Aptos Community Garden Update www.aptoscommunitygarden.org By Melanie Larson We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Aptos Community Garden! Close to 100 people turned out to meet their new neighbors, share some food, enjoy the music by Guy Routley and plant their gardens. Surf City Growers [...]
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Last Friday we had a visit from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The coverage has helped generate more awareness about the community garden we are helping install at the Christ Lutheran Church in Aptos, CA. See the article here. More importantly, residents of Santa Cruz County who saw the article and would love to have a [...]
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Save the Date: Grand Opening Sunday, April 18th at noon. This is an update for the Aptos Community Garden Please join us for a blessing of the garden by Pastor Dale Sollum-Brotherton. Come and meet our donors, Board Members, local officials, and the people who have signed up to have garden plots. Guy Routley will [...]
Organic has been commandeered by government and now corporate food giants. Is ‘Locally Grown’ headed down the same rabbit hole?
Thanks to countless hours of hard work by Gene Sanden, the site for the cistern is ready to go. Capitola Pump delivered the cistern, donated by Patty Quillin, and will return with a crane to set it in place. We extend our thanks to Capitola Pump for donating their services on this part of the [...]
December was a very busy month for the Aptos Community Garden. The Rotary Clubs of Santa Cruz, Sunrise and Aptos/Capitola put in numerous days volunteering as they erected the remaining fence that will protect the garden proper. The Aptos Community Garden Board met for the first time on Dec.16, 2009. Board members include: Trent and [...]
November brought a lot of progress to the Aptos Community Garden! We have a lot of deer and other critters roaming around our neighborhood, so getting the fence up was a priority. The united power of local companies and volunteers came into play. Earth Works graded the land before Dirt Works Tractor Services dug the holes. [...]
How did we get involved with our community garden? We met Jeff and Adele Talmadge, owners of Talmadge Construction, at our city’s annual Shortest Parade in the World and Pancake Breakfast on the 4th of July this year. We were introduced by our dear friends, Kim and Pete Mansfield. Kim used to watch their son [...]
Food What?! Youth Dig In A big reason why more of us don’t buy organic food is because of the price. Of course, growing your own sustainable garden is an inexpensive option. The National Gardening Association’s recent study “The Impact of Home and Community Gardening in America” cites that a well-maintained food garden can yield an [...]
If you didn’t watch 60 minutes last week, we beg you to take 15 minutes to watch this captivating story on Alice Waters. Excuse us, but we must pause in reverence to our organic goddess… Now, we simply can’t say enough about her, what she’s done, and what she’s trying to do. A self-confessed dreamer, [...]
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