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Well, some readers must have checked the link to harass our State
Transportation Commissioners in Sacramento last week because according to
local papers, the car pool lane for the 405 appears to be once again
included in the projects to be funded by transportation bonds. This in
spite of my friend Loren’s objections to the Mayor and some of his staff’s
personal transportation methods. See his letter below. I don’t think I’ll
mention to him that a family member recently accepted a job with the City.
However, I seem to recall that the Mayor’s staff mentioned “hybrid”
instead of “Hummer”.
And speaking of municipal matters, just a reminder to vote early and
often on Tuesday, March 6th. In addition to the contest for CD 14, there
are contests for Community College Board of Trustees, and for the School
Board, in addition to two measures to amend the City Charter. Your vote
matters and the outcome of the election will have an impact on day to day
life here in Eagle Rock. If you are looking for a place to check out who
and what are on the ballot, you might try to League of Women Voter’s web
site at: http
://www.smartvoter.org/2007/03/06/ca/la/ . Links to the candidates and
issues that are relevant to Eagle Rock are accessible from the top of the
page with just a few clicks.
Once you have voted, it becomes habit forming, which is a good thing,
because you get the chance to vote again in upcoming Eagle Rock
Neighborhood Council elections. The date and location are listed below.
Gail Goldberg, recently appointed as Director of the Department of City
Planning, has promised to provide Neighborhood Councils with copies of
City Land Use Applications when they are filed, rather than waiting for
the public hearing notice to find its way to residents, who hear about the
project within days of the public hearing, if not after it has already
taken place. This is something neighborhood councils have long sought and
it has been a long time in coming. The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
Planning and Land Use Committee does an excellent job of seeing that
neighbors are notified of local projects and insisting that project
applicants work with stakeholders. This policy, when it is finally
implemented, will greatly assist the Committee in making a timely
evaluation and recommendation on the project and will allow stakeholders
and community groups such as TERA early input regarding the proposed
development.
It’s nice to see progress being made, even if in small, incremental
steps.
Michael Tharp,
President
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EAGLE ROCK THE VOTE!
Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council Elections will be held Sat. March 31
The deadline to file as a candidate was Monday Feb. 26! Elections for
the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council will be held Saturday, March 31 from
10:00am - 4:00pm at Eagle Rock City Hall.
On March 31st, Eagle Rock will elect new board members to the Eagle
Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC), the official city government body that
represents Eagle Rock to the City of Los Angeles and the Mayor.
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Keep Los
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Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa invites everyone to join us at Keep
America Beautiful’s “GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP” NATIONAL KICKOFF announcing
“Keep Los Angeles Beautiful”
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2007, Los Angeles City Hall, 200 No. Spring St.
Between First St. and Temple St.
8:00 a.m. Kickoff Rally & Registration
9:00 a.m. National Kickoff Program
10:00 a.m. Cleanup Projects
Featuring:
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, City of Los Angeles
Council President Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles
Councilmember Tom LaBonge, City of Los Angeles
Ray Empson, President, Keep America Beautiful
Ed Pinero, Federal Environmental Executive
Robert Tree Cody, son of the late Iron Eyes Cody
Andy Lipkis, President & Founder, TreePeople
ENTERTAINMENT
Ed Begley Jr. with Mr. Recycle & Robo Blue, The Blue Bin Robots
“Fly with Los Angeles” performed by Kelly Foster
Stoner Elementary African Dance Group
LA’s BEST 68th Street School Singers
LAUSD All District High School Honor Band
Clean Fuel Vehicles Display
LNG Sanitation Trucks
Fuel Cell Vehicles
Gas & Electric Hybrid Vehicles
Be Ready to Rollup Your Sleeves to - - -
For more information contact the Office of Community Beautification at
(213) 978-0228, e-mail communitybeautification@lacity.org
or visit www.lacity.org/bpw
As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities
Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of
disability and upon request, will provide reasonable accommodation to
ensure equal access to its programs, services and activities. Produced by
the Public Affairs Office
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End Wireless
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AS A PART OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP, BRING YOUR OLD CELL PHONES TO
CITY HALL SATURDAY, MARCH 3rd AS “WIPE OUT WIRELESS WASTE” MOBILIZES TO
LOS ANGELES’ GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP NATIONAL KICKOFF.
