Thank+You

> > ==People who helped 2010-11== > **HUGE THANKS to Martha Stamps,** chef extrodinaire who donated $400.00 worth of profits of the sale of her preserved jams, jellies, pickles, salsas to us last fall! > **Good Food For Good People ** - Donations of plant materials, time, and compost! > **Ray's Plants** - who donated plants for experimentation during the winter months. > **Our Daisy Scout Troop** - helped clean up beds and move pine straw! Go GIRLS!! > **Eagle Scout Lucas Cauthen ** who installed three additional vegetable beds and the retaining wall around our butterfly garden! > **Ms. Denise Obriant** was present at Garden Helper times on Thursday at 12:00 noon and Friday at 2:00p.m. most weeks this year. > **Amanda Street** who helped with the Garden Helpers program > **Mr. Briggs** for turning the soil for the new strawberry bed -- > **Sean Sipple, Shayne Wingo & Chef Angela ** with Good Food for Good People who did our fall fund raiser, got soil for our new beds, (put in by our Eagle Scout Lucas Cauthen) and for coming to do a tasting with our kindergarten! > **Parents who tended the garden over the summer** > The Neese's > The Garrisons and Baileys > The Johnsons > The Aguilar Family > The Keowns > The Barnes Family > > > > ==People who helped in 2009-10== > Julie (of the Worms) Berbiglia with 2nd Graders > > **Deb Beasley** at Warner Parks and (help with garden placement on our site) > **Ms. Wizer** at Shelby Bottoms (bothof whom have worked with community gardens in Nashville and School gardens) We also talked to > **Julie Berbiglia** who does composting and other Earth Friendly things at metro..... asked her about providing the worm bins for kids to begin to get excited about composting.We will need compost to have a garden.....and several schools already do this including Eaken.. > **Martha Stamps** owns Martha's at the plantation and writes a weekly column in the TN --- she uses locally grown foods and is passionate about family, gardens and food. I asked if she would consider teaching a couple of classes some to paretns and some to kids in food preparation using things from our garden..... She responded..... > //"I am a member of, Food Securities Partners, a group that gives grant money and provides education." she also told me she would send me dates for March workshops and connect us to parents at other schools who have started gardens......who are "familiar with the obstacles." She also said that any workshops would not be for money!// We love Martha already! > **Jim Polk** who works with community ed -- and has worked with community gardens at Cohn Adult learning center - 298-8053 -- I talked with him last fall when I was hoping to get someone interested in cleaning up and planting the area next to the library ---

= = > Companies > **Gardens of Babylon** -- Mark Kerske, owner of Gardens of Babylon. They will donate the organic seeds that we will need for our garden. Mark and his son Marcus will come to Westmeade Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 to help us determine the size of beds our space will allow and to identify present needs for starting our garden. We need to budget for good soil, timbers for raised beds, good fertilizers and etc. Identifying a timeline and a budget will be our first priority. [|www.gardensofbabylon.com] > > = Teachers & Parents =

> Darlene Nall, Karen McIntyre, Suzy Reese, Bill Timmis, Candace Sone, Ms. Harrison, Ms. Rugaard, Martin Kennedy, Mindy Proser, Bill Briggs, > Mr. Way, Kathy Bryan