tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31998422870182816092024-02-06T19:02:51.376-08:00Unpaving Paradise P-PatchA Capitol Hill P-Patch (Community Garden) on East Olive Way. This park and P-Patch was a project of the Capitol Hill Community Council's Open Space Committee.Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-21699017982303338762016-04-19T10:24:00.000-07:002016-04-19T10:24:21.745-07:00<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a beautiful week at Unpaving Paradise! Iris, borage, calendula and artichokes are bursting forth. Pollinators and birds are buzzing, and appreciating the bird baths. Here are a few pictures from around the garden this morning. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pansies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boarge,with a ladybug friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A carpet of greens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anemone next to a very popular bird bath</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those irises!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artichoke crown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The early bird gets the bath! Robin</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12537641711257478714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-89454328991211073262015-02-21T14:26:00.001-08:002015-02-21T14:26:45.695-08:00Dotty DeCoster Remembered<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is not only in a
park; in some ways it is the park. This means we are on public display all the
time, and it means that every time you garden you are likely to find yourself
answering questions by visitors. (Plan a little extra time for each gardening
session.) The park and the p-patch were organized, developed, and designed
together by neighbors of the park (some of whom are current gardeners) in
collaboration with both the P-Patch Program and the Parks Department. There are
other features to the park besides gardening, including skate boarding,
grilling, sketching, photographing, and just hanging out. So there is often
company while you are gardening. Summit Slope Park is an urban oasis and we're
so lucky to be able to garden there."</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Dotty</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you may or may not have heard, one of our P-Patch founders, Activist, Writer and long-time Capitol Hill resident passed away at the end of January. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dotty joined the Unpaving Paradise effort in 2009 and volunteered to be on the Communications Committee in 2010. She helped put together and completed much of the work to create a protective barrier for the Patch for our first winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dotty became our site coordinator in January of 2013 after a unanimous vote. She devoted immense energy and time to the garden working on the maintenance committee, compost committee chair, maintaining the Garden map and our communications. She was also responsible for authoring the Park's By-Laws and was a constant advocate for the Park, the P-Patch, its attendants and inhabitants. She will be irreplaceable.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"During
the first year of Unpaving Paradise I fondly remember seeing Dotty seated
on the floor of the nearby church basement floor. She was earnestly stitching
together some of the 500+ burlap coffee bean bags which were going to
blanket our pristine new soil from the cold winter. It was a big job and I
felt encouraged by her significant time and effort." </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Shawn (gardener)</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"She was with Unpaving Paradise from the beginning, and put
up with a lot...for the sake of the garden community. I will always
appreciate her patience and fortitude."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Jen (gardener)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Dotty bent over backwards to
hear everyone out and be as fair and impartial as possible. She took the
well-being of the park, p-patch, and gardeners - and the experiences of park
visitors and neighbors - very seriously...</i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the two
years that Dotty was our site coordinator many gardeners told me that she did a
wonderful job. One person told me she was "the perfect person for
that job." It meant a lot to us to have her keeping the big picture
of the site in mind, and I think it meant a lot to her to have a part in
building and maintaining a beautiful park and p-patch in the middle of the
city, in the neighborhood she spent so much of her life in, and gave so much of
herself to. She will be missed and remembered."</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-Bruce (gardener)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"Dotty was a tireless advocate in the creation of both a
p-patch at Summit Slope park as well as
7 Hills Park. Attending all of the parks
planning meetings for the two parks she helped bring the community/gardens into
the plans. Once established and getting
garden space at Unpaving Paradise Dotty took on a leadership role. Dotty's
history of work in the community paid off and she was an important person to
p-patch staff helping mediate and help the garden run smoothly and become the
