds to be planted along the building as well as gourd seeds --- We will need 2 liter soda bottles to help protect these from the weed eating of the grounds people --- Amy's family is interested in adding some annuals to the median and discussion followed about creating the design using perennials and posting the design so that people could come and plant at will without making the garden look like a Hodge-podge.
 * Next Steps** -- by next week we will be able to put down the cardboard and

You would harvest whatever is ready for harvest, be sure that it is watered (we now have soaker hoses) and pull any weeds (of which there should not be too many -- since we are staying on top of it.) Please look at your calendars and see if there is a slot you can put yourselves in from June 1 - July 31st.....
 * Summer Gardeners** -....You would take a week or two during the summer.

next spring. Composting and Lasagne gardening in the frames should give us soil for a lot less money than our current expenditure to buy completely prepared soil and composted manure! We have Kindergarten and First Grade committed to these and probably Third is not far behind....We will add more as interest and funds allow....
 * Grade Level Gardens**--We look toward adding two more veggie gardens by

the days are longer we discussed planting at 6:00 p.m. (Saturdays are filled with soccer practice and other family activities) What do you think? What Day and time works for you?
 * Butterfly Garden** -- please let us know when is best for you --- Now that

Karen will be assisted by parents to help kids make stepping stones for the Butterfly garden---
 * Field Day** -- making the stepping stones for the garden. Aimee Hall and

with money from a fund raiser. Possible suggestions --- Selling the children's art to their parents at an Art Show gala, Dinner served by students who would perform between acts (one elementary school did a madrigal --medieval feast! BUT we will have to explore this with Mr. Breese -- since we are limited to the number of fund raisers we can do.
 * Fund Raising** -- Amy suggested that we might fund the next years garden

Garden -- Nancy Stetten is an enthusiastic retiree who is responsible for this garden. Her gardens represent the different types of plants on earth -- She even has a spider garden in which the children have watched Charlotte's babies hatch from their egg sacks ! and Elvis Cherry's H.G. Hill garden --
 * Garden Tour** -- Karen will see about setting up a tour of Park Ave.'s

Berries - Karen will explore possibilities of getting blue berry bushes to plant.