General

Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council

Tes Welborn, Treasurer

P.O. Box 170518

San Francisco, CA 94117

Dear Tes,

It is with tremendous gratitude that I write to you, acknowledging the support that the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council provided to Garden for the Environment during the time it was fiscally sponsored by HANC. We estimate the value of your support at $20,000, and we are tremendously grateful for this donation. HANC truly saved the garden when it brought us on as a fiscally sponsored project, and it gave us the support we needed to grow into a stronger organization. On behalf of our staff, and the thousands of San Francisco residents who visit the garden each year, thank you.

With deepest gratitude,

Blair Randall

Executive Director

Garden for the Environment

Garden for the Environment will offer the following workshops in January, 2013. All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, San Francisco’s organic demonstration garden at 7th and Lawton Street. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost education and low water-use landscaping.  For more information, call (415) 731-5627, or go to www.gardenfortheenvironment.org.

NATURAL PLANT CARE

Date: Saturday, February 9th, 2013
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave and Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: Free! Sponsored by the SFPUC

Planning ahead for low-maintenance design and sustainable products is a key element to a successful organic garden. Join us to learn about natural maintenance practices that will keep your garden beautiful and your labor to a minimum.

Topics covered include:

• Weed control
• Value of mulch
• Non-toxic weed control
• Moisture and weed seed germination
• Growing healthy plants
• Alternatives to chemical fertilizers
• Natural pest management
• Beneficial Insects vs. harmful Insects

This workshop is FREE, sponsored by SF Public Utilities Commission.

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Garden for the Environment will offer the following workshops in July, 2013. All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, San Francisco’s organic demonstration garden at 7th and Lawton Street. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost education and low water-use landscaping.  For more information, call (415) 731-5627, or go to www.gardenfortheenvironment.org.

URBAN COMPOSTING

Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013

Time: 10AM - 12:00 Noon

Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco

Cost: FREE; Sponsored by the San Francisco Department of the Environment

Join GFE for this fun, hands-on workshop to discover how to improve your garden with kitchen or garden leftovers, and prevent organic waste from ending up in the landfill.

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FILE NO. 110186

[Recycling Program]

AMENDED IN BOARD  3/8/11 RESOLUTION NO.  121-11

Resolution requesting the Recreation and Parks Department and the Department of the Environment collaborate to establish a comprehensive Parks recycling program utilizing the expertise, volunteer base and facilities of the HANC Recycling Center in Golden Gate Park, for the Department of the Environment to establish an Independent Recycling Center Master Plan, and requesting the Recreation and Parks Department to rescind the eviction of the HANC Recycling Center from Golden Gate Park.

WHEREAS, AB 2020, The California Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986 (the "Bottle Bill") requires the City to provide residents with convenient means to redeem recyclables, a requirement not met by curbside-pick up alone; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Environment ("DOE") has confirmed the Bottle
Bill is an effective incentive that has increased diversion rates since the program was initiated; and

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Garden for the Environment will offer the following workshops in May and June, 2013. All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, San Francisco’s organic demonstration garden at 7th and Lawton Street. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost education and low water-use landscaping.  For more information, call (415) 731-5627, or go to www.gardenfortheenvironment.org.

Garden for the Environment will offer the following workshops in January, 2013. All classes will be offered at Garden for the Environment, San Francisco’s organic demonstration garden at 7th and Lawton Street. Since its founding in 1990, the garden has operated as a demonstration site for small-scale urban ecological food production, organic gardening, compost education and low water-use landscaping.  For more information, call (415) 731-5627, or go to www.gardenfortheenvironment.org.

ORGANIC GARDEN DESIGN
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013
Time: 10AM - 12:00 Noon

Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: Free, Sponsored by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Learn how to grow a healthy and beautiful garden that minimizes the impacts on the environment. From building a healthy soil with compost to selecting beautiful plantings appropriate for the Bay Area’s climate, this workshop will give you the basics to implement sustainable gardening practices.

Topics covered include:

• Importance of healthy soil
• Organic matter
• Composting
• Selecting colorful plants for the Bay Area climate
• Climate appropriate plants
• California natives
• How to water without waste
• Preventing nutrient run-off
• Irrigation basics and watering schedules
• Natural pest and weed management
• Pesticide alternatives
• Non-toxic weed control

This workshop is FREE! To pre-register or for more information please visit

www.gardenfortheenvironment.org

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