"Heart of the Bay" Community Gardens

THIS EVENT IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, AT 25051 WHITMAN STREET

This event tiny url is http://j.mp/HaywardGardenParty (SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS)

Related event url is http://j.mp/HazelGardenParty
Related event url is http://j.mp/HaywardFarmersMkt
Related event url is http://www.350.org/350-510

- Earth blessing 12:00 noon
- Community meal 2:00 PM. Birthday celebration following.
- Climate change and environmental information, street-front fair, garden tours.
- Tree planting.

Tables:
- Hope 4 the Heart: Food costs, freshness, local distribution
- Solar photovoltaic electrical generation and solar thermal water heating
- 350.org, 1Sky.org, MillionLetterMarch.org, StopDirtyEnergyProp.com (No On 23)
- Water Resources Board, AC Water District
- Organic Ag, UC Cooperative Extension, CAFF
- StopWaste.org
- COH Neighborhood Partnership Program
- Green Sanctuary, Renee and Darryl Ray (Sunny Slope Farm, Castro Valley)
- Produce and honey
- Dave and his shade cloth

Join us in a "progressive" garden party, moving from one garden to another around the city, building relationships and a network of fellow community gardening enthusiasts -- sowing the seeds that will sprout into new gardens, filling in the neighborhoods in all corners of Hayward.

You are invited to return to Hayward Community Gardens for a re-cap of the day, sharing a community meal and to celebrate Victor’s 13th birthday!

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THIS IS ONE OF FOUR CITY-WIDE PROGRESSIVE GARDEN PARTY EVENTS
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Join us in a "progressive" garden party, moving from one garden to another around the city, building relationships and a network of fellow community gardening enthusiasts -- sowing the seeds that will sprout into new gardens, filling in the neighborhoods in all corners of Hayward.

You are invited to return to Hayward Community Gardens for a re-cap of the day, sharing a community meal and to celebrate Victor’s 13th birthday!

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COMPLETE SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10/10/10 WORK DAY EVENTS
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

1. Prospect Hill/Hazel Garden - Hazel Avenue & Main Street, Hayward
... URL: http://j.mp/HazelGardenParty
... HOURS: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
... Garden clean up and seed sharing. Music & potluck.
... Tea herbs and medicinals, if interest is there.

2. Hayward Farmers’ Market - Watkins and B Streets, Hayward
... URL: http://j.mp/HaywardFarmersMkt
... MARKET HOURS: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
... Solar and solar thermal, climate change awareness

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10

1. Eden House "350 in the 510" - Ashland/San Leandro, 1601-165th Avenue
... URL: http://www.350.org/350-510
... HOURS: 12:00 AM - 4:00 PM
... Composting, recycling, community gardening

2. Hayward Community Gardens - 25051 Whitman Street
... URL: http://j.mp/HaywardGardenParty
... HOURS: 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
... Earth blessing 12 noon
... Community meal 2:00 PM. Birthday celebration following.
... Climate change and environmental information, street-front fair, garden tours.
... Tree planting.

Bring your gloves, shovel, spade, rake, water/container, beverage, and anything else you think would be useful. Come prepared for fun and celebration, music, lots of kids and youth.

Food will be provided on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10 at http://j.mp/HaywardCommGarden

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WHY WE ENCOURAGE & SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS
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In his book "EAARTH - MAKING A LIFE ON A TOUGH NEW PLANET" Bill McKibben encourages a proliferation of community gardens, and he writes on page 182:

"... a recent study of sixty-three inner-city community gardens found that they were supplying more than produce. Donna Armstrong also found that "they changed local residents' attitude to their own neighborhood, resulting in improved care for properties, reduced littering, and increased pride in the locality." Community gardens, she found, "promoted social cohesion, and encouraged people to work cooperatively on a range of local needs, such as shared child-care." They brought people out of themselves and into the community -- they made those tough neighborhoods more resilient. Four in five of the people who worked the gardens said their mental health improved."

Because the Hayward Community Gardens (HCG) have been around for over three decades, and because HCG and a number of other existing smaller community gardens should be around for a long time to come, we decided to make them the central focus for Hayward's 10/10/10 event. As seeds are sown and sprout around the city, they and new gardens will sustain and grow community during the times ahead.

Therefore, our primary focus, as a solution for climate change is community rooted: Anyone and everyone can grow their own food, support the health of their communities, reduce greenhouse gases, be self-sufficient and help remove the dangerously high levels of carbon in the atmosphere down to the GOAL OF 350ppm.

High-yield organic agriculture is a powerful tool for carbon sequestration. The beauty of this solution is that everyone benefits. From an elderly resident in a neighborhood with a community food garden, to the densely populated city with the support of a sustainable commercial urban farm, MORE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE-BASED GREENING SUPPORTS PEOPLE AND PLANET.