asset it has in the community.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We will miss her wise perspective and calming nature"</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>-Sandy Pernitz - Community Garden Coordinator</i></span></div>
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<br />Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-85998102565857797982014-09-14T11:23:00.000-07:002014-09-14T11:42:04.479-07:00Fall Harvest, Flowers and More....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KmRNjJSAR10xY2q1wIM3_ELRsIGt2qYgadFsRWocKnb5wpdYjwVbIRXS8K6C95K3r8oH6gX58M6-7T6TBjTSu8q1cjKhExboDgH7CDgPaTZba2e4mZnsbXPKHxHIH8Kro-ElXvRIXM6X/s1600/Dahlia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KmRNjJSAR10xY2q1wIM3_ELRsIGt2qYgadFsRWocKnb5wpdYjwVbIRXS8K6C95K3r8oH6gX58M6-7T6TBjTSu8q1cjKhExboDgH7CDgPaTZba2e4mZnsbXPKHxHIH8Kro-ElXvRIXM6X/s1600/Dahlia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KmRNjJSAR10xY2q1wIM3_ELRsIGt2qYgadFsRWocKnb5wpdYjwVbIRXS8K6C95K3r8oH6gX58M6-7T6TBjTSu8q1cjKhExboDgH7CDgPaTZba2e4mZnsbXPKHxHIH8Kro-ElXvRIXM6X/s1600/Dahlia.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><br />
-Did you know a number of our gardens donate food to Northwest Harvest and the Cherry Street Food Bank? This year we have had a great harvest and have been able to donate quite a bit. <a href="http://www.northwestharvest.org/cherry-street-food-bank">http://www.northwestharvest.org/cherry-street-food-bank</a><br />
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-Although we have a lot of vegetable gardeners, there are also some amazing flowers. This Dahlia, grown in our garden, is just one example of the variety of flowers our gardeners have planted this year. Please come visit but please remember to leave the flowers behind for others to enjoy!<br />
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-As the summer turns to fall, many of our gardens will be putting in cover crops, some of which will be edible. Did you know that an edible cover crop can provide vital nutrients for your garden's soil? <a href="http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/911">http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/911</a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-45054794637841490992014-08-17T11:43:00.001-07:002014-08-17T11:44:05.170-07:00Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-6542705015732369542014-08-17T11:29:00.000-07:002014-08-17T11:47:53.120-07:00Urban Pollination Workshop<div class="MsoNormal">
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On Thursday, July 24th, the Urban Pollination Project ( <a href="http://nwpollination.org/">http://nwpollination.org</a> )
came to Unpaving Paradise and spoke with those of us able to be there at 3 in
the afternoon about bees. Gardener Jeff
Stallman had organized the workshop, and Tessa Forbes lead a small group of
urban pollinators in presenting. They
brought some photographs and a box of specimens, gave a presentation, and then
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I discovered that I really didn't know much about bees. I didn't know, for instance, that bumble bees
are not only the most common local pollinators but they are also the only bees
that can "buzz" (vibrate) tomato flowers to gather their pollen. Bees seem to prefer blue-violet colored
flowers (although tomato flowers are yellow) and don't see the color red at
all. Bees aren't very aggressive, unlike
wasps, many of which look a lot like bees.
The bumble bees we saw in the garden use holes in the ground or in tree
branches to nest and only make enough honey to feed their young. I'm not good at Latin, but the U.P. website
has lots of information including the proper names of various bees. It was intriguing to see that there are some
very small bees as well as the more familiar honey and bumble bees.<o:p></o:p></div>
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pretty much chosen by the Urban Pollinator folks themselves. (No evening or weekend hours.) We're hoping we can do this again next year
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most-studied sounds in all of animal behavior</span>; the first time I heard
one singing at Unpaving Paradise was on a spring day in 2013 (our p-patch's
third season), from a tree that overlooks our garden.<br />
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This white-crowned
proclaimed its ownership of the area, its health, and its virility<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- incessantly -- in <a href="http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/white-crowned_sparrow"><u><span style="color: navy;">song</span></u></a>. Our
garden (and the small park it is situated in) is surrounded by apartment
buildings, roads, and parking lots. This species of sparrow does quite well in
our busy city; still, as the days went by, I couldn't help thinking that he
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But suddenly one day, there was a break in the singing ---
and now <b>two</b> White-crowned Sparrows where flying and flitting among the
shrubs and trees of the park. Soon, the two birds were carrying mouths full of
straw, and disappearing with them into a patch of park ground cover (<a href="http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/cegl5.htm"><u><span style="color: navy;">Point Reyes ceanothus</span></u></a>).
