Hello and Happy New Year from the Presidio Community Gardens!
Mackenzie and I are excited about a new year, a new growing season, and a new chance to connect within our Presidio gardening community. Please take a moment to read this post- we don't want you to miss important information!
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by **March 31**
To maintain your status as an active community garden member and use of your garden plot
1) Garden plots are planted
2) You have filled out the re-commitment form on-line or in-person
Plot checks will start in February- please make sure you've visited your garden to weed and tidy up. Read the rest of the post to find out when we'll be at your garden and when the first pizza party of 2016 is happening!
You can find these events on the calendar at the bottom of the blog. To make ourselves as available as possible to folks with differing schedules, you can find us in the garden once a month during the day when we do plot checks ("office hours")- we'll have compost, any seedlings that are ready, and tools and be available for 1-2 hours to help you out. During volunteer days please plan time to help work in the communal parts of the garden.
2/5 Friday Baker Beach Plot Checks/ office hours 1-5pm, one hour per garden
2/6 Saturday Portola Volunteer Day 10-12pm
2/6 Saturday MacArthur Volunteer Day 1:30-3:30pm
2/10 Wednesday MacA Plot Checks/ office hours 10-12pm
2/16 Tuesday Portola Plot Checks/ office hours 1-4pm
2/19 Friday WeWa Plot Checks/ office hours 10-12pm
2/20 Saturday Baker Beach office hours 10am-3pm, one hour per garden
2/25 Thursday SBB Plot Checks/ office hours 2-4pm
2/27 Saturday West Washington Volunteer Day 10-12pm
2/27 Saturday Ft. Scott Volunteer Day 1-4pm
Daylight savings time starts on March 13, along with the return of our evening "office hours"- time for you to get help, tools, supplies, and meet your fellow garden members. We wanted to make sure to visit each site before the end of March so you have an opportunity to get some seedlings before the planting deadline. If you can't meet us, seedlings can be found at local nurseries, hardware stores, and even Rainbow Grocery! Garden Resources
3/14 MacArthur
3/17 Portola
3/21 Baker Beach 1&2
3/24 WeWa
3/28 Baker Beach 3&4
3/31 SBB
*all times approximately 5-7pm
The fall planted crops in our garden plots are thriving- we have nice harvests of peas, lettuce, arugula, mustard greens, beets, and broccoli. We have a few flats of seedlings already and we're planning ahead for the new planting season. We look forward to seeing you in the gardens and at the special events we are planning for 2016!
Save the date: Friday March 18 Spring Equinox Happy Hour Wood fired Pizza Potluck starting at 3pm at the Ft. Scott Community Garden.
