Friendship Community Garden

I see my last post was in March so i have some catching up to do.....I will start with the acknowledgements I have been meaning to post for awhile....

Here is a list of donors so far for 2011

Sunseed Farms, Nick Gulliford
Kent's Nursery, Ginny Crump
Moondance Farms, Nicole Brown
Pro Build
Portal Way Farm and Garden
Master Gardeners: Doug Bascomb
Katie Welch
Master Composter Bob Hendricks
Cornerstone Church
City of Ferndale/Maintenance Crew
Ferndale High School Tony Torretta's Landscaping Class
Ferndale High School Honors Society, Donald Pringle, faculty
Ferndale Community Service Cooperative, Gayland Gump
Thrivent Financial
WECU
ConocoPhillips

Thank you one and all!!!!

Children's Garden

2011-03-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

Ferndale High School Honor Society Students Kaci M., Shane S., Steven R., Jimmy B., and Jacob A. working along side their Advisor, Don, did an amazing job getting the Children's Garden frames built, the space cleared, and all the soil put back in the frames. Looks really great! Thank you all!

March 26, 2011

video coming

Spring in the garden!

2011-03-19T20:05:00.000-07:00

It was a great day in the garden. New bed frames are in the hoop house and many other exciting accomplishments happened today.

March 19, 2011

video coming....

New year's day at the garden

2011-01-01T19:29:00.000-08:00

january 1 2011

last day of July....

2010-07-31T22:00:00.000-07:00

the garden in early June

2010-06-05T19:46:00.000-07:00

Early June in the garden

Record Journal column

2010-05-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

yesterday there was a guest column in the Ferndale Record Journal about the garden and since their site is under constuction ...i post it here....

Friendship Community Garden
The Friendship Community Garden is starting the 3^rd year of production. It is located on Ferndale Road, south of Pioneer Park just past the parking lot and in front of the Bergsma House. I encourage folks to come and have a look. Progress is also being documented in pictures and video at ferndalecommunitygarden.blogspot.com.

The garden is off to a great start this year with a newly planted apple orchard and the addition of a greenhouse. We have had a cool spring so hopefully the greenhouse will help jump start some of the plantings.

In the fall of 2007 volunteers from Alcoa helped get the plots ready to plant. During the first year, youth from around Whatcom County, participating in the WorkSource career camp program, helped construct the garden’s pavilion. Volunteers constructed a garden shed for tools and supplies on site. Many businesses have donated materials and citizens have donated time to make this beautiful garden happen.

A 7 ft tall metal centipede sculpture watches over the garden. It was purchased from the Bellingham Technical College’s 2007 Welding Rodeo, donated to the school and came to live in the garden. The garden also received a great new sculpture last year from Gary Pavone, a Ferndale High School student working as an intern through WorkSource.

Last year the giving garden, planted specifically for the Ferndale Food bank, provided 1124 pounds of fresh food to the food bank. Ten families planted a cornfield and potatoes, in addition to their plots. They realized 134 ears of corn and 30 lbs of potatoes per family.

Garden education workshops and demonstrations have been taught by Master Gardeners. I had the pleasure of attending one last year, with kids from the Boys and Girls Club, as they learned about worm composting with “hands on” creation of worm bins.

To inquire about garden plots or volunteer opportunities contact Gloria Perez at: rainglo@comcast.net (updated 2011)

Apple orchard planting and more....

2010-05-22T21:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday ten apple trees were planted by students from Windward High School. They also helped with other garden tasks. Thanks everybody!!!!

Apple orchard planting

and a couple catch up photos from April.....

spring photos catch-up...April 18

winter catch up and spring work party

2010-03-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

here are a few photos from february 5th when we went over to plan the new orchard

planning the new orchard

and on to the beautiful day in the garden on March 6th and a very productive work party....the garden is off to a great start!!!!!!

Garden work party

and here are a few moments at the garden including the kids who knew just what to do with the sawdust pile

Saturday

2009-10-05T09:44:00.000-07:00

I had a nice visit to the garden today.... I met Sarah and she told me about the corn field and potatoes that were planted this year by 10 families. This was in addition to their plots. They realized 134 ears of corn and 30 lbs of potatoes per family. WOW! I caught a photo of her magnificent red lettuce and we had a laugh about what used to pass for lettuce and what is required now...

the garden on the first day of national community garden week

2009-08-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK PROCLAIMS AUGUST 23-29 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY GARDENING WEEK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today encouraged Americans to connect with the land, the food it grows and their local communities by proclaiming August 23-29, National Community Gardening Week. A community garden is an opportunity to educate everyone about from where food comes, whether that is a Farmers Market or a garden, and is important to increasing generations of healthy eaters. Community gardens can be anywhere whether it is in the country, a city or a suburb. It can be one community plot or can be many individual plots. full story

july in the garden....

