4H Club Schedule

North Newark Urban Garden 4H Club

Meetings every other Saturday from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Tentative Activities
for  the years 2015 (Every event is at the garden unless specified)

Meeting Dates		Activities
May	30	Introduction	Transplanting, Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
June	13	Gardening Basics	Transplanting, Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
	27	Fundraising Ideas	Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
July	11	Officer Nominations	Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
	25	Officer Elections	Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
August	8	Taking time for TLC	Watering, Inspecting, Weeding
	22	Seed Savings	Saving seeds of crops that can be saved!
Sept	5	What are GMOs?	Presentations
	19	Survey-Planning for Next Year!	Watering, Inspecting, Weeding...
Oct	3	POTLUCK	Harvest Celebration!
		Fall Fair Harvest 10:00-4:00 pm Essex County Environmental Center 621 Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland NJ
Nov	TBA	Achievement Night (Rutgers-Newark Campus)
March (2016)	TBA	Oral Presentations (Rutgers-Newark Campus)

 

 

Request for Artwork 2014!

North Newark Urban Garden

Outdoor Art Display

May-October 2014

North Newark Urban Garden at 248-250 Garside Street, Newark seeks creative artwork to a plant, insect or nature themed exhibit(s) for its 2014 temporary outdoor display.

 

North Newark Urban Garden

 

 We are a committed to build a group of individuals to improve the appearance of our neighborhood and create a bond with our neighbors, and teach children the importance of where food comes from.  Situated at 250 Garside Street,  the vacant lot is intended to become a community garden.  The Gardens' goal to show the community  how to have beautiful and practical garden in the neighborhood, without the use of chemicals, incorporate more plants into your diet and use the supermarket less.

 

The garden is adopted by Marieliz Monclova,  and she wants to provide the opportunity for year-round learning through education programs and special events.

 

North Newark Urban Garden's theme is "Healthy Living While Beautifying Our Neighborhood" and its purpose is to inspire environmental sensitivity and sustainability. 

 

Exhibition Description

From Sunday, May 4 through Sunday, October 19, 2014, North Newark Urban Garden will display the work of arts of students and artists in the neighboring community.   This garden  will feature outdoor garden artwork  interpreted from or inspired by plants, insects, and nature created by students in the neighboring schools.

Artists will be selected through a first come-first serve basis until we are able to exhibit one to nine that encourages neighbors to bond and to explore the "community garden."   The students and/or artists should draw  upon ideas of beautiful trees, flowers, plants, insects, fruits, vegetables and other natural wonders that surround us every day in a garden. Though not required, we encourage artists to consider the use of sustainable products to fabricate their work to ensure that the project has minimal impact on the environment, and will offer additional interpretive and educational opportunities related to resource conservation.

 

The objective of the outdoor display would be:

·        To inspire the community with the beauty of plants

·        To increase awareness of the community garden

·        To promote North Newark Urban Garden and its mission

·        To educate the public about eating healthy

·        To create and promote partnerships among local business, and other cultural organizations

·        To showcase the work of our students locally

 

Selection Process & Criteria

The request for artwork is coordinated by North Newark Urban Garden. To ensure  the highest quality exhibition,  I will only accept artwork from those who responded by April 22, 2014 (extend to April 29, 2014). North Newark Urban Garden reserves the right to use any and all images, renderings, and models for the promotion of the exhibition in print or electronic formats. The art must be designed to be withstand outdoor heat and rain of  the summer, it must appeal to the families. 

 

Guidelines & Responsibilities

The work must be original and suitable for outdoor display in adverse weather conditions.   Work must be appropriate for viewing by visitors of all ages.  A work must be able to be installed on available sites, some in grassy areas, both sloping and flat, and some in garden beds.  

Artists are responsible for all costs.  It is the responsibility of the artist/company to arrange for the installation of artwork at the Garden betweenMay 4, 2014 and May 25, 2014 and to completely remove it between October 20 and October 22, 2014.

 

North Newark Urban Garden reserves the right to photograph and reproduce images of the work for marketing and educational materials.

 

Please respond to the following with information about the proposed artwork by April 22, 2014, by phone message or electronic format.  Provide name of company, school, name, when do you think the work will be ready. 

 

Contact Information :

Please direct all inquiries to:

Marieliz Monclova

North Newark Urban Garden

Phone: (862) 218-0330

newarkurbangarden@gmail.com

Our First Fundraiser!

Hello!

Since the garden was adopted from the city of Newark, there has been a few changes...

I am glad to announce that this Saturday, I will have our first Fundraiser. 

