August 29 Meeting notes:

The first meeting is in the books!

Our managers for the year are

Website Manager: Arianna Ramirez

Calendar Manager: Trennise Lee

Secretary:  Elsy Siliezar

Material Manager: Bryam Vazquez

Next meeting

All members will look through the planting schedule for the year and identify 1 plant for September planting and 2 other plants for planting later on in the year.

Alex G. is going to research part shade butterfly plants that we could put in the butterfly bed.

On Thursday 9/5 we will be -
*making a decision about the kale
*discussing plant selections for the following week and identifying how we will get get seedlings or seeds as needed
*clearing out 3 of the four small beds on the west side of the garden
*weeding the herb bed and cutting back all the herbs
*resetting the blocks so the beds are once again, square
*renewing the beds with compost and microlife

On Thursday 9/12 we will be -
*clearing out the 2 small beds on the east side of the garden
*brainstorming solutions to the leaves & acorns problem
*resetting the blocks so the beds are once again, square
*calendaring the filling of the corner blocks and creating an invite for Omar's dad


Thoughts?
other ideas for garden club?  would you like to hear from a speaker? If so, who?  Visit a farm? Visit an urban garden?  Work in another garden?

2013-2014: It's time to kick off the 4th year of the Southwest Garden!

Thursday August 29, 2013 - the first garden club meeting of the year will take place in the Rm. 14 from 4:30pm - 6:00 pm

Be there!     The agenda is below.

15 min   4:30 -4:45	Welcome, intro to the garden club, brief presentation of the history of the SW garden [slides from the construction to the present day]
15 min   4:45 – 5:00	overview of positions & committees   Website manager – in charge of posting photos to the Garden blog site, also has final say on site design decisions Calendar manager – in charge of calendaring planting days, harvest times, crop lists, activities and posting them on the garden’s google calendar Secretary – in charge of taking minutes & attendance during meetings and writing a brief description of the activities completed on workdays, this info must be posted to the Garden blog site Material manager – in charge of making sure all materials are collected and returned to the right place at the end of all work days   Committees:    Recipe committee – in charge of finding and cataloging recipes that use ingredients we grow in the garden Service committee – in charge of finding and organizing at least 2 outside service opportunities for the garden club Plant purpose committee – in charge of researching and cataloging information on the plants in the native plant bed. In charge of recording and cataloging the insects found in the garden compost committee – in charge of researching composting and tracking what material the garden club disposed of that COULD be used for composting as we seek to determine if we can sustain a compost pile   Expectations for attendance – *If we don’t take proper care of them, the plants may die.  Even if they don’t die, they won’t prosper & produce good fruits and vegetables for us. If you will not be at a meeting [due to detention or sports]  or if you will be late to a meeting [due to a tutorial or retake], you let Ms. Pandya know by either telling her IN PERSON before the meeting OR, leaving a note on her monitor in the computer lab BEFORE the meeting.  Names of garden club members will be posted in the cafeteria *If you have 3 unexcused absences, you will be removed from the list and formally requested not to claim membership on resumes & applications
15 min   5:00-5:15	tour of the garden &  garden related locations [the garden club butterfly container garden,  the shed where the wheel barrow is located, the area we throw plants, hoses on campus]
25 min   5:15 – 5:40	Introduction to Dr. Randall’s book:  Fruit and Vegetable Gardening in Metro Houston  and how to read the planting calendar everyone will pick at least 1 plant to research for the next meeting. Identify plants we’d like to plant at the next meeting – look for planting times from Aug. 15 – Sept. 15 *need to identify potential shade, native plants that could be put in the butterfly bed – volunteer to research that?
15 min 5:40 – 5:55	outline & calendar first four work days and tasks *fill corner blocks *reset small beds *trim the tree *solutions for the leaf & acorn issue – netting? *clear the beds *prep the beds *plant in the beds
5 min	questions? Comments?  Etc.

Marvelous Monarchs...they'll be returning soon!