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| May 24 Greenhouse presentation at monthly Planet Southie meeting |
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This Month's Newsletter: Greenhouses, Gardens, and Family Fun!
Click here to check out this month's eNewsletter: Plug in Southie!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Next meeting is May 24. Topic: Greenhouses!
Reminder: Next Planet Southie Monthly meeting is this Thursday (May 24) from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building*. As always, all are welcome!
Meeting topic: Greenhouses and Optimal Food Production (and how to apply this locally)
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Meeting topic: Greenhouses and Optimal Food Production (and how to apply this locally)
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| Lumen Building Greenhouse |
- Guest speaker Fred Gordon will discuss greenhouse research being applied in the Netherlands. During a recent trip to the Netherlands, Fred toured a greenhouse research center.
- This is a huge industry in the Netherlands, and the productivity that they get out of greenhouses is astounding -- 8600 lbs of tomatoes, or 10,573 lbs of cucumbers, or 3.277 lbs of snap beans per 1000 square feet (a pretty small greenhouse).
- Fred wants to bring over this
technology and equipment to apply locally!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Free Tomato Plants for Urban Gardeners
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is set to give away 2,012 tomato plants grown by Mahoney's Garden Center to encourage more residents to become urban gardeners.
Read more here...
The event will take place Sunday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fenway Victory Gardens in the Back Bay Fens where the city will host a slew of family activities and giveaways as part of its Boston Blooms program, an initiative launched last year to beautify neighborhoods.
Read more here...
The event will take place Sunday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fenway Victory Gardens in the Back Bay Fens where the city will host a slew of family activities and giveaways as part of its Boston Blooms program, an initiative launched last year to beautify neighborhoods.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Plug in Southie! Signs of Spring in this month's newsletter
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| A sure sign of Spring! Crocuses are popping up all over Medicine Wheel's No Man's Land Garden this week. |
Reminder: Next Planet Southie Monthly meeting is this Thursday from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building*. As always, all are welcome!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Update the Bottle Bill
There is simply too much trash in our beautiful Southie streets, gardens and parks. A lot of it is unredeemable bottles. One solution? Expand Recycling...
Help get the Updated Bottle Bill passed so that all plastic bottle are redeemable. Details here.
Help get the Updated Bottle Bill passed so that all plastic bottle are redeemable. Details here.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Next Planet Southie meeting is Thursday, March 22 from 6:30-7:30 pm
Next Planet Southie meeting is Thursday, March 22 from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Distillery Building*.
All are welcome!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
All are welcome!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Plug In Southie: All the news that's fit to print!
Check out this month's issue of our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here. Get the scoop on a neighborhood cleanup, Southie Trees, energy savings, nearby winter farmers markets and more!
Next Planet Southie monthly meeting is Thursday, February 23 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building*. All are welcome at Planet Southie!
Subscribe to our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Next Planet Southie monthly meeting is Thursday, February 23 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building*. All are welcome at Planet Southie!
Subscribe to our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here!
*Meeting Location: The Distillery Building, 516 East 2nd Street.: If you walk in the yard, enter the door of the building to your left, a low brick building that says Honeywell on it (across the parking lot from the Distillery residences). The office is right around the corner and you should be able to see people through a large picture window before you get there. If you get lost, call Fred at 617-821-2429
Friday, February 17, 2012
Volunteer Event Followed by a Film Screening!
Hello tree lovers!
Southie Trees is having a neighborhood volunteer clean-up event on March 24th at 10:30am! We're going to clean up any trash left over from the parade and we're also hoping to get a tree planted at the library. We're going to be meeting at the South Boston Library at 646 East Broadway St at 10:30 and around 1pm we're going to be watching the screening of Uprooted, Southie Tree's short film. We'll also be serving food and drinks to reward your hard work. So come and pitch in to make our neighborhood a greener place. We're also going to be partnering with other neighborhood groups so it's a great opportunity to see what else is going on in South Boston!
To RSVP email southietrees1@gmail.com or call 617-269-0299 ext. 310.
Hope to see you there!
Southie Trees is having a neighborhood volunteer clean-up event on March 24th at 10:30am! We're going to clean up any trash left over from the parade and we're also hoping to get a tree planted at the library. We're going to be meeting at the South Boston Library at 646 East Broadway St at 10:30 and around 1pm we're going to be watching the screening of Uprooted, Southie Tree's short film. We'll also be serving food and drinks to reward your hard work. So come and pitch in to make our neighborhood a greener place. We're also going to be partnering with other neighborhood groups so it's a great opportunity to see what else is going on in South Boston!
To RSVP email southietrees1@gmail.com or call 617-269-0299 ext. 310.
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Plug In Southie: All the news that's fit to print!
Check out this month's issue of our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here. Get the scoop on saving the T, Southie Trees, energy savings, nearby winter farmers markets and more!
Next Planet Southie monthly meeting is Thursday, January 26 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building (directions are here). All are welcome at Planet Southie!
Subscribe to our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here!
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| January's photo of the month: Castle Island on 1/20/12 by Southie Spots |
Next Planet Southie monthly meeting is Thursday, January 26 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at the Distillery Building (directions are here). All are welcome at Planet Southie!
Subscribe to our e-newsletter, Plug In Southie, here!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Announcement on Southie Trees Meeting!
Southie Trees will be having its monthly meeting next Tuesday January 24th. The plan is to combine the Southie Trees meeting with the Boston Urban Forest Council meeting since they overlap each other. It'll be a win-win networking experience with tree lovers!The Boston Urban Forest Council Meeting will be held at the Boston Natural Areas Network office at 62 Summers St, 2nd floor, Boston MA 02110. The meeting begins at 6:30pm so feel free to meet the Southie Trees group at the Tech Networks Office (1 Wadleigh Place, behind Andrew Station) or meet us there! The meeting is for all those interested in expanding Boston's urban forest and the guest speaker will be Tabatha White from Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
After the BUFC meeting anyone interested in Southie Trees can leave with us and head to The Thinking Cup. Join us for a cup of coffee and a discussion on what we're currently working on. We'd love to see you there! For more information contact Lindsay from Southie Trees at lindsay.amico@gmail.com. For rsvping to the Boston Urban Forest Council meeting email Matthew Cahill at matthew@bostonnatural.org. All are welcome!
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