At long last we have our 3 new colorful entrance signs. We also have 3 metal boxes for brochures. Let’s arrange and put them up at the 3 entrances this Saturday, May 19th, after 1:30pm. (Hi temp: 76 sunny)
There are still lots of annuals to plant, so let’s continue putting flowers in the ground. Come on out!
Join RING’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/RINGGarden
If you are a paid-up member of RING and need the current lock combination, please let me know.
RING’s Spring Flea Market was a success! Liz picked up and put up our new flea market banner the last night. We had over 30 vendors! The RING table signed up several new members and renewals as well. Weather was good. Thanks to Nancy for another great flea market.
Next up, June 9th “Art in the Garden 2012′ with musical performances and poetry readings starting at 1PM. We need volunteers for this event. Help us get the word!
RING has received a grant from the Citizens’ Committee for NYC and the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory board to buy materials to build new, larger, sturdy composters from cedar. If you’d like to participate in this project, please write to Catlin Preston catlinrp@yahoo.com.
RING has a hot-off-the-press brand new colorful banner to announce our Flea Markets! It should be up tonight, Friday, April 27th. In future, it’ll be on display a week ahead of the Flea Market Saturday.
RING also has a brand new entryway sign posted at each of its 3 entrances which will be up before too long. These signs feature the new sunflower banner logo which is posted above and on our Facebook group. If you haven’t already, you should join our Facebook group, http://www.facebook.com/RINGGarden, and start sharing your thoughts, suggestions and comments regarding RING. We want this year to be pivotal in our use of social media to communicate amongst ourselves. If you have ideas for doing ANYTHING, put them out there! Let’s talk. Remember, RING runs entirely on volunteer ideas and energy. The more the better.
Three metal mailboxes have been pruchased which will make garden info brochures available to the community 24/7. I’m thinking to paint or marker in gold on them: “Garden Info”.
All of these items and a lot of plants and fish food were purchased with grant funding from our Councilmember, Robert Jackson! Thank You Councilman Jackson!
Councilman Robert Jackson
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We’ve been looking hard and have found some annuals to buy for planting tomorrow. Donna and I will be headed out to Long Island on our first plant run of the year today. We’ll also be getting a new wisteria (in bloom!) to replace the big one that hasn’t ever bloomed, so we’ll need to chop out the old one. If you’re new to RING, it’s a perfect time to come out and get an orientation. The watering system is worth knowing about, particularly this year, since I sense it will be sunny and dry.
We really need as many to come out as possible to do this planting. We’ll probably be out there much of the afternoon.
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Are you a paid-up RING member and want to do some garden sitting (our quaint term for sitting in the garden with your lunch, laptop, newspaper, or even volunteer gardening)? If so, we need to get you the combination to the locks and give you a “key” holder agreement, so you know Parks and RING’s rules, etc. Write me for it (or if you’re renewing membership, click on: http://ringgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/2011-ring-membership-info.pdf , fill out and mail with payment) and ask for combination on the form.
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WE REALLY NEED VOLUNTEERS! Our garden team is very small, and we can only do as much as we have volunteers to do. We can train anyone who needs it. Likewise with events! If you’d like to see more events of any/every type in the garden, it’s up to the members to think of and host these. Let’s us know what you think.
Our Facebook page is a GREAT place to have such discussions. Click on our Facebook link, http://www.facebook.com/RINGGarden, LIKE us and start / participate in some discussions! Join us this and every Saturday (weather permitting) at 2PM for a volunteers orientation on gardening.
