09/25/2015
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How I Rescued a Monarch to Be
Monarch caterpillar (or larva as some like to call it) September 25 8:30 AM Garland Texas I almost titled this post “How to Rescue a Monarch”, but since this...
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Liz Berry
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09/23/2015
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Come See the New Sights Down at the Garland Community Garden
First of all, we have a lovely new sign. It was just installed this week by employees from our Garland Parks and Recreation Department. We are very proud of...
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Liz Berry
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09/12/2015
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A Special Appreciation from North Garland High School Key Club on 9/11 to Garland Firemen
Joel Blakley, teacher representative for the Key Club (back row left) and Charlie Bevilacqua, board member Loving Garland Green (back row second left) pose with...
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Liz Berry
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09/05/2015
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS yield $1,500 worth of plants for only $50!
We scored big time! Loving Garland Green purchased over $1,500 Worth of Plants (115 large plants) to install in Butterfly Gardens at three of our local Garland...
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Liz Berry
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08/31/2015
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Butterflies in the Garden and Elsewhere
J ane Stroud, Loving Garland Green Board Officer, with students from North Garland High School Key Club releasing butterflies - August 31, 2015. Jane is...
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Liz Berry
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08/30/2015
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Adolescent Enthusiasm + Community Garden = Progress in the Garden!
On Saturday, August 29, we had ten students from North Garland High School Key Club attend our monthly group workday down at the Garland Community Garden. If...
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Liz Berry
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08/26/2015
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Garland Community Garden SATURDAY GARDEN EVENT
Chris Savage - Vice President Loving Garland Green - At the July 2015 Work Morning Event Garden Work Morning Garland Community Garden - 4022 Naaman School Road...
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Liz Berry
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08/05/2015
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Permaculture Principles and Other Random Thoughts on Designs for Living
___________________________________________________________________________________ [diagram from We Are All Farmers - represents full spectrum of...
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Liz Berry
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07/29/2015
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Support Green Yard Sale Saturday August 1
Loving Garland Green Yard Sale Lots of great items! August 1, 2015 9-5 PM 211 East Kingsbridge Drive Garland TX 75040 9 to 5 PM...
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Liz Berry
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07/19/2015
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DIY - People are the disrupters, not technology.
DIY and enthusiasm for the future is the young man in the middle of the photo--not the yellow machine in the foreground. Technology is only a tool. Some...
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Liz Berry
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07/17/2015
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Dallas Makerspace - Stepping Stone to the Future
Stan Simmons, member of the Dallas Makerspace led the tour. Yes, the T-Shirt Stan is wearing was silk-screened at the Dallas Makerspace. Stan joined Dallas...
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Liz Berry
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07/09/2015
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Maker Spaces Bring a New Life to Our Libraries
FAB the Library! The digital revolution is here. We are now in the times of an exciting technological shift—not unlike 1981 when IBM introduced the personal...
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Liz Berry
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07/06/2015
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FAB LAB--a significant addition to our vocabulary
3-D printers such as the one shown above are now available for as little as $1,400 The Digital Fabrication Revolution Is at Our Door Fabrication Labs (Fab...
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Liz Berry
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07/04/2015
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Increase the Potential for Your freedom: Learn About Maker Faires First-Hand
MORE ON FOURTH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE FOR AMERICANS Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science...
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Liz Berry
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07/03/2015
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Let Local Freedom Ring with Urban Agriculture
If you want more freedom: grow some of the food you eat and you will get it. If you want to lift up and stabilize a local economy, then support and promote...
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Liz Berry
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07/02/2015
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What We Don't Need Is More Retail Sprawl Masquerading as "Development" and "Progress"
Let's stop stupid once and for all when it comes to retail development! I've suggested at various times and to various people that we need to establish some...
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Liz Berry
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06/29/2015
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Urban Blight Happens Because It Is Allowed to Happen
This site of an abandoned Albertson's grocery store is available and has also been available for the past four years and likely will be for many more years to...
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Liz Berry
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06/28/2015
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The Development and Promotion of Urban Agriculture Is an Eco-Political Issue.
Who actually pays for empty storefronts such as this one which was once an Albertson's here in Garland on Hwy 78? The store was closed in early 2011, over four...
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Liz Berry
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06/27/2015
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Some Proposed Mixed-Use Projects Might Better Be Directed by a Coalition of the Public
DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING WALKABLE MAIN STREET VILLAGE The Walkable Main Street Village may be a proposed project best developed by a group of...
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Liz Berry
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06/26/2015
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Not Even Lip Service to Urban Agriculture
Way back in 1982, before many of you were born and I was just getting started in my business/technical writing career, I wrote an article that appeared in the...
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Liz Berry
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