When: Tue, January 16, 12pm – 3pm
Where: Albany Recreation & Community Services, 1249 Marin Ave, Albany, CA 94706, USA (map)
Description:
12:00 pm: Doors open for socializing
12:00 to 3:00:
Garden Exchange Table: We will have our annual White Elephant Sale before the meeting, during the break, and after the speaker. Donations of gently-used items of any kind are welcome. Please bring your pre-priced items to the table by 11:45 so everyone can check them out both before the meeting and at the break. Please be sure to take any unsold items back home with you at the end of the meeting.
Display Table: Members are invited to bring something from their gardens to show-and-tell. Some suggestions: blooms from our otherwise quiet January gardens; a plant that's looking handsome or is otherwise a success; a tool or other garden gadget that's working for you; etc. Questions? Email Dee Plunkett at deependable@gmail.com.
The garden club has received donations of plants and books from Ken Berniker, in honor of his wife Barbara. She served as club president in 2003-2004. They will be offered in exchange for donations at upcoming meetings
1:00 pm: Regular Business Meeting
2:00 pm:
Program – “Local Schools and Communities Take Steps to Address Climate Change!” – Susan Schwartz, President of Five Creeks & Mandi Billinge, Executive Director/Founder KIDS for the BAY
Friends of Five Creeks. Founded in 1996, they are an all-volunteer citizens group operating under the fiscal sponsorship of Berkeley Partners for Parks, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. They believe that the health of creeks and watersheds supports the health of urban environments. They mobilize volunteers of all ages to restore, maintain, understand, and enjoy the creeks and watersheds of the East Bay from North Berkeley to Richmond. In year-round hands-on volunteering, they help revitalize creeks, improve habitat and water quality, eliminate invasive plant species, and increase public access, knowledge, understanding, and stewardship.
In their efforts, they prune, weed, dig, plant, remove trash, and build and maintain paths from creek sites and their watersheds. They assist and advocate for projects that restore and revitalize urban nature. They also carry out a wide variety of programs and events to increase stewardship and public under-standing of environmental processes. These include publishing and posting information, designing and installing interpretive signs and displays, leading walks, hosting speakers and participatory events ranging from art-making to citizen science, and training interns. KIDS for the BAY collaborates with teachers to inspire environmental consciousness in children and cultivate a love of learning. They are committed to equal access to environmental education and to restoring a healthy environment for all communities. They believe that everyone is an environment-