WHCA Green Committee
WHCA GREEN COMMITTEE
Vision/Purpose: The building of Sustainable Garden Beds to create a focus for community engagement and eduacation while beautifying the grounds of the WHCA.
Mandate:
1. To Create opportunities for the people of our community to have a place to garden
2. To have a beautiful place to congregate and connect with nature, contributing to peoples well being and the well being of others.
3. To encourage gardening for the enhancement of our environment and quality of life.
4. Create opportuniities to learn/teach bringing young and old together.
Chairperson: Chris Koper ckoper@telus.net
Committee Members:
Chris Koper: Master Gardener; Certificate in Garden Design 1 and 2. Ongoing eduacation and commtment to community.
Rose Balez: Diploma in Horticulture from Olds College; City of Calgary Gardener; Community invloved; took part in the Route to Roots program at Stanley Jones Elementary School.
Darrell Ogden; Community involved and a keen desire to help head up the program. Very good at organization and creativity.
Many More expressing interest to be announced later
Meeting Frequency: As needed. Will be in planning phase through winter 2011-2012 with goal of a build in spring 2012. A date to be announced.
Current Needs: Sponsers, Grants; builders in the Spring 2012; Gardeners; picknick tables and benches, a decorative locking Garden Shed (possibly); plant material for sample gardens, Garden tools ( watering cans, pruners), Water fountain; rain barrels;compost bins; garbage can, lumber, hoses, gravel, mulch etc. A more detailed list later. If you know anyone or business willing to give a grant or sponsorship please contact Chris Koper: ckoper@telus.net
Up and Coming events: Fall harvest; eduacation on vegetable gardens with a “Best Garden” contest. Summer classes and possible kids camps; Sample gardens; Plant Shares; Garden teas; Community Parties? Murals for the WHCA involving the kids from West Hillhurst for the painting promoting less bad grafitti. More to come!
THE GREAT SUSTAINABLE GARDEN BUILD
WHERE: WEST HILLHURST COMMUNTIY CENTER 1940 6th Ave. NW.
TARGET DATE: JUNE 1,2,3
MISSION: To give back
LOOKING FOR: VOLLUNTEERS
GARDEN PLOT SIGN UP & FOR MORE INFO CONTACT CHRIS KOPER
KIDS WANTED & ADULTS TOO!
FUND-RAISING CONTESTS:
NAME THAT GARDEN
PRIZE FOR SELECTED WINNER
NAMES ALREADY SUBMITTED:
SEEDS FOR CHANGE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
VESSEYS SEEDS CANADA
The West Hillhurst Community Association Green Committee is seeking help from members of the community to hold an amazing fund-raiser.
A great way to get young and old involved together by selling seeds and bulbs.
Use them for a garden plot at the WHCA this year or at home!
From March 1, 2012 until March 31st 2012 we are looking for those who have a passion for growing a green community spirit! Fifty percent of all proceeds raised during the fund-raising campaign will go to building our Community Gardens. This is a perfect opportunity for everyone to show their community spirit.
Our group will provide you with everything you need. A full color brochure, order forms and collection envelopes plus lots of support on great plants for Calgary.
If you or someone in your family would like to get involved in this fund-raiser for the West Hillhurst Community Gardens please email Darrell at ogdendarrell@gmail.com
If you would like to get started sooner please feel free to ask for your materials now and they can be delivered to your house.
PRIZE FOR THE TOP SELLER
STREAM OF DREAMS
SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
If you could have your kids learn about where our water goes when it goes down the drain, what affects it has on the environment, and have an art class teaching how to paint beautiful fish, then have their fish put up on the chain link fence along 6th Avenue, where they can see them every day as they pass by and know that they helped to beautify the WHCA as well as start early in their education about responsible water use, would you want to sign them up? We are looking for kids, siblings and their parents to sign up and spend some time at the WHCA. You will get 45 minutes of education about storm drains, run off water sheds and responsible water use. Then 45 minutes of art instruction painting various size fish to be put on the fence outside the Community center. Why fish you ask? Because everything that goes down our drains goes into our streams and affects the fish and their habitat!
We thought it would be a great idea for parent volunteers for the Garden build to bring the kids and let them have fun, learn, then come out and help with the garden build if they wish. We need a minimum 250-400 fish painted to make the fence look great. Fish will vary in size and and cost will be appr. $5.00 pr large fish (wooden) or $5.00 for two small fish, then various sizes in between. Why not give the kids some ownership in their community? If we can create enough interest, some of the proceeds will be donated back for the garden build. Please come join us, sign up with Rose at rbalez@gmail.com
RECYCLE
Part of our fund-raising for the gardens will be recycling. The WHCA Green Committee is setting up an account at the Vecova (formerly VRRI) located 3304 33rd st. NW. (Near the University). Phone number is (403) 289-5651. No waiting in a line. Drop your drinking recyclable off at the cash window. Receive a receipt and a description of the drop off. There will be a copy of the receipt in their books and one for WHCA. If you can’t get to Vecova to drop off, we will have a box set up outside the arena for the months of March -May. The box will be decorated by children in the community titled Green Committee Garden Build.
DONATIONS
IF YOU HAVE A LOVE OF GARDENING OR COMMUNMITY, PLEASE MAKE DONATIONS TO THE BUILDING OF SUSTAINABLE GARDEN BEDS AT THE WHCA. OR DONATE IN THE NAME OF A LOVED ONE THAT ENJOYED GARDENING. THESE GARDENS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH A VALID MEMBERSHIP AT THE WEST HILLHURST COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF SUMMER CAMPS AND MURALS IN THE FUTURE.