UNLR - AVAW - Event on May 8th

The United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury (UNLR) / A Village At Work (AVAW) is having a fundraising event next Saturday, May 8th, 2010, at the Piano Factory on Tremont Street, Boston, MA.
http://avillageatwork.wordpress.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47692411@N05/show/

April 10th Site Visit Photos on Flickr

Photos from our second site visit...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51175485@N00/sets/72157623787410729/

Building workshop 4.24.10

reimbursable form

please use this form for reimbursables, past and present. before any purchases over $30, please coordinate with us... see you in the morning!

saturday build 04/24

based on thursday, looks like we'll be using a lot of shop time this saturday. let's meet in the basement studio at our typical time (10-12p). we'll do some outdoor tests in the alley way at the entrance ramp. ben and i will be making a morning run to home depot--please email us your wish lists!

UdB10 build session 4.17.10

hexgon research

strangely enough, we're looking at aggregating hexagon shapes for a project.. an abundance of inspiration at wikipedia if you haven't seen it yet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon

community review & moving forward

After a great community meeting, we have the chance to move forward with both proposals in the garden:











Starting in the southwest, Norma's plots will begin with the bench and table storage elements...

At the furthest north water spigot, we will start to see the hexagon plaza take shape.










First order of business-- finding the best wood products for the job. With vocal concerns about using pressure treated wood in the garden, what will be our material palette for the first round of in situ prototypes? We'll need to assemble materials for workshopping on Thursday and samples for installation on Saturday.

community garden at linwood st

 

some images for inspiration from the community garden on linwood st. on fort hill. note the use of pavers, plot identifiers, how plots are divided, used of raised beds and tall dividers (for rampant strawberries!), overall feel of the garden.

perhaps we can meet here before the community meeting next saturday to take a tour first hand (as well as grab the udb tools & sewing machine from betsy's basement).

Burning Man 2009 used shipping pallets

This is a way of using the shape of the hexagon to create shelves and surfaces using layering of the hexagons.

These photos are of hexagon planters and different ways of construction.

http://www.blueworldgardener.co.uk/store/images/intalogs_Flatback_Planters_paintedoscom.jpg