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A few days later, the steady stream of building materials
were being ferried to a new location: the raspberry patch in the plot my
partner Tracy and I garden!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sparrow
would dive into the thick mass of raspberry plants with a beak full of straw or
twigs, the raspberry canes and leaves would shake for a bit, and them out would
fly the bird, with an empty beak.<o:p> </o:p></div>
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Time passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was still occasion for strident singing, as well as chasing Junco's out of the
p-patch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We resisted searching for the
nest among the growing mass of raspberry plants, not wanting to worry parents
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Then, on June 1<sup>st</sup>, we were admiring our quickly
growing vegetables, when Tracy saw a crow staring intently at a spot on the
ground next to our raspberries, from the fence that borders the p-patch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was watching a featherless baby sparrow,
on its back, flailing about, and appearing too young and weak to stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also spotted a second baby on the other
side of the raspberry patch, but this one was on its feet, looking older and
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We decided that the second baby was ready to be out of the
nest, but that the first would likely be lunch for the crow if we didn't
intervene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parting the tangled raspberry
canes, I found an empty nest, gently picked up the fledgling in my gloved
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There is no way to know, but we hope the young bird we put
back in the nest that day was one of the three juvenile White-crowns we
eventually saw scurrying about the garden that summer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As the raspberries
leaf out and form flower buds this spring, and vegetable seeds and starts are
planted; we will listen for the beautiful, and strident song, of the
White-crowned Sparrow.</div>
Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-8188850141105847192014-02-09T12:38:00.000-08:002014-02-09T12:42:56.498-08:00Meet the Gardeners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpiiz2WoqRfMT7r-N9JhwGXkZILmiEOCxZ84o_k8ByBkkISh4vgc_q5ckYQdHcJCJ5JM8YTDRlRKS6pbeEuaWl7vnYNYHvDVHab1GX9jixMBombuOxNr4NRDtWXzJk_elUiAftYX2Qt1L/s1600/couple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Aimee and Aaron Collins have been gardening at Unpaving Paradise since 2013. They had moved from their house in Ravenna to Capitol Hill but wanted an opportunity to continue growing flowers and vegetables. Aimee is a Commercial Interior Designer at Freiheit and Ho Architects and Aaron is Senior Safety Analyst at Starbucks headquarters. Aaron's favorite thing to grow is bush beans; Aimee loves her Stargazer lilies.</a></div>
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Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-46038550441907887182014-02-09T12:29:00.004-08:002014-02-09T12:47:04.203-08:00People Like Us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our friends at Metropolitan Gardens recently posted this nice summary of our garden. Check it out here: <a href="http://metropolitangardens.blogspot.com/2013/07/summit-slope-park-unpaving-paradise-p.html">http://metropolitangardens.blogspot.com/2013/07/summit-slope-park-unpaving-paradise-p.html</a><br />
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We also got a small mention in the Capitol Hill Times this fall here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.capitolhilltimes.com/2013/09/p-patches-offer-community-inexpensive-food-alternatives/">http://www.capitolhilltimes.com/2013/09/p-patches-offer-community-inexpensive-food-alternatives/</a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-69980545842762809672013-10-13T11:55:00.002-07:002013-10-13T11:58:43.854-07:00The P-Patch is 40 years old!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIilfhJ0aPHIlD1tMZbkS5uu5tvuGjLeyz4_JPCX0pTb_4CtstPXqACMEs-oVl4AVtcOdU16LYIu7tloG5oLahziqr9j-zOx5UcowE1C7Z_xSP8fQcA6tKtS1-4nhmwhikOIe9R8G2azx/s1600/40+years.