Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange

Coming up soon, the 1st Sat. in Nov.! Tickets available through Eventbrite...

Herbal Wellness Workshop
at the Live Oak Grange
Sat. Nov. 4th from 3-5pm

Herbal Wellness Workshop Join Herbalist Lianne Neptune in a hands on workshop for making a variety of wellness remedies to keep us healthy this Winter.

What: Work party at Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange
When: Sunday, October 15, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where: 1900 17th Avenue
Why: It's fun and we're blessed with a beautiful property to maintain
Who: You

Mowing in and around the orchard
W**ding and mulching pathways
Moving and spreading straw bales that are currently under oak tree
W**ding and mulching around fruit trees and perennial beds
Remove debris piles (put in Greenwaste cans)
Remove weeds in and around parking lot and hall
We have some tools at the Grange, including shovels, rakes, pitchforks, pruners, and a couple of wheel barrows. However, we can use more of these tools during the work day, so please bring your own if you can. Also, if you can bring any of the following items, please do and let me know beforehand:
Mower
W**d whacker
Hedge trimmer
We want everyone to be safe and comfortable, so remember to bring gloves, hats, boots (or closed-toe shoes), eye and ear protection (as needed), and water. Join us to maintain and beautify our landscape while getting good exercise and catching up with friends.

A delicious lunch will be served around noon.

Just a reminder to all Grangers interested in submitting pickles, jams, baked goods and other "county fair delights", that the deadlines for entries are coming up!
Click on the Santa Cruz County Fair website link for complete fair guidelines and submission dates...
https://www.santacruzcountyfair.com/

The Grange gardens looking great!

Thank you to the Grange for donating $100 for farm relief to the Center for Farmworkers Families. It's been a struggle for family farms & workers to get back up to speed and community support is greatly appriciated in times like these.

Community Contra Dancing at the Live Oak Grange 7/28, this Friday Nite at 5pm. Always on the 4th Friday of every month. Beginner friendly / intro workshop at start of dance.

Fantastic newly resurfaced Grange parking lot & more pictures from the beautiful garden. Parking lot pict. taken by member Paul Franklin.

June in full bloom at the Grange...

Grange member Patty Howe passed away peacefully on May 29, 2023 after a protracted illness. Patty was a long time member of the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange and one of the original eight members who, in 1998, saved the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange from being sold. She served as our treasurer for a span of years. A link to her obituary published in the Sentinel is included below.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/patricia-howe-obituary?id=52294282

Patricia Howe Obituary (2023) - Watsonville, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel View Patricia Howe's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Did you know that renting the Grange Hall for events is one of the best deals around starting at only $35 per hour? Fantastic central Santa Cruz location with a large parking lot and beautiful grounds with fruit orchard, gardens and chicken coop.

Click the link below for rental information https://sites.google.com/site/liveoakgrange/Hall-Rental

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the CA Rare Fruit Growers will be hosting their annual Fruitapooloza event in the Live Oak Grange Garden this Saturday. Local nurseries specializing in tropical and subtropical fruits will be on hand selling a vast array of plants sure to pique your interest. The Vendor Fair, which will be open all day, will be open to the public, no tickets required!
http://mbcrfg.org/fruit-a-palooza-2023/

COME JOIN OUR JUNE 2023 POTLUCK AND MONTHLY MEETING!

We need Grangers to prepare a main course and side dishes, including vegetarian options, snacks, beverages, and desserts. Our potluck will begin at 6:00 pm. Arrive by 5:30 pm to help with food prep and set up. Message us if you can help out.

It's time to gather again for another work party at our Live Oak Grange property on Sunday, May 14!
A delicious lunch will be served around noon.

First Saturday of the month at the Live Oak Grange...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/free2beakidsantacruz/

Zentangle for Grange Members

You are invited to attend a free zentangle art class hosted by Elizabeth Schilling on Tuesday May 9th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the grange hall. Zentangle is a style of meditative drawing that uses shapes, shading, and repetition. Materials will be provided for this class.

We hope you can attend!

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Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange #503
1900 17th Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
www.santacruzliveoakgrange.org

Our next Grange meeting is on Tues. May 2 with a potluck meal from 6-7pm and meeting from 7-9.
The potluck meals are fabulous!
Meeting is hybrid, in person or Zoom option.

