APRIL 2nd, Thursday–Next general meeting at Humphrey Calder Community Center, 414 N. Thompson Street,  7:30pm-9pm

APRIL 4th, Saturday, 10am until we are done! –Trench digging day. We need 50+ people, with shovels, pick axes, gloves, and water to dig 150 feet of trench for water lines!

APRIL 9th, Thursday, 7pm–Fundraiser at Ellwood Thompson’s new coffee shop!

APRIL 25th, Saturday 10am-7pm–Big workday followed by celebration! We will be building garden beds, planting fruit trees, putting up bird houses, finished the fence, building a shed (and more!) and then celebrating!

Please join us for the next planning meeting of Richmond’s newest community garden, at the Humphrey Calder Community Center, 414 N. Thompson Street, (Patterson & Thompson!), 7:30pm. All 25 plots have been reserved, and we are now onto a waiting list.

Spring is just around the corner!

Next meeting is Thursday Dec 4th, 7pm at the community center, spread the word!

The goal is to put a shovel in the ground in spring of 2009!

WATER: We are working with the Department of Public Utilities to waive the fee to bring water to the site, and with James River Air to install a backflow preventer and spigots. Goal is to do this for under $3,000.
FENCING: We are working with Parks & Rec to finalize the dimensions of the garden, and the design of the fence and gates.
COMPOST: Working on developing a way to create a community compost system, with input from Department of Environmental Quality
FUNDRAISING: We need to raise about $5,000 to pay for basic garden building materials & supplies. If you can donate, please hit the “Donate Now” button (look to the right), and specify “Humphry Calder Community Garden”.

Rock on!