Keep Los Angeles Beautiful announced today that Sprint Nextel, Keep
America Beautiful and City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works are
teaming up to “Wipe Out Wireless Waste” during the 2007 Great American
Cleanup and will collect your old cell phones at the national kickoff
event at Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, March 3.
With Los Angeles in the top three cell phone usage markets and with
more than 200 million wireless subscribers nationwide, the call to recycle
old and discarded wireless cell phones is important to keep the
environment free of wireless waste.
The “Wipe Out Wireless Waste” campaign will also distribute free
postage paid mailing envelopes at the event. The net proceeds from every
cell phone recycled during this campaign will be donated to the City of
Los Angeles for community improvement and beautification efforts to Keep
Los Angeles Beautiful.
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The Board of Public Works Community Beautification Section, which gave
TERA the Community Beautification Grant to help fund the Eagle Rockdale
Community Garden, sends the following information:
- Take part in the Mayor's Day of Service
- Rock Corps - A great possible partner for non- profits
- Learn about the good things happening with the Community
Beautification Grant
- Mayor’s Day of Service - Take part in the Mayor's Day of Service -
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa invites you to participate in the Mayor’s Day
of Service. At the Mayor’s Day of Service, over 50,000 volunteers are
expected to come together from all over the City of Los Angeles to
participate in community-based projects. The Mayor’s Day of Service will
be held on April 28th and April 29th on sites throughout the City. You can
take part by creating a project for volunteers to join (the Mayor's office
does have the ability to partially fund some projects). You can also take
part as a volunteer. The magnitude of the event is something not to be
missed. Contact Sarah Bell at (213) 978- 1589 for more information.
- Rock Corps - A great possible partner for non- profits - Rock Corps
is a great organization for you to partner with. Rock Corps advertises
heavily in a major city for a few months enticing teens to learn the
importance of volunteering their time to benefit society. When someone
volunteers on a Rock Corps sponsored project for 4 hours or more, they get
a ticket to an exclusive concert by musical artists on the top of the pop
charts.
If you would like to participate as a Rock Corps sponsored project,
Rock Corps will recruit the volunteers. On the day of the event, they will
provide supervision, on site music, tools, gloves and food for a
predetermined number of volunteers. They will even give you about $5 per
volunteer that can be used towards supplemental materials and supplies
towards your project.
Contact Lisa Lepson, the Director of Non-Profit Services of Rock Corps,
at llepson@rockcorps.com for more information.
- CB Grant News - Learn about the good things happening with the
Community Beautification Grant The Office of Community Beautification is
proud to announce that 91 organizations received funding for the 2006 -
2007 cycle of funding (list attached). Each organization received a
2006-2007 CB Grant Banner (image attached). The funded organizations will
be honored by the Board of Public Works on March 12th, 2007. These
organizations will join the 763 completed projects that have added beauty
to our great city. We would like to congratulate two organizations that
have recently completed their projects. The Grand View Parkway Partners
has just completed their Grand View Parkway Project in Venice on January
13, 2007. The once weed-infested parkway is now greeting pedestrians with
an irrigation system to sustain the recently installed native plants. The
1,200- foot-long parkway was completed with the support and hard work of
over 130 volunteers! To view the parkway, see the attached picture. On the
other side of Los Angeles, Monte Vista Elementary School in Highland Park
has just completed their mural project. Lead artist Daniel Cervantes,
along with students, completed the mural on January 8th, 2007. The mural
greets Monte Vista Elementary students, parents, staff, and visitors with
its images of grand flowers ad vibrant colors.
