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COVID-19 Kindness Team: Steady Daily Care

6/28/2020

We are a community of volunteers and we have some special persons to thank for the daily prep of the bleach solution available week after week.

Our RIGC COVID team for the past 6 weeks since we regained member access on May 17 has been:

Ron Schuppert
Karen Lawrence
Alexis Villafane
Julie Lipp.
Judith Long
Carolina Meyer Associate
Beth Schrum

and thank you to Neal Weissman for all the organizing and preparation.

Pollinator Week Planting thanks to iDig2Learn & RIOC

6/25/2020

#PollinatorWeek

RIOC, along with The Butterfly Project NYC, GreenThumb, iDig2Learn, RI Garden Club & GRIN, joined forces to plant pollinator-attracting plants near Sportspark during National Pollinator Week in late June!

Christina Delfico, Jack Burkhalter, and Julia Ferguson met up early on a Thursday morning to plant beautiful perennial native plants to attract pollinators year round. This native planting includes Zizia Aurea, Baptisia Alba, Gray Goldenrod, & False Aster. Native plants have evolved with the regional conditions & local wildlife. They need less water and also support pollinators and birds much more effectively than other plantings!

Morning workout - weed, add a little locally processed compost, plant with space to grow & water.

All of this was possible because of Ursula with the NYC Environmental Education Center @nycenviroeductr and Christina Delfico @iDig2Learn #butterflyprojectnyc

We are grateful for Altheria Jackson, Mary Cunneen, Jessica Cerone, Erica Spencer El, Matthew Kibby, Eddie Perez, and Fernando Vargas at RIOC @rooseveltislandrioc. They all pitched in behind the scenes for permission, planning, adding more soil amendments, and turning on the water so these plants can get established.

A very special thanks to RIOC’s acting CEO & President Shelton Haynes who was very excited about this community project.

Roosevelt Island Garden Club #community garden appreciates so many partners on Roosevelt Island who help to make wise choices that provide opportunities for nature and our environment.

Please visit pollinator.org to find out what you can do to protect pollinators!

June 20th, 2020 Bring Materials to Build a Compost Pile

6/21/2020

On Saturday, June 20th, members and associates individually brought their saved organics - greens and browns back to the compost area where they learned where to place them as Anthony, Jorg, and Kaz created a new pile to cook this season. Danika and Aiesha helped out with many tasks like more sifting, so compost was available for pick up as well! A beautiful, quiet, physically distanced day of safe composting thanks to Anthony Longo's leadership.

Remember to keep your organic matter in your plot until the next announced time to bring it to the communal system. Take a look below at the curated exhibit by Karen Lee teaching us to carefully prepare materials to compost and showing us what dangerous items to leave out!

RIGC Compost Learning: Zoom Meet up

6/15/2020

Thank you for keeping all cleaned up organic matter in your own plot at this time!

Mark Your Calendars!
The first day in which we will be open for bringing organic matter to the back compost area will be June 20 from 10 am - 1 pm. The compost committee might even have some compost for you at that time! :-) In fairness to the compost committee and for the safety of us all, members cannot leave anything at any other time. See you on June 20!

Watch the Compost Zoom
To learn ways in which you can compost directly in your plot and/or hold organic matter neatly in your plot, please watch the Compost Education Zoom meet-up held on June 7, 2020 and organized by Aiesha Eleusizov:

Intro & Ways to Hold Organic Matter in Your Plot and Save for Communal Compost System- 15 min - Jerome Dutilloy

Using Dry Leaves Stems & More for Soil and Pollinators like our Native Bees - 12 min Jack Burkhalter

Compost Directly Into Your Soil -both garden materials and food scraps - 14 min Shelley Yu

Full Cycle Container Composting in Your Own Plot and Conclusion - 31 min Karen Lee

You can also find additional compost resources here on the RIGC website

Masks available at RIGC Thanks to Ben Kallos office

6/5/2020

This past week, Neal Weissman made a trip in to Ben Kallos's office to provide gardeners with extra masks if needed to keep us all safe in the gardens. This pandemic has us all connecting in so many new ways and we are so grateful for elected leaders and their staff who help in so many different ways at this time! Neal will distribute to any who are in need or who forget theirs for safety.

Good evening Neal,

Thanks again for making the trip up to our office for the masks. We hope they'll helpful for any RIer's who are still in need in need of them!

Stay safe,
Sushant Harite
Budget Director and Office Manager
Pronouns: he/him

Office of NYC Council Member Ben Kallos
District Five: Midtown East, Upper East Side, El Barrio and Roosevelt Island
Phone: 212.860.1950
Web: BenKallos.com

COVID-19 Kindness Team: Steady Daily Care

Pollinator Week Planting thanks to iDig2Learn & RIOC

June 20th, 2020 Bring Materials to Build a Compost Pile

RIGC Compost Learning: Zoom Meet up

Masks available at RIGC Thanks to Ben Kallos office

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