What she means is:
"Here in DB some of the grdning efforts are bec. of
FOSH, USHNA, GDB (a DBCC pgm), and the CDC.
The CDC has a # of pgms that young people
learn about n, p, g and s-ing vegetables that
they g. They also have the ESYCC that works on many g-ing projects inc.:
BVNS, SHP, HP and East 7th St. flowering cont. grdns.
KD
DB"
Before I give you the latest "acronym key," allow me to give my Community
Gardening input, and I'll try my best to be doubleplusunfunny.
Certainly one aspect of AIB in SP will be GRG. It is with GRG that I first
got in touch with my inner citizen, while planting trees at the first NSP
planting (Shepard Road/High Bridge) about 7 years ago. That grove is
already very nice and a source of great pride for me and my fellow girl
scouts. (In Nov 2001, I would go on to tell foresters in China about how
we do things in America, and they didn't laugh once. If I were to do it
again, I'd sing the "So this is Saint Paul!" song and THEN I bet they'd
laugh! And I'd end all my talks with candle-lighting ceremonies and see if
that would make them stop laughing and start crying, or just make them
laugh harder. Then I'd pray for them whether they liked it or not.)
Other GRG events aside, there are a few other plantings that stick out for
me, namely
1) the North High Bridge Park, where Joe has planted and nurtured
dozens of species of lilies (Lily Tomlin, Eli Lily, Lily Lake, Picalily,
Lily & Gish, etc.)
http://www.studygs.net/joe/highbridge/daylilygarden.htm
2) the hanging plants downtown, at the airport, and other places;
they make me happy
3) the empty pots down W 7th; they make me sad
4) the trees removed from Joseph's Coat; why?
5) the good response from SP Dept of Trees in removing offensive
gingko and replacing with "Hal" lindens
6) the community vegetable gardens around that we don't have in
our 'hood; they make me hungry
7) Como Park, as close to Kew Gardens as we'll get
8) the indoor plants at places like the old Khyber Pass; kudos to
the caretakers of these everywhere
9) Master Gardeners; they amaze me
10) compost; with all due respect to the easterly victims, I love
Pleasant Compost!
11) entire yards filled with poppies or other opiates; these people
should get a tax break for not having to mow grass
I still have Millionaire Birders on the brain, and have another idea to
make millions - wildflowers. If you've ever met someone from an Orchid
Society, you know how free with their money they are. Since our state
flower is an orchid (oh, btw, "Ladyslipper" in German is "Frauenschuh," so
he can sponsor my idea for $9MM.), I propose we plant an orchid garden near
the river, next to the Bocce Ball courts.
While on a botanical mission from God a few years ago, I uprooted about
three yellow ladyslippers from private propery near the Mille Lacs nether
regions (there were ceremonies held that made it all perfectly legit) and
replanted them in St. Paul. Now there are about 40 of them in this secret
location! I will bring 6 back to Mille Lacs and hold another ceremony for
their reintroduction to the wild (I just hope they didn't dumb down too
much after three generations in an urban environment, or suffer from petal
ethanol syndrome, not that they're in the West End, mind you!). These are
lovely flowers. People will pay good money to see them - for you, $5.
Imagine an entire garden of them! Have you ever seen a showy ladyslipper?
There are 30,000 species of orchids worldwide, and about 145 in North
America. Add to those trillium and all those lesser flowers and you've got
yourself quite a tourist fly-trap.
Part of the motivation for this comes from Ladybird Johnson, a fine
southern Democrat who is primarily responsible for the billions and
billions of blue bonnets, Indian paint, and other wildflowers along many
Texas roadways. Texan tourists flock to these flowers like 'dillos to
asphalt, spending loads of money along the way. There are more blue bonnet
festivals down there than you can imagine.
FYI, I am Park Steward for Bay Triangle, the "unpark," and am sort of Park
Partner, too. The first mission is to get some boulevard trees planted,
and then we'll do some other things like expose some old curbstones, put in
a path, hide the medallion, and then get fancy with public art and a new
name and stuff.
So, Flower Power, man! Wild flowers, of Forest Green, Iron Range Red, and
Wheat... Color me there, Pierre! Poppies, "for all my friends!"
