The Echo Park Time Bank monthly member potluck was held at our newest community member organization - Homegirl Café. They’ve built a beautiful garden in the back parking lot in Downtown LA, where they hope to grow 30% of their veggies/fruits and herbs from the garden!
Time Bank VIP member, Doug Tiano, showed off his clams from the Children’s Puppet Theater Show Seas of Science.
Meredith Hackleman and her toasted squashes.
the first of, what we hope, many shareholder potlucks. Tara of Silver Lake Farms graciously invited the shareholders to her beautiful house. Even the bunnies came!
potlucks are easy. everyone brought:
- a dish or beverage that serves 4
- a serving utensil
- plates, cups, utensils, and cloth napkins
- a zero-waste intention
new hobbit steps.
Even the farmers who provide our goods were there! Alex Weiser of Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi was in attendance. Tara also read out a message from Craig Underwood of Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark.
sweet sounds provided by shareholder Nikos Eliot Flaherty-Laub
peach whiskeymousse w/ homemade ice cream
Esther Jane came to visit the farm today! She snorts.
Erik delivered bread on his bike. A favorite.
griffith park driving range with Jennifer Park. haven’t picked up a club for a good year. it felt good.
Bike Ride. Start in Silver Lake. First Stop: Chinatown. Egg tarts at Wonder Bakery.
then, stopped at the Solano Canyon Community Garden.
spoke with Al Renner, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council. he has a beard too.
2nd street bridge at Metabolic Studio / Farmlab. Rainwater bags!
LA River Trail
our final destination: Scoops! Blueberry / Porto Wine.
Victoria didn’t want to get a jaywalking ticket.
Spinach Cheese Empenadas @ Rincon Chileno Bakery.
Jill and Justice’s for Beer Floats and Pretzels! Savory batch with cheese dip! Sweet batch with chocolate dipping sauce.
Really inspiring and beautiful video from Monocle re: urban farming. The video follows Prinzessinnengarten (Princess Garden) in the middle of Berlin, which took an empty lot and made it into a garden, complete with beehives and a cafe. The only difference from other urban gardens is that this one is mobile. Nothing is planted into the ground; rather everything is farmed in crates and above-ground planters. The idea: at anytime that the landlord want to sell the land, they are able to. It’s a symbiotic relationship between the gardeners and the landlords, increasing property and neighborhood values by [temporarily] transforming a vacant lot with greenery.
It got me thinking about implementing the practice of mobile gardens here in Silver Lake and Echo Park, on sites we pass everyday, and forget about. Such as:
Sunset & Alvarado
Wide Traffic Islands on Glendale Blvd., North of Sunset
Glendale Blvd. & the 2 Freeway
Bellevue & Occidental
Sunset & Micheltorena
Sunset & Hyperion
Sunset & Sanborn
Sunset next to El Cid
