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GARDEN REGISTRATION 2010

Our 15th annual garden registration date has been set for Saturday, April 10, 2010 in the South classroom at the I.F. Recreation Annex at 1575 N. Skyline. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Doors will open at 8:50 a.m. Learn about the community gardens, meet the other gardeners, and register for your own garden spot. Scrumptious treats and a drawing for fun door prizes (you must be present to win) for all registering gardeners.

We will be registering gardeners for all three community gardens, Rollandet, Eastside, and Westside. Returning gardeners have first priority followed by new gardeners in order of their arrival at the meeting.  Attendance is required for all new and returning gardeners.  For more information call (208)524-0383.


BOARD BUSINESS

Welcome to our new Board member Lauren Koss who moves to the Board from many years as the Rollandet Garden co-coordinator. Lauren has been a vital part of the IFCGA community since she registered as our FIRST community gardener in 1995! We look forward to her enthusiastic involvement on the Board.

A big thank you to our first-time Rollandet Garden Coordinators, Nancy Lujan and Pat Crosby. They have ably guided the Rollandet garden through another gardening season and a successful run at regaining their 1st place position in the Garden Contest.  Our Westside coordinators, Ann O'Hagan and Dana Swift, and our Eastside coodinator, Alan Croft, and his assistant, Sherrie Lundgren, have also made tremendous contributions at their respective gardens, continuing to do the most important job in our organization with dedication and enthusiasm. Thanks to you all!

It's people like these that keep us growing  - let us know if you'd like to be a part of our growing team!  letsgrow@srv.net or (208)524-0383.


MEETINGS
IFCGA Board meetings occur monthly. Please contact us for dates and times.

  Rollandet takes First Place! 

All the gardens were beautiful and bountiful by the time of the judging for the annual garden contest in August. Eastside had made tremendous strides and Westside was brimming with lovely gardens and beautiful produce but the 1st place award was back in the hands of the dedicated and determined Rollandet gardeners. Congratulations! Now we're all off and running towards another spectacular  season. Some of the gardeners had such fun last season making not-very-surreptitious 'reconnaisance missions' to evaluate the progress of the competing gardens that we decided to formalize the inter-garden visits with a Progressive Hors d'oeuvres Garden Tour.  Watch this page for our tour date this year and join us as we visit the gardens and enjoy garden-grown goodies.      

Gardener of the Year awards for 2009
Each year the garden coordinators are faced with the difficult task of selecting a gardener who made a special contribution to their respective gardens. It was an especially difficult choice this year because each of the gardens was blessed with a whole crop of active, dedicated, truly community gardeners. But the GCs bit the bullet, made their selections, and those gardeners received special recognition at the Harvest Potluck celebration in late September. Congratulations to the winners and our thanks to all those other hard-working gardeners who made the choice so challenging!
Rollandet Gardener of the Year


Eastside Gardener of the Year
Jeanette Weaver

Westside Gardener of the Year
Merrill Duffin


BOARD MEETINGS 
Call the IFCGA at (208)524-0383 for meeting times or to be put on the notification e-mail list.

2010 FREE GARDENING CLASSES !

Our organic gardening classes were such a success last winter that we've brought them back this year at a new location to accomodate our overflow crowds! Classes will be held at the I.F. Rec Annex South classroom at 1575 Skyline. The classes are free and open to anyone in the community so come join our outstanding crew of local and regional horticulturalists for a stimulating and informative look at a wide variety of gardening topics. The class schedule is posted here. Come grow with us!

 

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