From our gardener, Laurie McLeod: The landscaped areas have been hydroseeded today (May 17) and we are in urgent need of sprinkers, hoses and people to sign up for watering! If you can help with either, please contact Laurie at lmacleod AT umn.edu. Also, please explain the type of sprinkler you have to loan -e.g., ...
Category Archives: CG Center
Garden volunteers needed for Saturday
Hello garden volunteers: Many thanks for the volunteers who put the shed foundation in place last weekend and weeded the boulevards. It's great to see things taking shape. This weekend we will be spreading mulch in the rain gardens and rock in the dry stream beds. We plan on starting at 9:00 Sat AM through mid afternoon, ...
Tech team puts dharma talks online (and generally amplifies)
If you've ever missed dharma talks that you wanted to hear, they are available online at Common Ground's website. That's thanks to Common Ground's growing volunteer contribution (and gradual technological evolution). Tom Gullett, Jimmy Schnobrich, Todd Stitt and Casey Nordendale have been making it easier for community members to access past lectures. [caption id="attachment_499" ...
End of the Year Update from Mark Nunberg, Guiding Teacher
As we approach the end of the year we thought it would be good to update everyone about the center. First and foremost, we wish to express gratitude to all the leaders and volunteers that have made our transition to our new building successful. This includes more than fifty people who regularly volunteer to keep ...
Common Ground Gardens Update
The site plan/landscaping plan is at the City for what we anticipate to be the final review/approval, so we are now in the process of getting cost estimates for construction. The two largest-cost items are going to be the excavation (tearing out the asphalt where the gardens will be and grading/placing topsoil) and doing the ...
An Open House, A Dedication, A New Sunday Program And More
Dear Common Ground Friends, We have been in the new building for more than two months now and I thought it would be good to update the community on the transition. Although it took many volunteer hours to make the move and to learn how to use and take of the building, we have been mostly ...
Blog launch, take 2
For those of you new to the site, I am reprinting the first post. This is the inaugural Common Ground blog. Our initial thinking goes something like this. The blog will come out once every few weeks and rotate between Mark (reflections of the Guiding Teacher), Debbie (office news) and me (community news and voices). The ...
First impressions: Reflections on the new digs
The first thing that hit me when I entered the new Common Ground building was the stones. I love the little stones. I had been in the building several times while it was a work in progress. I was ready for most of it. But if someone told me about those stones, I must have been ...