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIilfhJ0aPHIlD1tMZbkS5uu5tvuGjLeyz4_JPCX0pTb_4CtstPXqACMEs-oVl4AVtcOdU16LYIu7tloG5oLahziqr9j-zOx5UcowE1C7Z_xSP8fQcA6tKtS1-4nhmwhikOIe9R8G2azx/s1600/40+years.jpg" /></a>Forty years ago a group of neighborhood activists and a city council member decided that fallow farmland in the Ravenna neighborhood should stay as farmland. Thus was born the P-Patch Community Gardening Program, with the āPā commemorating the Picardo Family whose farm became this first P-Patch. Visit the first P-Patch at <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/locations/5.htm">http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ppatch/locations/5.htm</a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-47054611845506490742013-10-13T11:44:00.001-07:002013-10-13T11:51:48.588-07:00Fall at Unpaving Paradise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQyPN1fRplKXpCsTofxo2kV1nb1TU6jwCYswGJgYzONEqDE1aAFVsEwjbkzXZLXJgRVv5ylcsUJuLa-fVtoncybbi8NsESzgqp1ZrYL1Vh_5vNWhQj4S6OzjAhG0G_WelK_RVuuy_kzS-/s1600/Flowers3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQyPN1fRplKXpCsTofxo2kV1nb1TU6jwCYswGJgYzONEqDE1aAFVsEwjbkzXZLXJgRVv5ylcsUJuLa-fVtoncybbi8NsESzgqp1ZrYL1Vh_5vNWhQj4S6OzjAhG0G_WelK_RVuuy_kzS-/s400/Flowers3.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br />
Yes the time has come to harvest our crops and prepare our gardens for winter. Someone, however, forgot to tell the flowers. Don't forget fellow P-Patchers that we have one of two upcoming meetings next week. Please refer to our calendar for times and locations.<br />
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Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-56346929859799905442011-04-25T13:49:00.000-07:002011-04-25T14:04:26.974-07:00Build your Block Challenge Finalists!Unpaving Paradise is a finalist in the Umpqua Bank Build Your Block Challenge. Submit your vote in the Capitol Hill branch at the end of Broadway and help our P-Patch build a tool shed and composting center!<br /><br />You can vote once a day until May 20.<br /><br />More details on the Umpqua Bank facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/capitolhillumpqua">http://www.facebook.com/capitolhillumpqua</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZM8nm6Jo7w9uQYArACeJqwD5EGAp9KBQGO0p320lOz1U6rixbxUtGlHVqaQ07m_5KtX3nTbvswMCoeqroRjg5byIF69yhMLwYwc2HhR_SZ4yBeAaYvedP8L7iaI26AAEonTxQ_DoBdQa/s1600/vote.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599629573884368658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZM8nm6Jo7w9uQYArACeJqwD5EGAp9KBQGO0p320lOz1U6rixbxUtGlHVqaQ07m_5KtX3nTbvswMCoeqroRjg5byIF69yhMLwYwc2HhR_SZ4yBeAaYvedP8L7iaI26AAEonTxQ_DoBdQa/s320/vote.gif" /></a><br />Thanks for your support!Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-42912768197407225882011-04-25T13:37:00.000-07:002011-04-25T13:43:20.792-07:00Summit Slope Park Dedication<div align="left">Join us Sunday, May 1 for our official grand opening celebration! The dedication of Summit Slope Park begins at noon. There will be a maypole, musicians and Umpqua Bank and Starbucks will provide some goodies. At 1:30 a Seattle Tilth Master Composter will teach us how to compost and build health soil. Hope to see you there!</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsG1BTab_i6vGc9aIxCjYVqKkVL1rNvBbzcXNhiccIgliDU66tykweTjO2MzX1gXk5X2cqpR5tq8FWo5QuNg_8QuTipqHareTvtUsRwfmDBx7Ejlz6fntnVJ2BH_avLyIq1ASrTvWgQQ5/s1600/dedication.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599623298738581218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsG1BTab_i6vGc9aIxCjYVqKkVL1rNvBbzcXNhiccIgliDU66tykweTjO2MzX1gXk5X2cqpR5tq8FWo5QuNg_8QuTipqHareTvtUsRwfmDBx7Ejlz6fntnVJ2BH_avLyIq1ASrTvWgQQ5/s320/dedication.gif" /></a><br /><br /></div>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-30620532640996849372011-03-20T19:59:00.000-07:002011-03-22T11:49:48.641-07:00The Gardening Begins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DNtZmeVjY7xi2eNFJjrH7CaDD_WdZsm_WWdpWyEnjQWE_VR8ITPLCtnnhXzqXlRpf_1ymsx-QwVP8g2nhjM12_Riq-flQZf3jlssK3b8QYJsa3Xd41ZvKvCOB6CcactKpZIK-3t86lLw/s1600/bruce_and_rose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DNtZmeVjY7xi2eNFJjrH7CaDD_WdZsm_WWdpWyEnjQWE_VR8ITPLCtnnhXzqXlRpf_1ymsx-QwVP8g2nhjM12_Riq-flQZf3jlssK3b8QYJsa3Xd41ZvKvCOB6CcactKpZIK-3t86lLw/s320/bruce_and_rose.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586363685033837362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DfTobxoIrhou65EFtR0WWwq5LaBo0NDZsTGEFL99sCOW1oeur_IClC4aJPZ-yPxYHxYRKUHFOuP4dvdKt-mFF7XX9ASX5ZNS7S7EU93h_hKafzWOW2OuactsEk09TAy_Lr23r6C0YUnE/s1600/barbara+and+ginger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DfTobxoIrhou65EFtR0WWwq5LaBo0NDZsTGEFL99sCOW1oeur_IClC4aJPZ-yPxYHxYRKUHFOuP4dvdKt-mFF7XX9ASX5ZNS7S7EU93h_hKafzWOW2OuactsEk09TAy_Lr23r6C0YUnE/s320/barbara+and+ginger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586363681840758034" /></a><br />A few people started planting the day after we chose our plots, but March 19th seemed to be the first big push to get plants in the ground.<div>All pictures were taken by Shawn Brinsfield.