2007 - 2008 Grant Cycle
The 2007 - 2008 Community Beautification Grant (CB Grant) applications
will be available by July 15th, 2007. Applications will be due by October
17th, 2007.
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Found: An Art
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Cactus Gallery is seeking submissions from artists that work with
natural, organic materials and recycled material in their art. Looking for
works on FOUND objects such as wood, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plastic,
glass, metal, aluminum, steel, clothes, etc.
We are ESPECIALLY interested in used, abandoned or recovered materials
which have been transformed into art; how have you reused objects that
have been discarded as waste?
Please send jpegs to mastroianni70@yahoo.com by March 15, 2007. Show
date is Saturday, April 14, 2006, from 7-10pm.
Cactus is a vibrant gallery for up-and-coming artists and an activist
hub promoting community and cultural traditions.
Cactus Gallery & Gifts: 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA
90041: where the 2 & 134 freeways meet.
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323.256.6117: http://www.eclecticcactus.com/ Hours: Mon-CLOSED:
Tues-Fri 12:30-6pm: Sat 10- 5pm: Sun 10-2pm
The space is housed in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) and is a
participating member of NELAart. org. Click here for more info: http://nelaart.org/
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Pasadena Heritage presents its 30th Anniversary Spring Home Tour –
Pasadena’s Golden Age on Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Pasadena, CA – Pasadena Heritage, one of California’s oldest non-profit
historic preservation organizations, presents its 30th Anniversary Spring
Home Tour, Pasadena’s Golden Age on March 25th, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. The tour will highlight the grand and fanciful Period Revival
architecture that emerged in the 1920s, when Pasadena was among the most
wealthy of cities in the nation. During these years the city was home to a
phenomenal number of talented and trend-setting architects who synthesized
European inspirations with a romantic vision of Spanish California to
create eclectic, lavish homes for prosperous Pasadenans. We invite you to
join Pasadena Heritage to explore and celebrate the many variations of
Period Revival architecture, from Mediterranean Revival to Classical
Revival. This drive- yourself event will feature docent-guided tours of
seven privately-owned homes that are outstanding examples of the designs
of prominent Pasadenan architects, including Myron Hunt, Roland E. Coate,
and the firm of Marston, Van Pelt & Maybury.
We are proud to feature on this year’s tour the E. Lawrence Brown
House, a beautiful Spanish Colonial Revival residence, which was designed
in 1928 by the well-known local architect Harold J. Bissner. The home
features an abundance of original tile work, wrought iron light fixtures
and abstract Moorish motifs in the wood detailing. In the Oak Knoll
neighborhood, tour-goers will have the opportunity to visit the Harlow E.
Bundy Mansion, a dramatic Classical Revival home with a stunning domed art
glass window in the grand entrance, silk fabric paneling on the walls, and
gilded carvings by a Hungarian church painter. Around the corner, the
Amelia Seibert House will be open. Designed by prolific architect Myron
Hunt, this grand, three story residence is a fine example of the Tudor
Revival style in Pasadena, and features an exterior of half timbering and
herringbone patterned brick, and a lavish interior with oak paneling on
the walls and fireplaces of marble, mahogany, oak and Batchelder tile.
Venturing into San Marino, two residences will be open for the Spring
Home Tour. The H. Palmer Sabin House, a beautiful Spanish Colonial Revival
residence designed by the architect for himself and his wife, offers a
wonderful glimpse into the architect’s design aesthetic, which
contemporaries viewed as a dignified use of simple forms beautifully
integrated with the Southern Californian landscape. Tour-goers will have
the rare opportunity to visit the Edward W. Goodman House, a magnificent
Tudor Revival residence designed in 1929 by John D. Atchison. The home
features a dramatic two-story living room with carved gargoyles on exposed
wooden beams and stunning leaded glass windows.
