[MonashCommunityGarden] Permaculture sign

[Tim Scott]

Hi Jayne (et al.!),

Sorry for the slow response, and thanks for your support of the garden.  I
hope you've received the forwarded email we originally sent re. Garden
signage.

Gail Morgan from the Monash Student Association is organising a meeting with
Gary and Peter Barnes which may happen on Friday, so if this email simply
provides background for that, then wonderful and sorry for filling your
inbox.  I haven't been told exactly what details we're meeting about, so
this may all still be utterly relevant.

I'm still not sure if the plan from the Uni's end is to run with the plan we
sent (forwarded to you) or if something more 'slick' is required.  I'm also
not sure if the Uni plans to help with A-frame sized signs to put at the
various entrances to the garden area, particularly the Nth-East & Sth-East
corners where the path runs between the Campus Centre & the garden.
Otherwise we will make these ourselves.

*Materials*
The original idea was to leave materials somewhat open to Gary's gleaning
abilities and initiative, though we're happy to help with sourcing, once we
know what second hand, recycled or reclaimed materials Gary can easily lay
his hands on and therefore what else there is to procure.
*
*We have, for example, recently aquired a lot of window glass which was
going to be thrown out.  We also have some corrugated iron off-site which
could be cleaned up and used as shed roofing and/or wall/screen (depending
on shed size & other materials used).  Mark Corea also kindly gave us some
wooden bench-slats which were being thrown out, to use as stakes or for
minor construction.

One of our garden members suggested that the bench-slats Mark gave us could
be fastened together to make the board for the sign.  Text could be engraved
into the wood, or sheet metal which could be bolted onto the sign.  The
slats may otherwise be useful as stakes for the sign or as shed-building
materials.

I'm also meeting with Mark Doggett from The Office of Environmental
Sustainability on Friday to inspect materials currently stored in Building
56 from the Uni 'cleanup'.

In summary...
*
We have:*
2nd hand glass
Timber slats
(Probably) sheet metal from old filing cabinets etc.

*Other possible materials for shed/sign could include:*
Screen from tea-tree/brush or 2nd hand lattice (shed)
2nd hand corrugated iron (shed)
2nd hand timber (shed, sign)
Timber from arborists, not commercial forestry (shed, sign)
e.g. cypress we used for garden bed edging
FSC certified timber (shed, sign)
re. treated timber, we are running an organic garden, so if the sign is to
be located near growing areas, we will want to avoid potential sources of
leaching.  If attached to the shed nearby, the situation may be different.
An old sign from around uni, cleaned & reprinted for us (sign)
2nd hand perspex for constructing an alternative to the glass cabinet (sign)
An old whiteboard (sign)
waterproofed on the back & printed with 'Monash Permaculture Garden' on the
front, to which we could attach laminated posters with magnets

*Shed* *Location*
David, Mark and I have identified a few potential shed locations, but a
final location has, as far as I understand, never been confirmed.  A shed
for large items/materials on the back of the Chem Lab Gas storage block
would be useful, provided we also had another spot right at the garden for
commonly used tools.  This decision may decide the viability of the [good]
idea to attach signage to the shed.

We've recently realised our current make-shift shed can probably be modified
to fit snugly and discretely under the bench at the garden, and we have
plans to build more benches with storage to be housed on site where our
gazebo/pergola is planned.

If you could possibly address further communications to the garden
eList<monashcommunitygarden at lists.aktivix.org>,
it will help us (the gardeners) with improving communication & institutional
memory.

Many thanks, and sorry for the *long *email.


Tim
for the Monash Permaculture Garden

monashcommunitygarden at lists.aktivix.org
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On 24 March 2010 14:48, Jayne Firman <Jayne.Firman at adm.monash.edu.au> wrote:

>
> Hi Tim and Jess,
>
> David Pawley has asked me to liaise with you regarding a sign  and shed for
> the Permaculture Garden on Clayton campus.  Gary Morgan, the sign-writer
> needs to know specifically what materials you can and can't use (e.g.
> treated pine) so that he can meet with the builder and get a quote for the
> items. Otherwise we need to confirm pre-fabricated materials can be used.
> Gary and David have discussed the possibility of having the sign as one side
> of the shed.  Discussion with MSA regarding joint funding of these items
> needs to occur.
>
> Please email me the list of approved building materials and I will forward
> them to Gary to arrange a quote.  Once we have the quote, I will arrange a
> meeting with yourselves and Terry Hogan to discuss further.
>
> Regards
>
> Jayne Firman
> Office of the Campus Manager, Clayton
> (BH)+61 3  9902 0443
>



-- 
Tim Scott
timscott97 at gmail.com
0411 345 983
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