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Mar 21
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Introducing Leah Ingram!

By About, Blog, History, News & Events, Outdoor Learning Center

We are pleased to introduce Leah Ingram, our Garden Manager.  Leah has gardened most of her life.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly with minor degrees in land rehabilitation, soils science and sustainable environments. During college she worked on the Cal Poly organic farm and performed small scale design and residential landscape installation in San Luis Obispo.  Following graduation, as an AmeriCorps volunteer, she assisted in conservation management of a forest preserve, restoring native plants in Hawaii.  She has also taught fourth graders

Leah Ingram - Garden Manager

in Alameda County about local creek ecosystems and watershed awareness.

Mar 10
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First Membership Meeting!

By Community Events, News & Events, Open House, Outdoor Learning Center

Today, we held the first membership meeting for the Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center at the garden site.

Feb 29
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Good to Go!

By Community Events, News & Events, Outdoor Learning Center

On February 27, 2012, at special meeting, the Lafayette City Council “approved the license and sub-license agreement with EBMUD and with Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center and Sustainable Lafayette.” Many thanks to all who have worked so hard to make this happen.  Now the fun begins.

Feb 12
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Special Meeting – New Date

By Blog, History, News & Events, Outdoor Learning Center

A special Joint Meeting of the Lafayette City Council, Planning Commission, and Design Review Commission is scheduled for Monday, February 27, 2012 at 7:00 PM.  Approval of the Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center is on the Agenda as item 9.6.  In fact, if you click on item 9.6, you can read the 39-page Lafayette Staff Report recommending that City Council approve our garden project.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day for Lafayette’s next great civic improvement!

Dec 01
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BLAST OFF!

By Blog, History, News & Events

Last night our request for a building permit was approved by the City of Lafayette Planning Commission.  Thanks to all our friends and supporters we now have enough money to start building our fence and garden beds.  We look forward to building community as well.

The next step is to formalize an agreement between the City and EBMUD.

We plan to hire a garden manager in January to help coordinate our efforts.

Check back here for regular updates on fundraising, garden membership and our official groundbreaking.

Jul 29
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Quarry Lakes – Demonstration Garden

By Blog, News & Events

In the Contra Costa Times, you can read about:

Alameda County Master Gardeners, through an agreement with the East Bay Regional Park District, are developing a demonstration garden in the Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont. We also work in cooperation with the Alameda County Water District.

Although the garden originally was conceived to introduce the community to the use of plants that tolerate our dry summers with little or no additional water, our approach necessarily broadened to creating an environmentally sustainable garden.

Can you say compacted soil?  Read the whole thing here.

Jul 23
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Kickoff Gathering

By News & Events

We gathered at the Lafayette Reservoir today for the official kickoff of the Lafayette Community Garden project after three years of planning.

Lot’s of energy around planning, building community and then growing food.  Got a glimpse of preliminary drawings and schedule for fund raising, permitting, construction and then planting and harvesting.