Roosevelt Island Garden Club - A Community Garden
  • Home
    • About RIGC
    • FAQs
  • How to Join
  • Garden Blog
  • Local News
    • Garden Photos
    • News Archive
  • Outdoors on R Island
  • Resources
    • Weeds & Invasives to Remove
    • Healthy Soil
    • General Gardening Tips
    • Go Green!

2022 Community Service Days Begin April 24th Sunday

4/24/2022

 
Email from Neal Weissman RIGC President 2022: 
Kudos to so many for so much accomplished! 
​

Save the Date: Our next CS Day is Saturday, June 11th.
Email From Jack Burkhalter RIGC Vice President 2022: 
Yesterday was a most productive day with great weather and esprit de corps!  Thanks to you all for your dedication, time and leadership in generating the list of tasks and then doing them!  Here are some stats, based on the initial sign-in sheet which we are still adding info to.  Thanks again. 

List for April 24, 2022 Community Service Day:

Number of participants signing in:  28
Number of hours participants contributed:  62.4 hours

A list of tasks accomplished:  (Even more was actually completed) 
  • Hoses: Take out of shed, distribute, and attach: DONE
  • Sweep front common area or back common area. Put leaves in leaf bins. Put small branches in branch pile. Dispose of any trash in bins. DONE
  • COMPOST : Transfer greens & browns from wire mesh cage to main compost bin DONE. Teach folks about where to put all organic items and how to sift when signs say open! 
  • Rake pathways. Place leaves only (sift out gravel) in leaf bins. 80% DONE
  • Weed pathways: Beside E plot area DONE Adjacent to landscape beds all along the garden edge DONE Northeastern paths close to fence DONE 
  • Separate weeds and place them in the organics to compost bin.  Replace any gravel back in path. DONE
  • "Plogging" walk around the garden perimeter and pick up all trash & dog poop. Dispose of items in trash can in NW corner common area. ENTRANCE DONE
  • Paint numbers on plots missing number signs  90% DONE; some more work needed
  • Assemble new lockers 1 of 2 DONE 
  • Paint small green cabinet w/Rust Oleum - DONE
  • Sand and paint the big green chair. DONE
  • Repair one of the big picnic tables DONE
  • Rose Garden planning meeting DONE
  • Tree removal in center of plot D 09: DONE

TO DO:  Clean & organize tools in the shed. Remove any dirt. Help keep tools organized. Sweep the shed. 

Join us for the next Community Service Day on June 11th.
Picture


Comments are closed.

    Categories

    All
    Accessibility
    Art
    Birds
    Children
    Composting
    Education
    Gardeners
    History
    Horticulture
    Infrastructure Upkeep
    Nature
    Outreach
    Poetry
    Pollinators
    Pond
    Roses
    Safety
    Service
    Social Events
    Standards
    Sustainability
    Visitor Appreciation

    Archives by date

    March 2023
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    March 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014

    RSS Feed

Picture
Email for website submissions 
or comments: 
rigardencluboutreach@gmail.com

Email for general 
concerns:
rigardenclub@gmail.com
Write to us:
RIGC
PO Box 127
NY, NY 10044
Proudly powered by Weebly