Location and First Planting Party

One of the biggest frustrations with this first year of hosting a Lansdale community garden, is that we don't have a spot in Lansdale. In the future we hope to be in Lansdale with reasons I will post in the future, but for now it is not possible. Despite this disappointment, we have an awesome location with a lot of room that we are able to use. It is at my friend Duane Freeds house, Duane has been huge part of dreaming up and planning this garden. The address of our community garden is:
778 Morwood Rd.
Telford, PA 18969

Our First planting Party will be held on Saturday April 11th at 11:00am. The point of this party is to begin planting some of the vegetables that can be put in the ground this early, and do some final preparations to the land. In addition to working on the garden, it will a great time to hang out, get to know one another, and throw some food on the grill for lunch.

The planting party is open for anyone and everyone, but if you can't make it don't worry, there will be atleast one more official planting party, but you can stop by and plant whenever you want as well. For this first planting party, we will only be able to plant certain things (listed below) because of the weather. As I said in my previous post, this is not an official organization or some company, we do not have any funding, so we will need help to bring seeds and even to bring food for the party. Below is a list of all the things we will need for the planting party. If you think you will be able to make it to the planting party please comment on this post both by saying you will make it, and what you can bring. Thanks

Things needed:

To plant:
-Potatos
-Different kinds of peas
-onions
-lettuce

For Garden:
-Any gardening supplies you have from a shovel to a tiller.

For Party:
-Hamburgers
-Hot dogs
-Buns
-Chips
-Soda
-Dessert

If I am missing anything, feel free to add it.

And please ask any and all questions you may have, thanks.

Introducing the Community Garden

Several months ago the idea of a community Garden in Lansdale was planted, now we are only a few weeks away from it being in full bloom. Ok, enough garden lingo. Anyway, in the next couple of weeks we are going to be hosting our first "planting party" for the new Lansdale community garden, and I thought it would be good to begin this blog to explain some details of the garden over the next several weeks, and it also serves as a great place for many of you to ask questions that I can then answer broadly to anyone who wishes to read.

Over the next couple weeks I plan to communicate:
-Where the Garden is
-When the planting party will be
-What you can do
-and I am sure this list will grow

But for right now I want to communicate two things. The first and most important is that this garden is for everyone. We are not an organization or company that is starting something with a strict set of guidelines, we are people who are opening up a space which can be our garden. Any one and everyone can take part in the planting, taking care of, and/ or picking from this garden. Ultimately, we hope to bless the local food banks as well.
The second thing I want to communicate right now is to simply get talking about this. Tell people whom you think might be intersted in the garden to check out this blog or contact me individually. All are welcome to join in. Thanks a lot, and I can't wait to garden with you all.

If for any reason you wish to contact me individually my name is Josh MacNeill and my email address is jamacneill@gmail.com