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This is now only an archive of the Fitzwater2000 blog as it was through July 1, 2011.

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2011 Spring Open House & Flea Market

Please join us for our annual spring fundraiser sponsered by Fitzwater 2000 and the Neighborhood Gardens Association Land Trust!

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

10 am – 2 pm

2042-2044 Fitzwater St.

(Rain Date: Sunday, June 5 )

Garden Open House

Flea Market

Plant Sale

Details: At the Spring Plant Sale & Flea Market, the Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association will celebrate the new growing season and raise money for the maintence and continued improvement of this award-winning garden. Events will include free garden tours, a multi-family flea market and plant sale.

Where: The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden, located at 2042-2044 Fitzwater Street.

(Fitzwater is 4 blocks south of South Street; the garden is between 20th and 21st on Fitzwater)

A Green City is a Great City

Come to the Garden Day and Help Us Celebrate the Permanent Preservation

of this lovely community garden!

The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association’s annual

Pumpkin Sale and Garden Day Fundraiser.

Saturday, October 23rd from 10 am – 2 pm.

(Rain Date Sunday October 24th  10-2)

Where: The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden, located at 2042-2042 Fitzwater Street. (Fitzwater is 4 blocks South of South Street; the garden is between 20^th and 21^st on Fitzwater)

Details: At the Pumpkin Sale and Garden Day, the Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association will celebrate the preservation of this community garden and show off the garden improvements. We even have bees now! The event will raise money toward further improvements to add to the beauty of this neighborhood green space.  Events will include free garden tours, a multi-family flea market, raffles, pumpkins and a plant sale.  Donations for sale are being accepted and there is still space is available for additional vendors.

Who: The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association in partnership with Neighborhood Gardens Association and the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative have worked together to  permanently preserve this award winning garden.  It’s now in a land trust!

History: This garden was developed in 1995 from vacant lots to beautify the area, promote neighborhood cohesiveness, and combat urban blight.  It has done all that and more!  The garden has received many awards, including the Sweepstakes Award at the PHS Harvest Show and  has also won First Place in the City Gardens Contest for over 10 years. We won again in 2010. Additionally, the garden was featured in the Art in City Hall program and has frequently been highlighted in the local press.  Finally, a strong sense of community has developed through involvement in this garden and garden members have communally addressed a number of social problems.

The garden has now been permanently preserved through the communal efforts of the Fitzwater 2000 Neighborhood Association, Neighborhood Gardens Association, and the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative.  Come celebrate!

For specific information about the events please leave a question in the reply box below.

On the day of the event, please contact us at 267 228-6680.

Spring Open House & Plant Sale

Please join us for our annual spring fundraiser sponsered by Fitzwater 2000 and the Neighborhood Gardens Association Land Trust!

SATURDAY, MAY 22

10 am – 2 pm

2042-2044 Fitzwater St.

(Rain Date: Sunday, May 23 )

Garden Open House

Flea Market

Plant Sale

Details: At the Spring Plant Sale & Flea Market, the Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association will celebrate the new growing season and raise money for the maintence and continued improvement of this award-winning garden. Events will include free garden tours, a multi-family flea market and plant sale.

Where: The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden, located at 2042-2044 Fitzwater Street. (Fitzwater is 4 blocks south of South Street; the garden is between 20th and 21st on Fitzwater)

Looking back at 2009

Enjoy these beautiful pictures of the 2009 award-winning season.

Photos taken and shared by Stephen Maciejewski.

Haunted Graveyard Garden

We grow all manner of ghastly things in the Haunted Graveyard Garden. Bring your little ghosts and ghouls by on Halloween for shocking, free samples. Dusk until……..

Congratulations! It’s official.

We have received word (see letter below) that Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden has once again won 1ST place in the City Gardens Contest.

Guess all that work paid off. We now have bragging rights for another year. Our success is also a thank you to everyone, those who: started the garden, contributed towards it, worked to permanently preserve it and continue to maintain our award winning community garden.

The garden is a real asset: it improves the image of our block, is an inspiration to many-those that live here and the folks who walk by, it’s also a token of giving back to nature-in a world of tar and cement it’s an oasis of green and it is an example for the rest of our neighborhood-of what good can be accomplished when people come together.

Good job!

When PHS lets me know about the celebration details on Tuesday March 2, 2010 I’ll let you know.

See you in the garden,

Stephen Maciejewski

Liaison Officer

Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden

Spring is on the way

The red berries of the hawthorns and the deep green of the hemlocks stand in contrast to the browns and grays still dominant in the rest of our sleeping garden. It won’t be long, however, before things become impatient with their long dormancy and burst back into view with rich and varied shades of green. Soon after that there will be the pink, red, orange, yellow, and blue of flowers everywhere.

Stop by the garden now and take a good look. You’ll enjoy the contrast that much more this spring.

Haunted Garden Trick or Treat

OCTOBER 31

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Fitzwater 2000 welcomes neighborhood children to trick or treat at our haunted garden on Halloween. Don’t be scared the plants might bite but the cannot run.

Spring Plant Sale and Flea Market

Please join us for our annual spring fundraiser sponsered by Fitzwater 2000 and the Neighborhood Gardens Association Land Trust!

SATURDAY, MAY 30

10 am – 2 pm

2042-2044 Fitzwater St.

(Rain Date: Sunday, May 31 )

Garden Open House

Flea Market

Plant Sale

Details: At the Spring Plant Sale & Flea Market, the Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden Association will celebrate the new growing season and raise money for the maintence and continued improvement of this award-winning garden. Events will include free garden tours, a multi-family flea market and plant sale.

Where: The Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden, located at 2042-2044 Fitzwater Street. (Fitzwater is 4 blocks south of South Street; the garden is between 20th and 21st on Fitzwater)