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-9632713485067505332011-03-07T13:51:00.000-08:002011-03-07T18:02:12.158-08:00Taking Care of Summit Slope: UP P-Patch Gardeners and Starbucks Pitch in to Take Care of Park<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2011/03/01/2014367409.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 608px; height: 431px;" src="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2011/03/01/2014367409.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >picture courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider/The Seattle Times</span></div><div><br /></div><div>This lovely picture of Judy's peas in our new park and P-Patch is part of a rather gloomy <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2014312829_pacificpparks06.html">article in the Seattle Times</a> about how the Parks Levy paid for new parks but not for their continued maintenance. While the Parks Department's continued budget woes are certainly of concern, Summit Slope Park and Unpaving Paradise P-Patch have some resources that not every neighborhood park can count on. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>First </b>is the dedicated band of volunteers that have worked to plan and fundraise for the park and p-patch over the last three years, many of whom will become gardeners at Unpaving Paradise P-Patch and so stay active in the space's continued care. <b>Second </b>is a pledge by the Olive Way Starbucks to start and head up Friends of Summit Slope Park, a group dedicated to ongoing park maintenance. Many thanks to both groups for being good neighbors and pitching in to keep up our little piece of public land. </div><div><br /></div>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-60761406134119671412010-12-14T15:34:00.001-08:002010-12-14T15:35:06.274-08:00Our Patch is Filled with Peas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVljSzFq5R73MCK84QFNJbaUe0MbZcNKFeehyphenhyphenSasfL92dvyAmuDc0CdqG2kS9j59TDYpCOuh2SDem_UtDxkU4S4_vHNSsJbiDUSla3QtTaXEtHNWOo20vLSFPhy8YT4MvwTF5HJpQY6iY/s1600/peas_in_a_pod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVljSzFq5R73MCK84QFNJbaUe0MbZcNKFeehyphenhyphenSasfL92dvyAmuDc0CdqG2kS9j59TDYpCOuh2SDem_UtDxkU4S4_vHNSsJbiDUSla3QtTaXEtHNWOo20vLSFPhy8YT4MvwTF5HJpQY6iY/s400/peas_in_a_pod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550685591873655714" border="0" /></a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-59564626859389890822010-11-30T23:10:00.000-08:002010-11-30T23:13:57.275-08:00THIS WED! Dec. 1st - Burlap Quilting Bee for John and Summit ParkThere is an important 'burlap coffee bean sack quilting' get together tomorrow, Wednesday, all day and evening (9am to 9pm) at the nearby Seattle Presbyterian Church.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RZ41era-40lWZscycp_jBk5BTVM9Y39b1MshIN_ImKRBsyNP9fgLIS2W8QhzPb-ZRYbWL4RxjkfeIV-fEpCeNtrv7sts6FEibrqQi5TvihoymhCG7GXFiTjyTPTh9FzzAaNz4Bjk5q-O/s1600/Burlap+Dig+In.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1RZ41era-40lWZscycp_jBk5BTVM9Y39b1MshIN_ImKRBsyNP9fgLIS2W8QhzPb-ZRYbWL4RxjkfeIV-fEpCeNtrv7sts6FEibrqQi5TvihoymhCG7GXFiTjyTPTh9FzzAaNz4Bjk5q-O/s320/Burlap+Dig+In.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545603259673665426" border="0" /></a><br />Unpaving Paradise will be amending the soil at John and Summit Park this Saturday (<a href="http://unpavingparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-summit-bedspread-work-party.html">Dec. 4th at John and Summit starting at 9am</a>) with rich nutritive greens and browns. When finished UP will put the soil to bed for the winter by covering it with mostly pre-assembled quilted-together burlap coffee bean sacks. UP wants to give a 'nice look' to the garden for the local community to admire over the winter months. Therefore getting the 500+ coffee bean sacks stitched together in shapes mirroring and custom fitting the designed plots is important. Not only for appearance but to quickly and deftly cover the soil without walking on the soil and compacting it.<br /><br />The plan is to have pre-measured template patterns on the church floor and then to quilt together the coffee bean sacks to fit the patterns. Many of the sacks have been already stitched together in strips so as to save time on Wednesday's assembling project.<br /><br />The stitching is simple and requires no previous experience. We will have all materials ready for you. And feel free to be creative by sewing in thick colored yarn!<br /><br />Please come and help out even if only for an hour. There are two volunteers so far who are coming. Consider lending a helping hand.<br /><br />They have free church parking on the north side of the building and you are allowed to park for free from 7 to 9 pm in the pay parking lot just across the Street (Howell). The Church (located just behind the Seattle Central Community College) is a block south of East Denny. The quilting bee will be in the downstairs Fellowship Hall; entrance thru church's north side parking lot.