The fundraiser is under the 4-H Club (North Newark Urban Garden), and my intention is to pay for the beds that we just obtained, for pete moss, for a few more seedlings, for gloves, for a banner, and to continue to provide service for the kids at 4-H with educational materials, pencils, and perhaps a table that we can pull out during groups.

To the GREAT group, and the ENERGY....

Let's continue moving forward....


I am inviting you to the "Sustainable Living Empowerment and Enrichment Conference"

 I am inviting you the to this inspiring event! 

“Sustainable Living Empowerment and Enrichment Conference”

Join us June 15, 2013

Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Smith Hall of The Rutgers Newark campus of Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, the Sustainable Living Empowerment and Enrichment Conference presents 20 speakers from a variety of disciplines. The speakers will address the question: how to use their own values and experiences to inspire others to form healthy, sustainable communities. The event is free and open to the public, and lasts from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The purpose of the conference is to inspire and empower attendees, so they become active participants toward the goal of building healthy, sustainable communities. The speakers will use their own experiences and values to convey how they have been driven by their passions to various achievements. From urban farming to wellness to solar technology and climate change, the speakers will share information and experiences that assist with the creation of sustainable communities. Empowerment is a multidimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that fosters power in people for use in their own lives, communities and in society by acting on issues they define as important.

The event was organized by members of the Newark Community Garden Coalition with the support of the Greater Newark Conservancy, Newark Science and Sustainability Working Group, and Essex County 4-H. The Newark Community Garden Coalition (NCGC) is a coalition of gardeners and urban farmers. Taking the approach of social entrepreneurship, they work to enrich the overall quality of life in Newark, New Jersey by developing, supporting and promoting city gardens, produce farms and other agricultural space.

(Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 162 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102 Contact: Rebecca Kalenak, Essex County 4-H Agent, (973) 353-1338 ext. 104, kalenak@njaes.rutgers.edu, #sustainlivenwk)

Join 4H Club

North Newark Urban Garden 4H Club will be created and started May 30, 2013 to support it's mission of teaching children about where food comes from, and how to grow plants.  The children that are currently invited are the children in Kindergarten through 4th grade.

The intention will be to see how it can benefit both the children and the garden.  As we begin to get together and join, I will report and let you know how it goes.  If you have a child that is in Kindergarten all the way through 4th grade, and you would like them to join, please stop by any Thursday at 3:30 and check us out!

Mission & Purpose!

North Newark Urban Garden

"Healthy Living While Beautifying Our Neighborhood"

Mission
 We are a committed to build a group to improve the appearance of our neighborhood to create a bond with our neighbors, and teach children the importance of where food comes from.  The Garden's  goal to show the community  how to have beautiful and practical garden in the neighborhood, without the use of chemicals, incorporate more plants into your diet and use the supermarket less.

Purpose & Objective of Garden

To provide the opportunity for year-round learning through education programs and special events.  To grow edible and decorative plants.  To inspire environmental sensitivity and sustainability. 
This garden  will feature outdoor garden artwork  interpreted from or inspired by plants, insects, and nature created by students in the neighboring schools.  The garden will grow edible fruits,  vegetables, and flowers.

·         To inspire the community with the beauty of plants

·         To increase awareness of the community garden

·         To educate the public about eating healthy

Newark Community Garden Coalition

The Newark Community Garden Coalition

The Newark Community Garden Coalition was created this past September to bring different residents in Newark who are gardeners, whether it is at a roof top, vacant lot, or their backyard. The purpose of the coalition is to strengthen and provide support to anyone trying to create a space where we are beautifying and contributing to green eating in Newark. Different working groups were also created, and the Farmer's Market Working Group was created to develop a farmer's market at each ward. This year we did an event for the South Ward in Newark, and this is the summary of the day's event.

I would like to thank Luis Ortiz from Reelmark Entertainment for the great footage!

Election Day; Please vote!

Election Day; Please vote!  On or about the year 2001, I made a decision to become  unaffiliated.  After I saw that the majority vote was democratic, but the republican was elected, I thought this must be some sort of joke.  What I was before doesn't really matter, but what I do know is that BIG government, making the decision for me is NOT good AT ALL. 

As a resgistered voter, I received my ballot.  I notice like every year there are more than 2 parties, did you realize?  I am not the only one, fed up with the 2 party system that seems to think that if Obama gets elected things will remain the same or change, or if Romney gets elected we are going to move forward, or we will arrive to doomsday sooner.  I don't know what the results are going to be tomorrow, but know that you are in control of your life, regardless of who gets elected.  You need to take a stand, and make things happen!

We are joining forces with the Newark Community Garden Coalition, and we are going to make this work, no matter who gets elected tomorrow...However, if you don't go out an make an election, you are telling the Universe that you want someone else to make the decisions for you, is that really what you feel?