Now, without further ado, here is the latest list of 140 Acronyms:
Acronym Meaning
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
AIB America In Bloom
AQ Armstrong-Quinlan (House)
AQ American Queen
BIF Business Investment Fund
BIO by invitation only
BRC Business Review Council
BVNS Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary
CALA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (U of M)
CAO City Attorney's Office
CASE Citizens' Alliance for a Safe Environment
CC Chris Coleman
CCP Capital City Partnership
CDBG Community Development Block Grants
CDC Community Design Center
CDC Community Development Corporation
CNHS Community Neighborhood Housing Services
CoC (St. Paul Area) Chamber of Commerce
CofO Certificate of Occupancy
CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
CR Community Reporter
CRC CapitolRiver Council
CVA College of Visual Arts
CVB Convention & Visitors Bureau
CVS Consumer Value Stores (drug store chain)
DBD4CC Dayton's Bluff District 4 Community Council aka D4
DBNHS Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services
DBOA Downtown Building Owners Association
DFL Democratic Farmer Labor (Party)
DINO Democrat In Name Only
DNR (Minnesota) Department of Natural Resources
DPH (Ramsey County) Department of Public Health
DQ Delta Queen
ED Executive Director
ESABA East Side Area Business Association
ESFC East Side Family Center
ESNDC East Side Neighborhood Development Corporation
ESYCC East Side Youth Conservation Corps
FMR Friends of the Mississippi River
FOSH Friends of Swede Hollow
FRF Fort Road Federation
GDB Greening Dayton's Bluff
GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender
GRG Great River Greening
GSE Gopher State Ethanol
HIPA Historic Irvine Park Association
HPC Historic Preservation Commission
HRA Housing & Redevelopment Authority
HSP Historic Saint Paul
HUD (US Dept of) Housing & Urban Development
JCS Jewish Community Center
JLT Jerry L Trooien
LDB Left Descending Bank
LIEP (St. Paul Office of) License, Inspection, & Environmental Protection
LISC Local Initiatives Support Corporation
LPCP Lower Phalen Creek Project
LRC Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation
MAC Metropolitan Airports Commission
MBC Minnesota Brewing Company
MCAD Minneapolis College of Art & Design
MCC Midway Chamber of Commerce
MEI Minnesota Environmental Initiative
MEP Minnesota Environmental Partnership
MHS Minnesota Historical Society
MIA Minneapolis Institute of Arts
MMAA Minnesota Museum of American Art
MMC Minnesota Music Café
MNRRA
MNRRA Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
MPR Minnesota Public Radio
MPR Multi-Purpose Room (Skyway Y)
MQ Mississippi Queen
MSE Minnesota Sports & Entertainment
MSP Minneapolis-Saint Paul Internional Airport
MST Minneapolis Star-Tribune
NDC Neighborhood Development Center
NEC Neighborhood Energy Consortium
NENDC North East Neighborhoods Development Corporation
NHPI Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement
NPS National Park Service
NSP Northern States Power
NTHP National Trust For Historic Preservation
OEA Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
OLDA Off-Leash Dog Area
OMRC Old Man River Café
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Administration
P&R (St. Paul Dept. of) Parks & Recreation
PABA Payne-Arcade (Area? Avenue?) Business Association
PAM Preservation Alliance of MN
PASP Public Art St. Paul
PED (St. Paul Dept. of) Planning & Economic Development
PHA Public Housing Agency
PPD Pioneer Press Dispatch
RC Ramsey County
RCHS Ramsey County Historical Society
RCMHAC Ramsey County Mental Health Advisory Committee
RDB Right Descending Bank
RINO Republican In Name Only
RK Randy Kelly
RO Rafael Ortega
ROMP Responsible Owners of Mannerly Pets
SCLM So-Called Liberal Media
SDS Students for a Democratic Society
SHA Summit Hill Association
SHC Swede Hollow Cafe
SHP Swede Hollow Park
SHPO State Historic Preservation Office
SMM Science Museum of Minnesota
SMRT Samuel Morgan Regional Trail
SPAC St. Paul Arena Corporation
SPBCT St. Paul Bulding & Construction Trades
SPFD St. Paul Fire Department
SPIF St. Paul Issues Forum
SPMDC St. Paul on the Mississippi Design Center
SPNN St. Paul Neighborhood Network (community access TV)
SPPA St. Paul Port Authority
SPPD St. Paul Police Department
SPPD-VBC St. Paul Police Dept - Virtual Block Club
SPPP St. Paul Pioneer Press
SPRC St. Paul Riverfront Corporation
SPRCDPH St. Paul Ramsey County Dept. of Public Health
STAR Sales TAx Revitalization (Neighborhood)
STAR Sales TAx Revitalization (Cultural)
TIF Tax Increment Financing
TMO Transportation Management Organization
TOD Transit-Oriented Development
TPL Trust for Public Land
TPT Twin Cities Public Television
UM, U of M University of Minnesota
USHNA Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Association
UU University United
VC Villager Communications
W7/FRF West Seventh/Fort Road Federation
WEBA West End Business Association
WEBPA West End Brewery Preservation Alliance
WEBPA West End Business & Professional Association
WSCO West Side Citizens Organization
WTC World Trade Center (now Wells Fargo Place)
XEC Xcel Energy Center
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Here in Dayton's Bluff some of the gardening efforts are because of
Friends of Swede Hollow, Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Assn.,
Greening Dayton's Bluff (a Dayton's Bluff Community Council program),
and the Community Design Center.
The Community Design Center has a number of program that young people
learn about nutrition, planting, growing and selling vegetables that
they grow. They also have the East Side Youth Conservation Corps
that works on many greening projects including: Bruce Vento Nature
Sanctuary, Swede Hollow Park, Hamm Park and East 7th Street flowering
container gardens.
Karin DuPaul
Dayton's Bluff
At 1:06 PM -0500 4/27/05, Jeanne Weigum wrote:
>Just in case the Mayor's office is monitoring this site,
>the Guerilla Gardeners of Merriam Park maintain 14 flower beds on public
>lands.
Anyone else involved in any "community gardening" projects in St. Paul?
If so, please tell us about them.
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