2009-08-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

a few photos on my peaceful break from the booth.....what a pleasure...

and ...i recieved these beautiful photo from Kathy Preszler....thanks Kathy!!!!

catching up.......

2009-08-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

i have several "episodes" in the garden i need to include here....

a beautiful day late in May

on june 9 a great time was had....from frogs to worms to painting a new sign for the garden.....

Friendship Community Garden 2009 annual report

2009-06-18T23:34:00.000-07:00

The Friendship Community Garden is dedicated to nourishing the community by empowering people to grow food sustainably.

annual report here

spring is here!!

2009-05-11T09:41:00.001-07:00

hopefully this will be the beginning of more photos of the beautiful garden....

today at the garden....

2008-10-05T15:29:00.000-07:00

it was a beautiful autumn day....had a chance to visit, talk presidential politics with Joseph and catch a few good shots.......

and a little video....there is a serious storm blowing in as you can see with the dark clouds in previous photos

Ferndale Record Journal article

2008-07-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

very nice article by Erik and photo by Christopher!!

Room to grow: Community garden brings
goodness
by Erik Burge
for the Record-Journal

Photo by
Christopher Huber
Record-Journal

Whatcom County home builder Scott Carlson, right, helps Bradley Hodgin, 15, of Blaine, make measurements to install the roof decking on the Ferndale Friendship Community Garden’s gazebo Thursday. Youth from around Whatcom County participating in the WorkSource career camp program helped construct the garden’s pavilion, which is made from recycled wood.

A cool wet spring might have slowed the growing season, but it hasn’t put a damper on progress at Friendship Community Garden.
“We’ve harvested 25 pounds of salad and two pounds of peas so far,” said Andrea Traner, Community Garden Coordinator. “Not huge production, but better than nothing. It’s just great to see people pull their radishes and take their lettuce home.”
Garden sponsors, donors, participants and community members, along with mayor Gary Jensen as host, officially dedicated the garden yesterday afternoon.
Its contents -- 18 beds of fruits and vegetables -- are thriving despite an extended
cold season.
Difficult weather hasn’t spoiled the cooperative spirit at the new one-third-acre site in Pioneer Park either.
All of the garden’s 18 raised beds are currently filled to capacity and two locally-donated custom-designed structures -- a tool shed and a gazebo -- have recently been completed.
“We had to scratch out an extra area for potatoes and beans,” Traner said. “It’s an ever-evolving process. Most of the people utilizing the space here have never planted or maintained a garden before.”
full article

Dedication ceremony

2008-07-01T19:18:00.000-07:00

what a great community!! and it was so great to see the fruits of so many who gave so much to see this happen.....it is becoming a truly beautiful little piece of Ferndale.

Dedication ceremony #2

Dedication ceremony#3

Windward works on the gazebo and more....

2008-06-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

this group of photos begins with the nice woman, overseeing the job, leading a group of students to another task .....she says "while we wait come on over here".....i was so sorry i didn't have the video going when a student offered..."you sound just like my mother" she answered ...."hmmm i think it's just an old lady thing"

it was a fun day in the garden....Andrea caught me off guard with her humor and caused me to have an unflattering coffee moment....

Windward High School work party

2008-06-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

catching up with a few photos from May 21....thanks to Steve for catching this for me....

a beautiful day in may

2008-05-16T21:31:00.000-07:00

the sweet peas are up and it's all set to take off....a few photos....

Sheds and Pavilions on Earth Day...

2008-04-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

tuesday, Earth Day, saw the slabs for 2 new additions to the garden.... it was a great day in the garden....

a few action shots from some serious man work being done!! and a fine job they did!!

more video here

spring!!!!!!

2008-04-03T16:33:00.000-07:00

more video here

cover crop is in.....

2007-11-21T08:26:00.000-08:00

beautiful!!!!!!

the garden is happening!!

2007-10-15T23:37:00.001-07:00

Rio and Andrea have worked hard to make this garden happen. thanks to Mayor Landcastle and the Ferndale City Council for supporting this project. thanks to Andrea and Carlos for the bed construction and the Alcoa work party for getting this started.

more photos here......