Are you interested in helping those in our community who have food insecurity? Then this meeting is for you! Find out from MCG vice president Stacy Basko how produce from our community gardens help those in need. Help strategize about how and when donations will occur. The meeting will be Saturday, June 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the First Aid Squad gardens. Go to the Calendar on this site to copy the information from our calendar to yours.

Mark your calendar for the maintenance week at your site (FAS or TH), posted under the Plots tab. If you can’t make it the week that you’ve been assigned, you may switch with someone, but you must let the site managers know. They are Stacy or Austin at FAS, and Karen at TH.

Each maintenance week begins on a Saturday and ends the following Friday. For example, if you were assigned May 23, your week runs from May 23 through May 29.

Maintenance week responsibilities include :

• Water and weed the beds marked with blue-tipped stakes. These are the beds of those on vacation, and donation beds (at FAS 1,2,12A & 12C ,and at TH 34 & 35– by the front gate).
• Use the weed whacker to trim along fences, inside, and out, and in common areas or pull weeds out by hand. The TH weed whacker is kept at Karen Rutberg’s. Contact her to borrow it.
•  Mow center aisle (TH).

• Clean up and remove any debris or trash; empty all bins and remove contents from garden. 

• At FAS, cut the knotweed shoots with clippers or scissors and cover the stalk with cardboard and woodchips. Do not pull the stalks by hand, because that stimulates growth.

Questions? Contact your site manager or email mwoodcomgarden@gmail.com .

See our Facebook page for some great photos from our spring workdays!

MGEC are holding plant sales, demos, and lectures May 1 & 2 in Montclair, and May 9 in Roseland. You’ll find a huge variety of vegetables, annuals, perennials, shrubs and small trees. This sale is just in time for Mother’s Day and spring planting! For more information visit http://mgessex.org/plant-sale/.

The Township is offering free tree seedlings to residents. Pick-up at Memorial Park, Wednesday, April 15 between 3:30-5:00 p.m. First-come-first-serve. View details at

Spring work days have been rescheduled for April 11 and 12. Choose the day that suits your schedule! An email from Sign-up Genius has been sent to all members, with a link to register for work days. Check your spam box if you don’t see it, and remember to add our google groups email addresses and Sign-up Genius address to your contacts list.

NEW date and time! Save the date for our annual membership meeting! 

Join us on January 28, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, in the lower level of Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker Street for our annual meeting. Please arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 to allow time for completion of paperwork and collection of dues. The business portion of the meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 pm. This is a mandatory meeting for all current and prospective members. Members will vote on open board positions, receive information about using the gardens, sign user agreements and pay dues for 2015. Dues for the 2015 season are $65.00. Payment may be cash or check. For more information about membership, please email us at mwoodcomgarden@gmail.com.

Due to inclement weather, the workday is rescheduled to Saturday, November 8. Look for a new Sign-Up Genius email!

Our growing season is coming to a close and it’s time to clean out the beds and ready our gardens for winter. The final fall work day is Saturday, Nov. 1 at the First Aid Squad site between 9 am and 1 pm. If you missed helping at Town Hall last weekend, you can make-up your volunteer hours at FAS! Choose your two hour shift using the link in the Sign-up Genius email you received.