Two homes in the historic Prospect Park neighborhood will also be
featured as part of Pasadena’s Golden Age. The Frank Bacon House, a
Monterey Revival-style home designed in 1928 by Roland E. Coate, will be
open for viewing. The house is beautifully sited to allow for views of the
garden and to promote indoor-outdoor living on the multiple terraces. On
Prospect Square, visitors will be able to visit the Hamilton House, a
Colonial Revival “Adams” style home designed by Marston, Van Pelt &
Maybury. One of the home’s most unique features is a roof line balustrade
known as “widow’s walk.”
Guests will drive themselves to the featured houses where docent-guided
tours will be ongoing between 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, rain or shine. We suggest
5 hours to complete the tour. Tickets will go on sale on February 14.
Advance ticket prices are $30 for members of Pasadena Heritage and $35 for
the general public. Tickets on the day of the tour are $40. To order
tickets or event information, call (626) 441-6333 or visit pasadenaher
itage.org.
Renowned architect and author Stefanos Polyzoides will set the stage
for Pasadena’s Golden Age with a LECTURE examining Mediterranean Revival
architecture on Wednesday, March 21st at 7:00 pm.; location to be
announced. Tickets are $10.
About Pasadena Heritage
Pasadena Heritage is a member-based, nonprofit organization dedicated
to preserving the historic, architectural and cultural resources of the
city of Pasadena. Founded 30 years ago, Pasadena Heritage is one of the
oldest and largest nonprofit historic preservation organizations in
California, with a membership of over 3000 people. Membership in Pasadena
Heritage helps to support projects and programs that further the cause of
historic preservation. For more information about Pasadena Heritage, call
(626) 441-6333 or visit pasadenaher
itage.org.
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Rte. 66 Kicks @
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CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FIFTH ANNUAL
“ROUTE 66” ART AUCTION, MARCH 3, 2007
Plan to Celebrate & Support One of the Last Remaining Non-Profit
Arts and Cultural Programming Centers in Northeast Los Angeles at a Gala
Event.
The Board of Directors and Staff of Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
cordially invite you to attend the Fifth Annual Route 66 Art Auction.
The auction opens to the public at 7p.m., with a members’ preview
reception beginning at 6p.m.
The Route 66 Auction is a yearly fundraiser, and this year’s annual
event will be one to remember. The fundraiser highlights the best that
Northeast Los Angeles has to offer, while supporting Center for the Arts,
Eagle Rock, a vital non-profit arts organization to the city of Los
Angeles. The auction will feature established, gallery-represented artists
actively sought by collectors, all generously donated by artists who
support the mission of the Center. Last year, over 200 pieces of artwork
were donated to the Center, and a wide variety of work insured that there
was a piece to suit every attendee’s taste, desire, and budget.
The Silent Auction will begin at 7 p.m.
The Live Auction will begin at 9:30 p.m.
While bidding on art, enjoy appetizers courtesy of Minx, and a no-host
wine and martini bar, provided by Columbo’s.
Raffles will take place over the course of the evening. Admission to
the event is $20, but is free to members both new and renewing.
Memberships start at $35 annually, and will be available on the evening of
the event. All proceeds from both admission and the auction support the
festivals, arts programming, and exhibitions of Center for the Arts, Eagle
Rock.
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization
whose mission is to provide multicultural and innovative arts programming
to the communities of Northeast Los Angeles. Programs include art
exhibitions, public arts projects, free community festivals such as the
Eagle Rock Music Festival, after school classes, a Summer Arts Camp, and
more.
The Center is located at 2225 Colorado Blvd. in the Los Angeles
community of Eagle Rock, close to the intersection of Eagle Rock and
Colorado Boulevards. For more information on the Center for the Arts, and
its creative community programs, visit: www.cen
terartseaglerock.org.
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 323.226.1617
renee@centersartseaglerock.org
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Night O'Green @
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The LA Community Garden Council is hosting Night O’Green: “Be Green.
