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Members took shifts to clear the side walk and snap some gorgeous photos of snow blanketing the pharm, a week before our annual meeting on March 1 to kick off the next season. Hard to believe that spring is around the corner!

On Feb. 21st, our usual contractor, Arborpolitan, took down the Pharm’s beloved plum tree. Over the years, all have enjoyed its luxurious white blooms, and many gardeners have found respite and bulit friendships under its canopy. The tree succumbed to disease, but Arborpolitan left the garden with some beautiful pieces to remember it by. Longtime member Kayla shared a rendering of the tree posted here.

Bring your (or your neighbors’) leaves to Prospect Heights Community Farm! The leaf drop-off dates extend across five Sundays from 11/2 to 12/7 during compost shift hours (12-2pm). We will extend the drop-off period if needed.

PHCF members hosted a srub (drinking vinegar)-making evening Sept. 12th where all who attended started shrubs from fruit, herbs and sugar with pointers from garden Coordinator Laura and Selina who also supplied ingredients and samples. A note from Laura: A very special shoutout to Selina for conceiving of the event and bringing us all together for a perfect garden evening. For those of you who attended and waled away with fruit puree and want to finish making your drinking vinegar/shrub, here are some instructions. For the more Serious among you, here’s a recipe from Serious Eats.

Thanks to the Parks Department, our garden received a huge pile of wood chips. A small but determined group of gardeners put them in place. Now, we have beautiful new paths throughout the garden! 

Thank you to Joey, Catherine, Penelope and Gail.

Great progress was made on the shed organizing project this weekend!  Claire L and her intrepid group emptied and inventoried the shed, discarded some items and organized the rest. What a difference. Stay tuned for the next phase of the shed project — shelving, labels and more. 

Led by our Master Gardeners, a group of around 15 garden members walked through the garden to collectively put fresh eyes on what needs doing this garden season.  We identified some small projects and some big ones (like organizing the new shed and clearing the main garden paths).  It was a very uplifting way to start the season. 

Have you visited the garden recently to check out the new shed?

A lot of people worked really hard to make the shed project a reality this year: Shed committee, garden members, contractors and of course, the incredible team at Soulful Synergy!

Teamwork makes the shed dream work.

Thank you MG Traci for all the photos!

The rebuild of the shed is tentatively scheduled for August 19 to 31 with Soulful Synergy!

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8/4 update: We want to share the news that our shed-build has been delayed. We apologize for any inconvenience and will update this post when we have a new timeline and impact on garden access for members and community.

The old shed has been emptied (big thank you to our garden members for all their hard work!) and its contents are awaiting a new home.

We’re excited to welcome another year of community garden, the Pharm’s 26th. Save the date for the following meeting dates.

Sunday, April 21 at 12 pm (Earth Day potluck BBQ)
Sunday, May 19 at 12 pm
Saturday, June 22 at 12 pm
Wednesday, July 17 at 6 pm (potluck)
Wednesday, August 14 at 6 pm (virtual)
Sunday, September 15 at 12 pm
Saturday, October 19 at 12 pm
Saturday, November 9 at 12 pm

Interested in joining the garden? Find out more information here.