<br /><br />1729 Harvard Avenue<br />Seattle, WA 98122-2227Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-5927997503222409312010-11-30T23:03:00.000-08:002010-11-30T23:07:13.451-08:00John & Summit Bedspread Work Party - Saturday, Dec. 4th<div id=":4s" class="ii gt"><div id=":4t"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We have a <u><strong>Bedspread</strong> <strong>Work Party</strong></u> coming up. This time we'll be spreading coffee chaff, chocolate mulch and leaves on the beds, then covering the whole thing with burlap "bedspreads" for the winter. Come join the fun!</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When: <strong>Saturday December 4th, 9AM </strong>(Rain, snow or shine . . . we're working!)</span></div> <div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What: Distributing organic coffee chaff, chocolate mulch and leaves into the garden beds, then covering it all up with our burlap bedspreads </span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We won't need shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows this time, just small tarps, buckets and gloves. <strong>If you have small tarps, please bring them</strong>. We have everything else you'll need to help. </span></div> <div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span> </div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We really need your help! Come and bring your friends, too! We'll be moving soil in rain, snow or shine.</span></div> <div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span> </div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Delicious coffee and treats are being provided! </span></div> <div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span> </div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please RSVP to Barbara at <a href="http://us.mc311.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gingergooddog@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112);" target="_blank">gingergooddog@gmail.com</a> so we know how many to expect.</span></div> (Even if you forget to RSVP, come garden with us!)</span><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A copy of a delightful flyer for you to view and post is coming soon.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">See you Saturday!</span></div> </div></div>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-14253847068688346802010-11-15T15:39:00.000-08:002010-11-15T15:59:36.035-08:00Soil-Moving Party!<p>Help fill the John & Summit P-Patch community garden at the</p><h1>SOIL-MOVING PARTY!</h1><h2>Friday, Nov. 19 @ 11am<br />Saturday, Nov. 20 @ 9am</h2><p>We'll work whether rain, snow or shine. Come by and help all day or just part of the day.</p><p>We have the tools, but please bring work gloves, shovels, 5-gallon buckets & wheelbarrows if you have them.</p><p>Treats and warm drinks will be provided.</p><p>We hope to see you there!</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcu23BABUuyGMzQ6-f9cnCtwsRMIkPsexxlQyC6s4nDhuwTKbs5gZbrCa-zaoxvLFlEIpmn2md81mzp7_75dnRUSEtpjzhiN_VhCueonZvA_U_VRUI499C20mftuXYZV_lRTDD80fmwafy/s1600/soilparty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcu23BABUuyGMzQ6-f9cnCtwsRMIkPsexxlQyC6s4nDhuwTKbs5gZbrCa-zaoxvLFlEIpmn2md81mzp7_75dnRUSEtpjzhiN_VhCueonZvA_U_VRUI499C20mftuXYZV_lRTDD80fmwafy/s400/soilparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539929569547727426" border="0" /></a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-89426943499488587472010-11-09T14:53:00.000-08:002010-11-09T14:55:05.285-08:00Save the Dates!Please mark these dates in your calendar:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Friday & Saturday, Nov. 19-20</span><br /><br />We'll be getting dirty! And we'll need everyone's help.<br /><br />More Details to come soon, so check back.Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-80223831299946559922010-11-08T10:49:00.000-08:002010-11-08T10:53:27.468-08:00Help get P-Patches included in the new Capitol Hill park<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">You're Help is Needed!</span><br /></p><p>A new park is coming to Capitol Hill at the corner of Federal & Republican. Help is needed to get P-Patches included in the park. If you would like to get involved or stay informed, join the Federal & Republican listserv by emailing <a href="mailto:FedRepPark-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">FedRepPark-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</a>.