Give Green. Grow Green.” an inaugural public fundraiser on Saturday, March
17 at the National Historic Landmark at the Center for the Arts, Eagle
Rock (located at 2225 Colorado Blvd., LA , CA 90041) from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
(Free parking will be available at the Bank of America, just west of the
location.)
Several LA City Council Members will attend that evening, including
Honorary Chair Jan Perry, Tom LaBonge, Ed Reyes, and Jose Huizar. We'll
also be honoring our organization's President, Al Renner, director of the
Solano Canyon Garden (just past Dodger Stadium off the 110). To date, the
Council has enjoyed support from many city agencies and small, passionate
businesses such as windowbox.com, but we want to do more and need more
funds to meet our goals.
Whole Foods Market will be supplying light appetizers, a custom
cocktail will be invented for our event by the chefs at the Border Grill,
and music will be provided by renowned House Music DJ Terence Toy, who is
also a skilled organic gardener at the Hollywood Schoolhouse. We’ll also
have a silent auction, a raffle of tremendous prizes, and gardeners from
across Los Angeles and the Inland Empire.
All attendees are requested to wear green and/or "organic" attire (the
latter is a reference to gardening garb, such as boots or a hat).
Tickets are a minimum donation of $10.00 ($25.00 is recommended) and
will be available at the door. If you want to pay in advance and avoid the
crowd at the door, contact me.
Proceeds from Night O'Green will allow the LACGC to continue its
mission: create new gardens in urban areas, reclaim open land to grow
food, and work with more than 60 existing gardens in our region. (Among
our recent accomplishments is the fostering of new garden communities for
the more than 100 families displaced by the closure of the garden at 41st
and Alameda . To learn more about the Council, visit our website at http://www.laga
rdencouncil.org/)
If you'd like to volunteer, please contact me at
mareaucontraire@yahoo.com
We thank you in advance and look forward to seeing you at the Night
O'Green!
Sincerely,
Mary (Boyle) Tokita, Board Member, LA Community Garden Council
mareaucontraire@yahoo.com
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Cliff May lecture part of next Friends of the Gamble House lecture
series, California in a Container: Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House.
Author and Sunset Magazine Editor Daniel Gregory discusses the life and
legacy of the pioneering designer on March 23.
With a legacy of more than 18,000 homes under his belt, architect Cliff
May has rightfully earned the title of the father of the suburban ranch
house. Combining modern and traditional styles, May designed homes
throughout the 1930s-80s that reflected the casual elegance that would
become synonymous with the California Dream.
An insight into May as an architectural pioneer will be the topic of
discussion at a public lecture by Daniel Gregory, senior editor at Sunset
Magazine and author of an upcoming book on the prolific designer.
"California in a Container: Cliff May and the Modern Ranch House" is
sponsored by The Friends of the Gamble House annual Sidney D. Gamble
Lecture series and takes place 7:30 p.m. on Friday March 23 at the
Neighborhood Church, 2 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena.
In addition, a rare tour of selected Riviera Ranch and Sullivan Canyon
homes in Brentwood will be offered Saturday March 24.
Ticket prices for the lecture are $25 for the general public, $20 for
Friends of the Gamble House (FOGH) members and $15 for students. Tickets
for the home tour are $75 general public and $50 for FOGH members and
students.
The final lecture in this year's series will be Heather Lenkin on
landscape architecture, April 28, 2007
For more information and to order tickets, call (626) 793-3334, ext. 52
or visit www.gamblehouse.org. FOGH memberships start at $40 for
individuals.
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Highland Park
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Seth Budick writes:
New items at the market this week included arugula and basil, both from
FrogDog Farms. Jan has been coddling her basil plants through the winter
and has managed to coax enough fresh growth to bring some beautiful lush
leaves to the market. Arugula, or rocket, is actually an herb, but these
peppery leaves are mildly flavored enough to make a salad on their own,
especially with some goat cheese and the avocado dressing I recommended
last week. Arugula also makes a great pizza topping, added after the
cooking is over, just wilting on the surface. To find out about everything
now in season at the market, take a look at http:
//www.friends4oldlafarmersmarket.org. And while you're at the market
pick up some fresh nuts, roasted corn and potatoes, tamales and honey
pineapple chicken.
