Water and Heat
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Jane Hur
1y ago
When temperatures linger above 90 degrees, young tender plants struggle to get enough water and nutrients to the leaves, buds and fruit.  Soft fast growing plants need protection from hot afternoon sun so shading on their west side will reduce late day heat stress.  Supported row covers, palm fronds, umbrellas, cardboard, bed sheets over hoops, lawn signs, covered tomato cages, tipi trellises, fencing, or lawn furniture can be artistically placed to cast afternoon shadows. Whatever you construct, check that it’s strong enough to hold up to gusting winds.  If possible, build you ..read more
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Natural Recyclers
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Jane Hur
1y ago
By the end of 2022, the Chandler / Pass Garden will likely reuse, repurpose, repair & recycle an estimated 100 tons of community discards. Salvaged rocks used for unique shaped communal garden bed that will be used for education. Mulch line the paths and aged horse manure amend the native soil. Gardens and landscapes are impactful places for recycling and reusing some of California’s 40 million tons of discards generated annually.  Burbank for instance, generates some 18,000 tons of landscape clippings annually. The cutting, collection, long haul trucking, compost processing, and fin ..read more
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Organics at the Garden
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Jane Hur
1y ago
If you ever sit still and get that drifting ethereal feeling that life is a miracle, organic gardening is likely braided in your DNA. Today’s organic gardeners sit on the shoulders of giants: from the aboriginal traditions of medicine, food & spirit to our contemporary research that traces nutrients from healthy soil to healthy plants to healthy people.   All food used to be organic. Great civilizations and landscapes flourished without industrial fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, leaf blowers or plastics.  Nutrients naturally gathered in crevices, below bird ..read more
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Soil Study at the Garden
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Jane Hur
1y ago
Soil Health: Overview Most people know that sun and water are essential in the success of their gardens. There’s a third, often misunderstood, superstar of successful gardening: good soil. A plant is only as healthy as its roots and their complex relationship to the diverse microbial world in the soil. Roots absorb water and nutrients from the soil but they also feed colonies of soil microbes that prepare and deliver food to the roots. Healthy soil is free of poisonous heavy metals or industrial toxins that suppress or destroy beneficial microbes. As we prepare the Chandler/Pass site for our ..read more
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Join us for a weeding & seeding event on Saturday 12/11!
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by Carol Hofmann
1y ago
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REMINDER – SATURDAY MEETING 9:30AM 8/6
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Alex
1y ago
Hi folks, We are having a subcommittee meeting this Saturday 8/6 at the Chandler Pass Site. We’re going to talk volunteers, activities, build outs, approved plans ..read more
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Meetings – Subcommittees and Build Out
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Alex
1y ago
Hi friends, Thank you so much for your interest, it’s been so great to have LACGC involved. They’re working on getting us organized into committees, subcommittees etc. If you’re interested in joining a committee, please let us know asap. Current committees: outreach, volunteering, education, events and grant writing. There will be a teen committee that will form, so if you’re interested in joining that, please let us know. We are so ready to work on environmental causes together. We should have a meeting for subcommittees coming up on August 7th on the bike path – this is for subcommittees, as ..read more
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Committee Sign Up!
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Alex
1y ago
Hi folks! The time to sign up for committees is now! As you may have already read, we’re moving our crew to the Chandler/Pass Garden. If you’re interested in chairing, co-chairing, or joining a committee please sign up here: Committee LINK It is super IMPORTANT that you fill out everything meticulously, please include your email address and why you’re interested and what your experience is like. Bonus points if you’re positive, can lead a group, can extend the welcoming party to other people in the community, etc. you can always contact our LACGC contact Diana, she’s a lovely person and really ..read more
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Community Garden Updates – June 2021
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Alex
1y ago
Hello folks, What a surprising weekend it’s been! First, I’d like to personally thank everyone involved. There were so many people who showed up, far surpassing our expectations of what we could accomplish in Burbank in terms of diversity: age, income, race. This is what people power is all about! There was a collective sadness when LADWP showed up to share news that we would not be able to grow our garden during the next two years. The lack of communication between the city and the community has been incredibly challenging and we hope that as this process moves forward they can take into co ..read more
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SURVEY – Share your thoughts on Burbank Community Garden
Burbank Community Gardens Blog
by Alex
1y ago
Please fill out this google survey to share your thoughts on what the garden will mean to you. It’s so important that as we move forward, we’re able to continue the process of making everyone feel heard. Please take a moment to fill this survey out and share your thoughts and vision for the community garden ..read more
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