</p>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-21379982000400367992010-11-05T13:42:00.000-07:002010-11-05T13:56:12.972-07:00John & Summit P-Patch Nov. 2010 Meeting Agenda<p>We will covering these topics at the Saturday, Nov. 6 meeting:</p><ul><li style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome and introductions</li><br /><li style="font-weight: bold;">Being a part of the P-Patch Program</li><ul><li>Individual Responsibilities</li><li>Volunteer Hours and Plot Activity</li><li>Lettuce Link</li></ul><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Status of Unpaving Paradise P-Patch</span><br /></li><ul><li>Shed</li><li>Compost Bins</li><li>Soil Committee</li></ul><br /><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next steps</span><br /></li><ul><li>Join a committee: Soil, Compost, Communication, Stewardship</li><li>Form any additional committees that might be needed</li><br /></ul><br /></ul>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-11355117451625646682010-11-01T15:05:00.000-07:002010-11-01T15:36:44.867-07:00November John & Summit P-Patch MeetingJoin a work committee. Share your thoughts. Learn about the progress made so far and what needs to be done by year end.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 at 10:00 am</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Capitol Hill Public Library</span><br /><br />Meet and grow with the community. See you there!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByD8_f80xh_gAjRXySyDcJuQ1RQ9Vxrk8uXz4tnCTl0L1-geR1z9MONvU8b1TVCtoYIK9-IiBB-_gnSoptE2bRopjvzD3Y4rEgJVZtzryhdOa0jtbRJktO1FCChBggn2WrFbfa1P-noaR/s1600/UP_Nov_meeting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByD8_f80xh_gAjRXySyDcJuQ1RQ9Vxrk8uXz4tnCTl0L1-geR1z9MONvU8b1TVCtoYIK9-IiBB-_gnSoptE2bRopjvzD3Y4rEgJVZtzryhdOa0jtbRJktO1FCChBggn2WrFbfa1P-noaR/s400/UP_Nov_meeting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534712779191061106" border="0" /></a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-78293059188760804242010-06-24T18:39:00.001-07:002010-06-24T19:00:28.643-07:00Pictures from the 6/5 Capitol Hill Community Garage SaleWithout further ado, pictures from the Unpaving Paradise-sponsored Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale. All photos are courtesy of Dennis Saxman.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb_ko8RjGsyHKVhsEZbYK5jeeYu2VEvxcjjKqysYMfWdkRMspBZewFaI91dz_fpjjiVowR-BtON3QVqCnU7syBQg9omxcxj7b1TYCXSSPk89xM4yVjcDGrRSkOP_GXqZQia_rO7FoV9Iz/s1600/DSC_0638.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb_ko8RjGsyHKVhsEZbYK5jeeYu2VEvxcjjKqysYMfWdkRMspBZewFaI91dz_fpjjiVowR-BtON3QVqCnU7syBQg9omxcxj7b1TYCXSSPk89xM4yVjcDGrRSkOP_GXqZQia_rO7FoV9Iz/s400/DSC_0638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486524892422471250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynFdscxLwJV0EDa3KxfoL0SqCjgFG2TKVQO1EjqNkqsEw63KUxlpZ79t724Yf3K60HmXUHEwzvN2zuc4F_D_SzXRT4MQy8jGIuu5rcih7ocMeCVOw4Xdc2we-s1hbqPGMd3yt0b06Mo6m/s1600/DSC_0636.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwhIOnBPqDis_JMmgxHEwhtXIZ7NQaIGefr0j5062M63-whny-yZzK50LSdQ6WnSdbh5M34Jo0MLE807p5RbySN2lebotm-RkIPz_y0bYDAnAFB57-iOBA_gEcLSeLyBJiiQK_EgVXNOl/s400/DSC_0651.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486524088021126194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsRrTIuF4-27a9Pri3hly2SQy43n5HrGPOvb1sDeZCWVgo4HQOisHJXzXpjccODeZjg57KxLiRGpFiiTT8dW7tLWyjbrxgqZ1IJaXJZhXsiMz93qV4H8SnJW5ziTJQxnvQLVekZVEx_f/s1600/DSC_0653.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsRrTIuF4-27a9Pri3hly2SQy43n5HrGPOvb1sDeZCWVgo4HQOisHJXzXpjccODeZjg57KxLiRGpFiiTT8dW7tLWyjbrxgqZ1IJaXJZhXsiMz93qV4H8SnJW5ziTJQxnvQLVekZVEx_f/s400/DSC_0653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486523959522164562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjJF_W-KxO0aYilpWqoYGDzBrJyRYwBNXr3H_VIu2dyBi7QivAaVTBfCtzgin55jVttW2lhhzHIV5_UMyGk3ers_ctH7OAdAy4lpxbsxxkcm-QqPUx_6yOYMBmQsoXkZyvnM5FSsiLsVj/s1600/DSC_0656.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfjJF_W-KxO0aYilpWqoYGDzBrJyRYwBNXr3H_VIu2dyBi7QivAaVTBfCtzgin55jVttW2lhhzHIV5_UMyGk3ers_ctH7OAdAy4lpxbsxxkcm-QqPUx_6yOYMBmQsoXkZyvnM5FSsiLsVj/s400/DSC_0656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486523795056545810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ023TZSPCAti-7n5ek3fClf_GnphUIDP6Wozl0eCA3f9Qcg1XfuRFAr-WIU96RVSPH1W5aJLYEadx6Ohwf65HwSrh6ShtXXilxp7CCOoNmWuFzDqBLyyettYIac8HAq1bQWs1KarKg1IE/s1600/DSC_0663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ023TZSPCAti-7n5ek3fClf_GnphUIDP6Wozl0eCA3f9Qcg1XfuRFAr-WIU96RVSPH1W5aJLYEadx6Ohwf65HwSrh6ShtXXilxp7CCOoNmWuFzDqBLyyettYIac8HAq1bQWs1KarKg1IE/s400/DSC_0663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486523588663257826" border="0" /></a>Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-2198758585073549892010-06-01T16:55:00.000-07:002010-06-01T17:11:02.144-07:006/5 - UP at the Capitol Hill Garage Sale!