Saturday, February 04, 2006
Ten Reasons Why This Man is a Great Community Gardener
Since the garden's 1998 rebirth, John F has worked to make Totem Town Community Garden an ever better place.
In every sense, he is a true community gardener.
Here's a glimpse of why:
1) Gardener - Works his garden with respect, keeps experimenting to improve it, and enjoys the harvest.
2) Designer and Contractor - Over the years, he has built the three arbors and pergolas that lead into our garden.
3) Leader - Led our effort to beautify the entryways into the garden.
4) Carpet layer - He scrounged and carpeted the garden aisles to help keep weeds down (Okay. some ideas work better than others.)
5) Builder - He built our garden's compost bins, several gates, and morning glory structures.
6) Tour Guide - He shows new gardeners around and guided visiting North American gardeners through our garden in 2005 tour.
7) Ditch Digger - He dug up broken water lines.
8) Gentleman - He shares his spring tomato plants and harvest.
9) Caretaker - He watched over the place, checked to make sure the water was locked, and cares about its well being.
10) Scrounger - Always on the lookout for materials to help the garden at no or low cost.
The garden won't be the same.
Over the few weeks, we'll feature photos of some of his work.
Good fortune, John! ¶ 1:22 PM
Since the garden's 1998 rebirth, John F has worked to make Totem Town Community Garden an ever better place.
In every sense, he is a true community gardener.
Here's a glimpse of why:
1) Gardener - Works his garden with respect, keeps experimenting to improve it, and enjoys the harvest.
2) Designer and Contractor - Over the years, he has built the three arbors and pergolas that lead into our garden.
3) Leader - Led our effort to beautify the entryways into the garden.
4) Carpet layer - He scrounged and carpeted the garden aisles to help keep weeds down (Okay. some ideas work better than others.)
5) Builder - He built our garden's compost bins, several gates, and morning glory structures.
6) Tour Guide - He shows new gardeners around and guided visiting North American gardeners through our garden in 2005 tour.
7) Ditch Digger - He dug up broken water lines.
8) Gentleman - He shares his spring tomato plants and harvest.
9) Caretaker - He watched over the place, checked to make sure the water was locked, and cares about its well being.
10) Scrounger - Always on the lookout for materials to help the garden at no or low cost.
The garden won't be the same.
Over the few weeks, we'll feature photos of some of his work.
Good fortune, John! ¶ 1:22 PM