Our next Grange Work Party is on Sunday, May 14th from 10 - 2pm. These work parties are a great way to be outdoors doing meaningful work & getting good exercise! I love them and always a good lunch provided for everyone.

Announcing AB 1325! This bill is an amendment to Bill AB626, (the bill to legalize the sale of home cooked meals), & would allow MEHKOs to sell up to 90 meals per week and earn up to $100,000 annually, doubling the current monetary limit! We need your support to help get this bill passed! Click on the following link to learn more and make your voice heard:
https://mailchi.mp/cookalliance/announcing-ab1325

Thanks to everyone who attended our monthly Grange meeting last night and WOW!... what an amazing Cajun themed potluck meal members put together! Good to be sharing meals again!

Loved reading all about what is going on in the Grange state wide at this link below: Daniel Feldman has an article about Grange without walls on page 6 to be sure to read! Exciting stuff...
https://pub.marq.com/CaliforniaGranger/

Grange Garden Exchange is this Saturday the 25th at 8am.

Thanks to all who showed up for the work day at the Grange on Sunday & to the 2 Grangers who made a fantastic lunch!

Grange outdoor Work Day this Sunday, Feb. 12th from 10am - ? Come help maintain the beautiful Grange grounds and help out where you can. Dress warm and hope to see you there!

Thomas Farm Open House
Sunday, Feb. 19th from 12-4pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thomas-farm-open-house-tickets-531351244877

Thomas Farm Open House Spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon at the farm & get a sneek peek at all the new workshops and activities we have lined up for 2023!

Dear Brother and Sister Grangers,

Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year in which we see the light in the world grow brighter and the darkness grow dimmer.

January 3, this coming Tuesday will be our first Grange meeting of 2023 & as the first order of business, we will install the newly elected officers beginning with our worthy brother Michael Johnson as president.

The Grange is a bottom up, grass roots organization in which every member in good standing has a vote and can make proposals for consideration. Let's ring in the New Year with fraternal kinship and unity.

The meeting starts at 7pm & will hope to see you there!

Wishing everyone a joyous holiday filled with the magic of the season.

A fabulous evening celebrating the Live Oaks Granges 90th Bday amid other Holiday cheer and election night. Outgoing President Daniel Feldman cuts the cake. Congtats to incoming President Michael Johnson and looking forward to 2023!

Come celebrate the Live Oak Granges 90th Birthday at our
December Grange meeting on Tuesday, 12/6! We're having a taco-themed potluck and birthday cake at 6pm, with meeting beginning at 7pm.

Our Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange was charted in December, 1932. The Grange will provide taco fixings, and members can bring any potluck item, or just themselves.

On December 4th at 7:30 p. m. Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes and singer/multi-instrumentalist, Diego Amador Jr., direct from Seville, will present Rayn: Flamenco for a New World at the Live Oak Grange in Santa Cruz. Savannah and Diego have forged a unique artistic partnership, performing throughout Washington, Oregon, and California since 2019. Rayn is a unique blend of authentic Spanish Flamenco music and powerful innovative dance. This event is the final performance of an extensive tour of Washington, Oregon, and California.

Purchase tickets below through Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rayn-flamenco-for-a-new-worldsanta-cruz-tickets-428063087217

The October Garden Exchange will take place on October 22 from 8-9 a.m. at the Live Oak Grange parking lot, 1900 17th Ave. Gardeners are welcome to bring anything from their garden to give away to like minded neighbors. One need not bring anything in order to participate and you must take away anything not given out.

Apple tasting event this Saturday at the Live Oak Grange beginning at 2pm!
http://mbcrfg.org/event/our-apple-tasting-is-back/

The Live Oak Fall Festival & Pie Baking contest is this Saturday, October 8, 1-5pm.

We are excited to celebrate the Live Oak Grange's 90th birthday and an abundant harvest season with the Monterey Bay chapter of the CA Rare Fruit Growers who will be hosting an heirloom apple tasting of over 70 apple varieties. We invite you to eat pie with neighbors and friends, participate in the heirloom apple tasting, play old-fashioned corn hole, win a pie at the pie walk, listen to live music, or just take a stroll through the garden to check out the Grange chickens and heritage orchard.
Live Music and Pie Baking Contest begins at 1pm. Heirloom Apple Tasting begins at 2pm.
Enter your best pie in the contest, or enjoy a slice of pie!

