Article List
DateSubjectAuthor
06/25/2015 Branding Cities: "Texas Made Here"
I came across an interesting article this morning that was written a year ago by Peter Kageyama and appeared in the Minnesota Cities Magazine [Source:... 		Liz Berry
06/20/2015 Celebrate Sumer Solstice in the Garland Community Garden
Longest Day of the Year! Summer Solstice is the day the sun reaches its apex resulting in the longest day of the year and the shortest night. That day this... 		Liz Berry
06/17/2015 Building Vibrant, Sustainable, Mixed-Use Neighborhoods
Joe Cook Heating and Air Conditioning – located on Avenue A, just off Main Street in the proposed Walkable Main Street neighborhood of Garland Texas. This... 		Liz Berry
06/10/2015 MORE ON MAKERSPACES ON WALKABLE MAIN STREET
Along Walkable Main – Texas Hot Spot and Wallis Welding share this building. Wallis Welding is located in the right section of the building. The more people... 		Liz Berry
06/09/2015 Creating a Walkable, Lovable Main Street
Getting Ready for a Walkable Main Street - Photo by Liz Main and S. Fourth - Garland Texas -- Texas Hot Spot and Wallis Welding Loving Garland Green’s (LGG)... 		Liz Berry
06/07/2015 New Urbanism Is Arriving
“New Urbanism” is pushing back against Automobile-Centered City Planning Change and the desire for real change in the design of our urban areas are beginning... 		Liz Berry
06/05/2015 Urban Harvest Has Finally Begun!
With all the rain over the past two months, I was beginning to wonder if we were even going to have a harvest of anything this year, but it looks like it is... 		Liz Berry
06/03/2015 110 Second Graders in the Garland Community Garden
A few of the 110 Watson Tech Students at the Garland Community Garden - June 3, 2015 Today, members of Loving Garland Green hosted a tour of the Garland... 		Liz Berry
06/01/2015 Cleaning Up the Garden After the Flood
The Magic Carpet, fueled by the imagination of the children who sit on it, is now dried out and ready to be replaced on its wooden pallet platform which was... 		Liz Berry
05/29/2015 Garland Flood at the Garden and Other Garden Updates
8 AM May 29, 2015 - Bridge at Naaman School Road and Brand is Impassable. Believe it or not, with a barricade and a Squad car with flashing lights and a police... 		Liz Berry
05/28/2015 Productivity and Profitability of Urban Crops
This small blackberry bush at the Garland Community Garden has 204 blackberries maturing on it. Market Value of Harvest: $51.00 To illustrate the extreme... 		Liz Berry
05/27/2015 What Could a Blackberry Festival Mean for Garland?
Children from last year's Bremerton Washington's 25th Annual Blackberry Festival Only the most cursory of research efforts can yield positive proof of what... 		Liz Berry
05/25/2015 How to Create a Local Plant-Based Economy
It’s quite simple. Here are the steps: Find a plant that grows very well in your community—a plant that can be put into the native soil that only needs slight... 		Liz Berry
05/23/2015 TPP is one more reason to be a local yokel
A Member from the Local Yokel Urban Farmer's Party ONE MORE REASON TO BE A LOCAL YOKEL and furthermore, TPP may be a good reason to start growing your own food.... 		Liz Berry
05/21/2015 Changes in Urban Design Can Improve the Quality of Our Lives
It’s time to tear down, that much I’ll concede—but tear down and replace, or simply tear down—that is the question. And I think this morning as I took this... 		Liz Berry
05/20/2015 On Fireflies, Beauty, and the Fragility of Life
“At that moment she was changed into a wonderful little elf.” from the book The seven wishes in Julbocken , 1907 by John Bauer illustrated by Swedish... 		Liz Berry
05/19/2015 Terra Preta: the ultimate soil
Chris Savage, Vice President Loving Garland Green Notes and More on Soil Improvement with Charcoal Last night, Chris Savage, Vice President of Loving Garland... 		Liz Berry
05/15/2015 Agriculture and Community in the USA Are Changing
Carol Garrison and Daniel Bell’s front yard urban garden here in Garland on April 27, 2014. Today it is even more lush and beautiful. Read more about them,... 		Liz Berry
05/11/2015 Making Our Local Communities Safer from Terrorist Attack
No, we can never be 100% safe, but there are steps that communities can take to offer protections against terrorist attacks. While flag-waving has value as... 		Liz Berry
05/09/2015 Reason is Difficult in the Presence of Fear
Artichokes in My Garden -- The Garden is a peaceful place to be. We've always had terrorists and likely they will always will remain among us and sadly we won’t... 		Liz Berry