Saturday, May 29, 2010

Green Acres Wins at Blooming Neighbors 2010

Blooming Neighbors will take place Saturday, June 5 and Green Acres will receive two honors at this annual city event. Check out the full post for award notifications, Blooming Neighbors schedule of events, and nomination letters. Come celebrate your neighborhood and the accomplishments of the folks who live here!

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City Council Neighborhood Enhancement Award Winner Notification Letter


HAND Neighbor of the Year Certificate of Recognition Notification Letter


Blooming Neighbors Schedule of Events


City Council Neighborhood Enhancement Award Nomination Letter
HAND Neighbor of the Year Award Nomination Letter

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

GANG Update - 5/26/10

Ann has posted an update on her blog, so check it out and stay informed.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Green Acres Real Estate Update - 5.23.10

Green Acres is a great place to live; convenient to IU, downtown, and eastside ammenities. Check out the latest listings of homes for sale in our neighborhood.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

6th Annual Plant Share - Saturday, May 22


Enjoy Jelene's report, including pics, on the 6th Annual Plant Share:

Here are some photos from the PlantShare. It went really well. We had 11 people participate. You could not have asked for a nicer day either.

One of the great things was that Mary and Abby are master gardeners who volunteer some of their time at Hilltop Gardens and the Director of Hilltop, Greg Speichert, gave GANA a very nice assortment of plants left over from last week's sale. We got a lot of varieties of tomato plants, mint plants (chocolate and sweet), some grasses, and other wonderful plants. We also had other people bring nice plants to share.


Picture 1: L-R, Mary Sasse, Nancy Anderson, Valerie Cox, Mary Wheeler, Abby Pietsch
Picture 2: L-R, Mary Wheeler, Ann Kreilkamp, Abby Pietsch

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

6th Annual Plant Share - Saturday, May 22


Details are in the full post in case the flyer image isn't clear.
GIVE…TAKE…SHARE…PLANTSHARE

Saturday, May 22nd 9 – 11am

2521 EASTGATE LANE in GREEN ACRES!

(In case of rain, plants will be in the garage behind the house!!!)

• Share your leftover seedlings, plant divisions, indoor houseplants, etc.
Also extra garden tools, gloves, materials, etc.

• Put plant in a pot or a plastic bag with roots wrapped in wet paper towels.

• Provide the name of the plant and, if possible, planting instructions (e.g., sun/shade, size, color, annual/perennial/ season of bloom)

• Bring donated plants to the PlantShare location between 8:30-9am. If you need a pickup, contact Jelene Campbell at jjcampbe@indiana.edu a few days ahead of time.

☺Help Make Green Acres Beautiful!!!☺

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

GANG 2010 - Workshop #2

Get Growing, GANG: Start The Garden
Sunday, May 15, 1-5 p.m.
Led by Rhonda Baird and Nathan Harman, this workshop will provide an overview of spring garden tasks. The first half of the workshop will be indoors and the second half, hands on in the garden. Let's see how those raised, heavily mulched, lasagna beds we built last year are coming along and build a few more, too. We will cover starting seeds in flats and direct seeding, transplanting starts, using the cold frame, checking for weeds, damage and problems, as well as soil analysis and amendment. Snacks and beverages provided.

Check out Ann's blog for more pictures and descriptions from the workshop.

The next workshop in the 2010 series is "How's it Going? Problem Solving and Redesign;" held Saturday, June 26.

Workshop space is limited. To pre-register, please contact Ann Kreilkamp 812-334-1987or arkcrone@gmail.com. Suggested donation per class: $5 to $15.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

May GANG Meeting and Potluck

Date: Tuesday, May 11
Time: Potluck begins at 6:30pm, with meeting to follow
Location: Ann's house, 134 N Overhill

Topics: Project Updates, Upcoming Events, and anything else neighbors want to discuss

Neighbors Present: Ann, Al & Kathy, Jane, Alfio, Asiri, Mano, and Kacey

Kids! - We were happy to welcome three Green Acres children to our meeting. Kids have been come to meetings from time to time and it is always wonderful to have the participation of neighborhood youth. We hope this is a trend that will continue. Parents - if you have hesitated to come to a meeting because you weren't sure what to do with your kids during that time - please come and bring the family with you!

Noise concern revisited - our noise issue discussed last month continues, although the neighbors close to the home report that some progress is being made. Efforts to have no parking signs installed are paying off, but they are not always being properly enforced. Neighbors report that they have been told by City Parking Enforcement that they are not responsible for patrolling the area for parking violations. Ann was able to track down a potential contact for one of the noisy homes. Jane reminded the neighbors to speak with Tim Mayer, City Council At-Large and Green Acres Neighbor, to see if he has any ideas of what else to try.

GANG - We toured the garden to see the completed work from the SPEA project, as well as the individual efforts of neighbors and the workshop participants - stop by the garden yourself to check out the progress, it is awesome! The second GANG workshop for year 2 is Saturday, May 22.

Blooming Neighborhoods - we still need a few people to sit at the Green Acres table at the event. Jane will call for volunteers via the listserv. The GANG has been nominated for the City Council Neighborhood Enhancement Award and Jane has been nominated for the HAND Neighbor of the Year Award - congrats to both on the nominations. A win in any category earns the neighborhood $100 (which would be great to use towards a Small and Simple Grant).

The June meeting will be Tuesday, June 8 and currently has no where to call home. Jane will call for a volunteer via the listserv.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

GANG Update - SPEA Project Wrap Up


Check out Ann's blog for an update on the GANG and the culmination of the SPEA spring project.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Green Acres Real Estate Update - 5.2.10

Green Acres is a great place to live; convenient to IU, downtown, and eastside ammenities. Check out the latest listings of homes for sale in our neighborhood.

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