Sunshine Weekly Weeder Newsletter
24 February 2016
www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org
Calling all Gardeners - Annual Plant Sale
Sunshine Community Gardens
March 5th
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
This is our most important fund raiser and requires many gardeners to swing into action to help with all of the preparations and activities during and after the plant sale. Most of the volunteer activities are during the plant sale (9-2), but there are before and after tasks also. Your volunteer time will fulfill service hours. It is up to you to record your hours in the online green binder. No cars will be allowed in Sunshine after 4 o'clock on Friday until Sunday 3/6.
Pre sale Activities
Workday this Sunday
Spruce up Sunshine Gardens for the Plant Sale
Sunday - Feb 28th, 1:30 pm
Sunshine expects several thousand visitors at the Plant Sale, Saturday, March 5. To be sure Sunshine looks its best, there will be a workday Sunday, February 28, starting at 1:30. Tasks will include mowing, cleaning up around the trailer/greenhouses, and weeding TSBVI Garden. Many of the tasks will count toward TSBVI service hours so the workday will be a great time for gardeners to get in their TSBVI service hour for the spring season.
Pass-along Plant Prep
We will be grooming, tagging and pricing the pass-along plants this Saturday.
SCG Greenhouse
Saturday - February 27th 9:00 am
Boxes needed for Plant Sale
Next time you go to the store get some empty boxes. Bring them to the trailer for use the day of the sale.
Silent Auction Items Needed!
We will be having a silent auction at the plant sale this year and hope you gardeners can assist and contribute! Ask your local vendors where you have a relationship if they would like to donate an item to our silent auction and be sure to let them know we are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Gift certificates, apparel, jewelry, theme baskets, artwork, services are all accepted. For information and forms contact Kathleen Cobb kgc@tx-lobby.com".
All Hands meeting
Friday - March 4th
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Sale Volunteers Purchase Plants
Friday - March 4th, 5:00 pm
SFC Plant Sale Promotion
SFC (Sustainable Food Center) Farmers Market at the Triangle
- Wednesday February 24th 3:00 - 7:00 pm
- Wednesday March 2nd 3:00 - 7:00 pm
- Volunteers are needed to hand out postcards and talk about the plant sale to customers on any of the dates. Please contact Kathleen Cobb kgc@tx-lobby.com or call 512-656-3233 for more information.
Week of Sale Schedule
- Monday: Tents arrive and are set up. Tables and chairs are staged.
- Tuesday: Plants from Gabriel Valley should arrive.
- Wednesday: Plants from Gabriel Valley should arrive. Herbs will be moved from TSBVI greenhouse to our greenhouse.
- Thursday: General cleanup and readying of the pass-alongs.
- Friday: Compost arrives. Start bagging compost.
Vendor move-in. - Saturday: Volunteers arrive 6:30 am.
Last of the vendor move-in from 7-8:30.
Band load-in.
Doors for sale opens at 9.
Sale ends at 2
Relocate all remaining plants to our greenhouse./li> - Sunday: Unofficial plant sale 9-2 ish.
Volunteer Opportunities
Shift 1 - 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Shift 2 - 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
You can work both shifts or overlapping shifts. Use this link to sign up.
Seize the moment and you won't need to go to the gym on March 5. Heavy Lifting still required for the plant sale - two positions Hauling and Compost.
Do you like to bake and are willing to do so? Please bring your baked goods for the breakfast bunch that you can enjoy when you need a break from your plant sale duties.
If you have any questions contact Ila at Ila.falvey@gmail.com.
Central Texas Gardener - Talk by Randy Thompson
In case you missed the Central Texas Gardener show with talk by SCG long time member and Tomato expert, Randy Thompson you can see it here.
Officer and Zone Coordinator Contacts - Sunshine Garden
Officers
- President - Jeff Monks garden@jeffmonks.com
- Vice President - Jim Willmann jhwillmann@gmail.com
- Secretary - Shannon Posern shannonposern@gmail.com
- Treasurer - Caroline Limaye scgtreasurer1@gmail.com
- Director - Michael Hall fibercable@austin.rr.com
- Director - Kay McMurry scg.plots@gmail.com
- Director - Katy Davis katydavis@austin.rr.com
Zone Coordinators
- Zone 1, Martin Morales marmoral512@gmail.com
- Zone 2, Katy Davis katydavis@austin.rr.com
- Zone 3, Ludmila Voskov lvoskov@austin.rr.com
- Zone 4, Ila Falvey ila.falvey@gmail.com
- Zone 5, Mary Gifford mgifford@austin.rr.com
- Zone 6, Charlotte Jernigan charlotte@cybermesa.com
- Zone 7, Jing Li jingli80@yahoo.com
- Zone 8, Irina Kadukova irina@austinshrooms.com
- Zone 9, Kerry Howell casonhowell@gmail.com
- Zone 10, Christopher Schroder christopher.s.schroder@gmail.com
Other Coordinators
- Weekly Weeder Newsletter - Margaret Powis purslane2013@gmail.com
- Plant Sale - Michael Hall fibercable@austin.rr.com
- TSBVI Liason & Volunteer Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmailcom
- Plot Rental - Kay McMurry scg.plots@gmail.com
- Compost Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmail.com
- Compost Tea - Jennifer Woertz jennifer.woertz@urs.com
- Education Committee - Shannon Posern shannonposern@gmail.com
- Carpentry & Repairs - Robert Jarry r.jarry@sbcglobal.net
- Water Leak Repairs - Steve Schulz sschulz784@aol.com
- Tools & Wheelbarrows - Bob Easter beaster1@austin.rr.com
- Compost Tea - Jennifer Woertz jennifer.woertz@urs.com
- Website Coordinator - Sharon Rempert scgardenweb@gmail.com
Record Service Hours Online - the Virtual Green Binder