Make a decision today, and if you register to vote, make a SELECTION, and make this ELECTION DAY a historical one! Not in US history but in YOUR LIFE...

Please comment below, and let me know if you are going to ROCK the VOTE!

and yet, Another garden!



Cucumber



Adopt a Lot at 11th Avenue

Monclova Health Coach went to visit,  yet, another garden... I was impressed that this was all done under the last year.   

The person who started this garden, was enthused and thrilled to be able to share a cucumber, basil, and tomatoes.  When she gave me the cucumber, I said, I'm going to make a raw dish.  Everyone asked, like what do you mean by a raw dish... I said, I'm going to take a picture of it and share it.  The raw food movement has been around for a long time, I learned about it after becoming a vegan over seven years ago.  I love eating cooked food but there is something about raw food that makes me feel excited and happy, that energizes me and gives me new ideas and creations!  Who wants to be able to learn how to create food that is SUPER simple to eat, and make, and doesn't had inches to your waist, but adds health and vitality to your bones and muscles?   Take a walk with me on Saturday, September 15th, visit my events page at Monclova Health Coach, www.facebook.com/monclovahealth and send me a message for more details. 

 



Vegan Raw dish, Cucumber Pasta with Pesto



New Perspective and Continued Commitment

This summer has been a difficult summer trying to build Monclova Health Coach and North Newark Urban Garden.

I never planned to execute North Newark Urban Garden on my own, and I didn't start this by myself.  It began over 12 months ago with a twitter conversation, where I commited myself to start a community garden.  I am still here, and I'm ready once again to recruit and enroll others who are willing to still work with me in the North Newark Urban Garden.  There is an URGENT need to have fresh food,  natural food, and to be able to sustain ourselves in this economy. 

The garden to me was a way to show the world that we can cultivate fresh food, and we don't need to continously go to the supermarket.  Food grows easily with very little effort, why are we struggling in 9 to 5 jobs where we feel disatisfied promoting someone else's agenda, and we are still broke. 

We are in a boat to pharmaceutical land, looking for magic pills, and getting sicker and sicker.  Our kids today need to learn where they food comes from, and how to really have a good QUALITY life.  The garden for me is a place where I can use as an education tool, not just for the community, but for myself. 

There in lies the biggest challenge.  I have NO CLUE how to grow food, how to mix petemoss with dirt, how to make beds, how to maintain a compost, but I have to pull thru with this.  I know how to prepare it, and how to EAT it! As I love to eat,  and I eat for FUN. 

My relationship with food has changed over the years, we need more than food to survive, but better quality relationships, hugs, a good job, and continued growth and evolvement. 

If you want to be part of this experience please feel free to send me a message at newarkurbangarden@gmail.com and let me know your thoughts!  

A Newark Garden in the open!

As I was driving from Whole Foods in Vauxhall, I drove by Elizabeth Ave.  There I saw a garden in the open...not gated, not bothered, but looking as pretty as it could....

This makes my vision clearer and better for the garden, and I hope that other see this and can join me in the adventure!!

 You can see the rain barrels, the beds with two levels, sticks with plants getting ready to go around it, pots around with the Newark Conservacy labels.

We need volunteers. Let's get inspired North Newark!

A workout!

For me it was definite therapeutic and a workout to work at the garden today.  If you have depression, and/or lack vitamin "D", this is a great opportunity to naturally fight those emotions and boost your immunity! 

There were 4 bags of refuse, and 2 garbage bags picked up from the garden at 3rd Ave and Garside.  The last volunteer was Hilda, who came with a box and a broom, and brushed up a lot of the dirt that was on the sidewalk after some of the weeds were pulled by another volunteer, whose name I didn't get.  Maybe he will be around again, probably since he stated he lives in the neighborhood. Next cleanup plans are definitely Thursday from 6 pm to 9 pm.  Than the next time will be Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  This is of course, if it is not raining. On the 15th of May, I hope to be able to move all the dead trees and leaves from the property for PICK UP by the city on the 16th of May.  Each day, more and more will be done.  One step at a time, and I can see the garden happen this year! THANK YOU!  

If you want more information, please write to NewarkUrbanGarden@gmail.com.

Let's get dirty!

I would like to invite you to celebrate, participate and bless the opening of North Newark Urban Garden in 2012, and help create and solidify The Urban Garden. 

Where:  248-250 Garside Street, corner of 3rd Ave.
9:30 am to 11:30 a.m.
EVERY SUNDAY 
During the month of MAY
additional times and alternate days will be added later

YOU will be reaping the benefits of harvest if you come throughout the season....