Please stop by the market for fresh, field-ripened, high quality
produce from local farmers and spend time with your friends, neighbors and
other community members.
The Highland Park Certified Farmers Market is located adjacent to the
Highland Park Gold Line station at Marmion Way between Ave. 57 & 58
and operates Tuesdays from 3-7PM.
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Public Safety
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COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR’S PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 27 Join the Public Safety Task Force!
* Come and share your most important issues relative to your children's
safety.
* Find resolution to safety concerns.
* Identify concrete strategies to address those issues.
Tuesday, March 27, 7:00-8:00 pm. Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 2225
Colorado Blvd. For more information call the office of Councilmember Jose
Huizar, Northeast District Office, 2035 Colorado Blvd. (323) 254-5295.
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Below, Loren gives my favorite LA Times writer Steve Lopez (S'lo)
some support in taking on the Mayor's transportation actions vs.
policies.
Mike - your letter is on target. But I have become rather skeptical. I
ride the Bus to work many days a week (sometimes it is just a dreadful
experience). What is most curious to me is Antonio's significant inability
to "walk the walk" or should I say "Ride the Bus". Until I see the Mayor
doing what everyone should do (at least everyone whose office isn't in the
guest house), I am completely disinclined to putting any effort into
encouraging a solution. The Mayor (like his New York counterpart) needs to
get on the Bus - graffiti and all!!!! That's my 1.5cents.
Loren
PS: DelaVega is just another example of hypocrisy in the Mayoral ranks.
That Hummer is SHAMEFUL! When the Mayor rides a bus regularly and his
transportation dude quits acting like Arnold - maybe I will start to
believe their shtick. In the mean time, I'll keep my hope with National
politics (because the State folks are almost as bad as the City folks).
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As I recall, Cardie had a photo in a previous e- letter of a tomatoe
she grew that was the size of Delaware and so I trust her judgement about
where to get great tomatoes. She sends the following:
This is a great group to buy tomatoes from - check out their website or
info below
Cardie
TOMATOMANIA TIME!
If you crave “Love Apples” (and we know you do) you’ll want to know
that we’re only one month away from the first TOMATOMANIA! event of 2007.
This year’s craziness starts with our largest sale in Encino, and we can’t
wait to swap stories and share the wacky selection we’ve found for this
spring. In addition to a Yellow Mortgage Lifter, we’ve got some great new
short season varieties and heirloom or hybrid classics that will greet you
like old friends, and you can expect to find all the supplies and good
advice you’ll need to have a perfect growing season. The full 2007
schedule (complete with site links to our hosts) is now available on our
website at tomatomania.com. Here’s a sneak peek:
March 23-25 Encino, Tapia Brothers Farm Stand
March 30 – April 1 San Diego (Encinitas), Quail Botanic Garden
April 14 – 15 Sonoma ***New Location, Cornerstone Gardens
April 21-22 Beverly Hills, Party On LaCienega
April 26 – 29 Costa Mesa , SoCal Flower & Garden Show
May 5 – 6 Arcadia, LA Flower Show
May 18 – 20 Litchfield, CT , White Flower Farm
Our events are growing and we need TOMATOMANIACS like you! If you'd
like to work at a Tomatomania! event, please let us know by sending an
e-mail to tomatomaniahq@aol.com. While visiting our site you’ll see that
we’ll once again offer online seedling sales when the crop is ready. Even
if you can’t make it to one of our weekend events, you can still indulge
in our unique offerings!
Start adding compost to your veggie plot! We’ll see you soon!
Scott Daigre
TOMATOMANIA
Did anyone besides me ever see that movie, "Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes"? Could "Tomatomania" be the sequel that just might win that
Oscar? Probably not.
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