<span style="font-weight: bold;">What: Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale Day</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When: June 5th, 10am to 3pm in the empty 500 E Pine Block, between Summit and Belmont. Times vary at other garage sale map locations</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Web: http://www.capitolhillgaragesale.com/</span><br /><br />June 5th is the date for the neighborhood spring cleaning extravaganza, The Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale! Come check out the recycled treasures and meet the neighbors at sale sites all over the Hill! The Community Council's Open Space Committee, Unpaving Paradise, is sponsoring the CHCGS again this year and we'd love it if you came to visit our booth at the big community sale site on 500 E Pine St. between Summit and Belmont.<br /><br />Unpaving Paradise is accepting donations of goods to sell to raise funds for the upcoming John and Summit Park and P-Patch. Please consider donating. Not only is it a great way to pass on your wonderful stuff to other people, the funds go to support a fantastic community garden and green space. Even better, the donation is a tax deductible contribution!<br /><br />Unpaving Paradise is seeking:<br /><ul><li>Tables and chairs for sale day</li><li>Groundcoverings for sale day</li><li>A canopy for sale day</li><li>Volunteers to help with staffing the sale (It'll be fun and you can meet the neighbors!)<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you have items to donate or would like to help out at the day of, please email us at unpaving.paradise@gmail.com.</span><br /><br />To sign up and participate in the selling good times: Register your sale for free at capitolhillgaragesale.com and be included on the Official Garage Sale Map. Sign up for an affordable $20 community space in the empty lot at Belmont and Pine. (Hurry! Space is limited.)Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199842287018281609.post-67693968199707348212010-06-01T16:34:00.000-07:002010-06-01T16:55:17.919-07:00Groundbreaking and more groundbreaking - Pictures!First, I want to post a picture of the actual groundbreaking of the park that started just last week!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2en1B9VHk6-P1bJMkg8qqIfJ1WRg_6ZU9rQ3Kpux3n0iOBDynwF5pViunADKWBB4e2Xcs6UgucZwvseocZvTQRjtGr9bVRYG-BkBa_qGmkwhLgXxXM3K6j6PnbY6EhHQZGktuj0J396wC/s1600/The+Actual+Groundbreaking+5.24.10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2en1B9VHk6-P1bJMkg8qqIfJ1WRg_6ZU9rQ3Kpux3n0iOBDynwF5pViunADKWBB4e2Xcs6UgucZwvseocZvTQRjtGr9bVRYG-BkBa_qGmkwhLgXxXM3K6j6PnbY6EhHQZGktuj0J396wC/s320/The+Actual+Groundbreaking+5.24.10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477956010687166578" border="0" /></a><br />After two years of work and waiting, this is so exciting to see! (thanks to Shawn Brinsfield for the great picture :)<br /><br />Now, here are some pictures from our groundbreaking party back in April. While we (sadly) weren't allowed to actually break ground, we did get to celebrate the imminent start of construction for our very own park and P-Patch at John and Summit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl-7Po6S-y4OQ3D1W1XRvDr16Uu4I_ODcy3JNIHP-73Jp_bViLx6ljn1vqeg_y-2EWfA7lM1-f-LLGCAKNiAw2ajoO2ryptKGvMYg43wEwa5D4CT9IjjWwHi04NpmriXOqruIReaQVy5S/s1600/Jen+%26+Saunatina.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVl-7Po6S-y4OQ3D1W1XRvDr16Uu4I_ODcy3JNIHP-73Jp_bViLx6ljn1vqeg_y-2EWfA7lM1-f-LLGCAKNiAw2ajoO2ryptKGvMYg43wEwa5D4CT9IjjWwHi04NpmriXOqruIReaQVy5S/s320/Jen+%26+Saunatina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477957708206009538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrFbD4LXyTXcpsQNZyYmWjcfpSWjVSgw3IVdTaULUnRkNn3K5B27DzeW0AIwSajuUx2DE1-73QW-f7gI_zH5ezL0_F9LragAciotIpS5gmw4bxLW7SQgyDC0aewNDBIzF1Yyy3UbUn3fh/s1600/hula+hooping.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWbfDzMSBwDI5FUjq16z_CM2E0r_zkHIIUG_Cs1uDEXda7JsrLduZ7ktjHdGrMqi37cKHKm4hJwISjd-fDoxPGcNGygAkSkfwzirx_07UcyDnrV6vaLx9ujl9_M_K6qR1jlSJvDRc5NB8/s320/Becki+Frestedt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477957235246142082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmxY-E6u-YdPcrd41Bs5LhyphenhyphenMj1kJvR73a0jTzk04gUHPUDHMuogOK9GOc8_MjNux2VGaP4hWkobEirULC7vphljnkY_LeTcY8wOOkmk1SQSaeNvZT8HEESkAbN2h6R7q2ec76kS3Conxc/s1600/bloom+where+you%27re+planted.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmxY-E6u-YdPcrd41Bs5LhyphenhyphenMj1kJvR73a0jTzk04gUHPUDHMuogOK9GOc8_MjNux2VGaP4hWkobEirULC7vphljnkY_LeTcY8wOOkmk1SQSaeNvZT8HEESkAbN2h6R7q2ec76kS3Conxc/s320/bloom+where+you%27re+planted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477957160495934818" border="0" /></a>Here's to a quick construction and a park by the end of the summer!Unpaving Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06993532111616901799noreply@blogger.com0