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Thursday, April 01st, 2010 | Author: Raz

IMPORTANT MEETINGTuesday, June 8th, 6:30 pm at the Oviedo Library, 310 Division Street -  Come hear a special presentation by Mr. Robert Bowden, director of Leu Gardens. He is coming to speak to us and has offered to help us get our community gardens started. Robert has been involved with many community gardens throughout central FL, and most recently played an important role in the successful launching of the community gardens in Sanford.

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMonday, June 21st, 6:30 pm at City Hall, Oviedo -Join us as we present our business plan to the City Council. Mr. Robert Bowden will be joining us and the more attendees we can have the better chances we have of making an impression on the city council members.

CALLING ALL OVIEDO FARM VOLUNTEERS TO WORK THE METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY GARDENS – This is a pilot project we a launching in order to help out with a community garden project already underway. The church garden is a project that Mr. Bob Saunders has taken on by himself, in order to grow food to be donated to a local food pantry. This is a big project for one person so we have offered to help him out. We will be pulling weeds, mulching and building the soil for a healthier harvest. This will be a fun, hard-working, community event. Please come prepared with any or all of the following items:

 shovel, hard rake, newspaper, grass clippings, gloves and a kneeling pad, 3/4″ PVC pipe (we will use this to build drip irrigation)

 The volunteer work days at the Methodist Church Community Gardens are scheduled for:

SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH @ 8:00 am

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TH @ 6:30 pm

 The church address is:263 King St., Oviedo. The gardens are located on Lake Jessup Rd. 1/2 block north of the church.

Spread the word, bring family members or friends. The Oviedo Farm is growin in the right direction!

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Important Meeting – Tues., June 8th

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 | Author: toffee

announcementOur next planning meeting is scheduled for Tues., June 9, at 6:30 pm at the Oviedo Library.  Please join us.

Meeting agenda:

Mr. Robert Bowden, director of Leu Gardens will be on hand to talk to us about starting our community garden, writing our business plan, and our presentation to City Council in a few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who joined us on Saturday as we helped with The Methodist Church community garden, for which the harvest is donated to help feed the homeless in Oviedo. We have another volunteer day next Wed., June 9th at 6:30 pm. Come join us we could use all the help we can get. We will be mulching, and fertilizing. There are always weeds to be pulled.

Soon to be posted, are pictures taken on Saturday, of the volunteers hard at work. Thanks again. We really accomplished a lot in 2 hours and had fun doing it.

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First Planning Meeting

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | Author: toffee

Invitation to Mar 2nd MtgannouncementOur first planning meeting was a success. With over 30 people in attendance and over half of them volunteering to help take us to the next level, phase 2, and beyond.

I have to admit I was a bit nervous launching my first public address to the community. But once we got rolling I was relaxed and enjoying the enthusiastic response to the presentation.

We will post a video of the meeting soon, so stay tuned!

Please make note of our NEW email address: theoviedofarm@gmail.com

We will be sending emials to those of you who have signed up to help out. We will be assigning specific tasks for you, scheduling a working meeting to clarify and discuss plans to carryout these tasks.

For phase 2 plans and volunteer opportunities see the ”Planning” category sidebar.

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Website Meeting

Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | Author: toffee

Possible date for Website Planning and Training Meeting.

If you can’t attend, submit suggestions and concerns via comments below or the Contact form.  Thanks.

Sunday, Feb 21st, 2010. 8:30-11:00pm, at location TBD.