Pie bakers should bring their pies to the Grange by 1pm. Cash price is $100 for the most votes. See contest entry guidelines at greengrange.org

All pie lovers can participate as judges and vote for their favorite pie by purchasing a 'flight of pie' or 3 slices for $10.00.

Single slices of pizza from East Side Eatery, or apple/berry pie with vanilla ice cream will be sold for $5.00.

Grange members get a FREE slice of apple, berry or pizza pie!

Heirloom Apple Tasting tickets are $5/person, FREE for CA Rare Fruit Grower and Grange members.

What: Live Oak Fall Festival
When: Saturday October 8, 1-5pm
Where: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz CA.
Please consider walking or biking! Overflow parking will be available at Harbor Light Church, 2008 17th Ave, and the Live Oak Senior Center 1777 Capitola Road.
https://sites.google.com/site/liveoakgrange/grange-programs/pie-contest

Mark your calendars on October 8, 1-5pm, to celebrate the Live Oak Grange's 90th birthday in the garden! That's right, the Live Oak Grange was chartered in 1932, and has served our community for 90 years! The Grange is celebrating the occasion with a Fall Festival and Pie Baking Contest that will also feature an heirloom apple tasting of 70 apple varieties, hosted by the Monterey Bay chapter of the CA Rare Fruit Growers.
Eat pie with neighbors and friends, participate in the heirloom apple tasting, play old-fashioned corn hole, win a pie at the pie walk, listen to live music, or just take a stroll through the garden to check out the Grange chickens, heritage orchard and more!

Live Music and Pie Baking Contest begins at 1pm. Heirloom Apple Tasting begins at 2pm.
Enter your best pie in the contest, or enjoy a few slices of pie!

Pie bakers should bring their pies to the Grange by 1pm. Cash price is $100 for the most votes. See contest entry guidelines at greengrang.org

All pie lovers can participate as judges and vote for their favorite pie by purchasing a 'flight of pie' or 3 slices for $10.00.

Single slices of savory pie or apple/berry pie with vanilla ice cream will be sold for $5.00.

Grange members get a FREE slice of apple/berry or savory pie!

Heirloom Apple Tasting tickets are $5/person, FREE for CA Rare Fruit Grower and Grange members.

What: Live Oak Fall Festival
When: Saturday October 8, 1-5pm
Where: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz CA.

We look forward to seeing you in the garden!

It's almost time to gather again for another work party at our Live Oak Grange property on Saturday, October 1 at 1:00 pm! This will be our best opportunity to beautify the property before our Fall Festival the following Saturday. We have several important tasks to focus on including:
Mowing in and around the orchard
W**ding around building perimeter and parking lot
Moving and spreading straw bales that are currently under the oak tree
W**ding and mulching around fruit trees and perennial beds
Mulching pathways around garden
We have some tools at the Grange, including shovels, rakes, pitchforks, pruners, and a couple of wheel barrows. However, we can use more of these tools during the work day, so please bring your own if you can. Also, if you can bring any of the following items, please do and let me know beforehand:
Mower
W**d whacker
We want everyone to be safe and comfortable, so remember to bring gloves, hats, boots (or closed-toe shoes), eye and ear protection (as needed), and water. Join us to maintain and beautify our landscape while getting good exercise and catching up with friends.


What: Work party at Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange
When: Saturday October 1, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: 1900 17th Avenue
Why: We want to steward over a healthy, bountiful, and beautiful property
Who: You

You can contact Michael Johnson at [email protected] or (831) 325-3376 with questions.

Join us at the Grange for a harvest festival/pie baking contest on Oct 8th from 1-5pm!!!

Check the Grange website for more information. Hope to see you there!

 http://greengrange.org/

The September Exchange will take place on Saturday the 24th from 8-9 a.m. at the Live Oak Grange parking lot. You are encouraged to bring anything from your garden to give away to your like minded neighbors. You need not bring anything in order to participate and anything not taken can not be left at the Grange.

The Garden Exchange is back and happening on Sat. March 24th from 8-9am in the Live Oak Grange parking lot. Please bring any surplus volunteers, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, specimen plants, or any other gardening related items to exchange with your like-minded gardeners.

In follow up with last weeks screening of "Wasted"... anyone interested in a tour of the Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility on Wed. Feb.28th can sign up through the link below:

https://www.meetup.com/foodandfarmtour/events/247224114/