Big things happening Wednesday, 29th

Hello everyone,

Home Depot has called and confirmed for 12 people on next Wed. 29th at 8:00am-2:00pm. They will be bringing extra wheelbarrows to help move the soil into the plots. Their PR dept. will be alerting the media so hopefully we'll get some coverage out of this. 4 people each will be coming from 3 stores. They will be bringing some items for us that was on our wishlist.

Child and Youth Friendly Calgary will be rounding up a crew to come out from 10-noon to help wheelbarrow soil into plots. There will be at least 6 and up to 12 youth. These folks are also coming out this Saturday from 2-4pm.

Our four regular Y-Map volunteers will be there from 12:30-2:00pm as usual next Wednesday. I've also asked the Y-Map coordinator to see if they can get any more kids out.

The Calgary Foundation - I'll be emailing Julie Black today to invite her out. They had requested that we invite them to major workdays.

Community Garden Resource Network - I'll contact Gael and ask her to put the word out there. This would be a good opportunity for those who are looking to start their own community gardens to come and see how it can be done.

Lorna - if you're willing to part with some old fence boards, can you get them cut into roughly one-foot sections and bring them to the garden? We can use them to help level the beds on the uneven ground.

If anyone else has spare lumber they want to put to good use, this could be your chance.

We are accepting names to add to a list for the new plots for next year. Perhaps you, as a member, might want to rent an additional plot? Do you know someone who wants a plot? Please contact Maeve at or phone 403-454-0328 to get added to the list.