PROJECT

STATUS/ACTIONS NEEDED:

Community Garden Update

• Workdays: August 10th & 25th 9:00 am, September 14th & 29th 10:00 am, October 12th & 27th, 10:00 am
• Garden Talks: August 11, August 21, September 18, October 16th (details below)
• Scheduling Garden Talks through winter?

• Mushroom growing
• Cold frame gardening
• Evergreen wreath making
• Orchids?

• End of August harvest children’s talk? Potentially weekend before Labor Day

Updates

• Pollinator garden- donation being watered by Linda, dates to  be scheduled for cooler weather
• Compost bin pre-order
• Environmental Commission
• HHS Rain Garden- saw Isabella
• SUP Hammonton Subcommittee

Sustainable Jersey

• Received list of items that need revision from SJ
• 380 points submitted
• 135 points awarded
• 245 points need improvement (215 needed for Silver level)
• Revisions due by September 8th
• So far, 40 points have been revised.

Green Business Program

• 2 pending applications (Casciano & Joe Bruno photography)
• Schedule site visit/ follow-up meeting
• Pistone’s submitted & published July 17th edition
• Fermented submitted 8/2 for 8/7 edition
• Thin Place Farm scheduled to be submitted ~August 17th
• Inviting recipients to attend August 26th Town Council meeting to be recognized publicly
• Mica met with Chamber of Commerce & MainStreet Hammonton to strategize outreach to local businesses. General email blast in early September w/ reminder of Green Day; new checklist, potential for early 2020 Chamber ‘BEST’ event presentation about program, HGC.

Green Day 9/21

(rain date 9/22)

• Workshops?
• Vendor & sponsor  forms updated-- please share!!
• 31 vendors so far
• 2 sponsors so far, $2,100
• Resolution needed?
• Green Day Planning meetings: August 5th @ GC monthly mtg,  August 21st (6:30 pm, before Garden Talk), September 9th @ GC monthly mtg
• Invited to HEF Recycling Central: do we want to have a table there?

• Poster for Green Day @ Recycling Central

 Upcoming Events

• August 7th Permaculture Club meeting, movie night
• August 9th 6-9 pm National Night Out @HHS

• Jen will create QR code, seed bomb materials  

• August 10th 9:00 am Community Garden Workday
• August 11th 5:30 pm Garden Talk: Soil Micronutrients w/Dietitian
• August 15th 6:30 pm Jersey Friendly Yards EOFLS at Canoe Club

• Ellie will share info w/ Canoe Club

• August 21st 7:00 pm Garden Talk: Fall & Winter Crops
• August 25th 9:00 am Community Garden Workday
• August 26th Town Council Meeting (green businesses recognized)
• September 14th 10:00 am Community Garden Workday
• September 17th 6-9 pm Sustainable Jersey Listening Session @ NJM
• September 18th 7pm Garden Talk: Cover Crops
• September 21st 12-4 GREEN DAY!
• September 29 10:00 am Community Garden Workday
• October 5th 4:30 Community Garden End-of-Season Potluck
• October 12th 10:00 am Community Garden Workday
• October 16th 7:00 pm Garden Talk: Closing Garden for Winter
• October 27th 10:00 am Final 2019 Community Garden Workday

Roles & Responsibilities

• Event planning
• New member recruitment
• Communications
• Subcommittee leads