As 2021 comes to a close I would like to thank our NANA gardeners and garden captains for their hard work in our community gardens this past year. In no particular order: Richard Jackson for his work as captain of Victory Parkway/Dana Triangle park, the Dana Roundabout, and various gardens near […]
Beautification
Beautification: December 2021
North Avondale Litter Report: December 2021 Hey neighbors! As promised I wanted to share a photo from Xavier’s Community Action Day this past October of all the wonderful students, faculty, and families that came out to help North Avondale. Thanks again!! Adopt-a-Spot I’ve also taken time this past month to […]
NANA Community Gardens: November 2021
October is ending on a high note for our Washington Triangle garden at the intersection of Washington and Clinton Springs. Without leadership for much of the year, it had become a tangle of weeds and undesirable plants, but things are changing. We are grateful to two women who stepped up to manage […]
North Avondale Litter Report: November 2021
Saturday 10/23 was Xavier’s Community Action Day! We had an excellent turn out for litter with 11 volunteers including two families (due to it being Family Weekend), a Xavier professor, Grace from North Avondale, and Xavier President Colleen Hanycz and her husband. We collected about nine full 33-gallon bags of […]
Featured Garden: November 2021
Our feature garden this month comes with a HOUSE! There are so many aspects to Beautification and rescuing a derelict property in North Avondale and making it your home definitely beautifies our neighborhood. Here is one family’s story. I’d like to introduce you to 3981 Lowry Avenue, home of Chris and Monica Human. […]
NANA Community Gardens: October 2021
We have a need for captains of two of our small gardens, as Richard Jackson, our “gardener extraordinaire”, is retiring from his volunteer NANA gardening. We thank Richard for his long time commitment to making so many of our gardens truly beautiful. Both gardens are planted and require some weeding in spring/summer, […]
North Avondale Litter Report: October 2021
Neighborhood Litter Pick Up on 10/23 from 9:45 to 12:45. Please email me at coral.a.weigel@gmail.com to let me know you are available to help and I will email you back instructions. I hope you can join us for some or all of the time. You can also go to Cincinnati Volunteer Events (keepcincinnatibeautiful.org) The […]
VOLUNTEER HELP WANTED: Beautification fundraising team
(and you don’t even have to sweat or get your fingernails dirty!) Are you a creative type? Do you like to take on one off projects? Would you like to work with other neighbors? If so, I invite you to reach out to me at jmstruebbe@gmail.com. I have a small team together, […]
Featured Garden in October
Fall is certainly coming to North Avondale! On a recent drive around the neighborhood, I had to stop and admire these beautiful garden vignettes which celebrate all things that are beautiful in the fall. What eye-catching colors! These photographs were taken in late September and I know by the time you […]
September 2021 NANA Featured Garden- 413 E Mitchell Avenue
Welcome to the backyard patio at 413 E. Mitchell Ave, at the corner of Lowry and Mitchell Avenue, and home of Michael Marsh and Melvina Chapman. Mike and Melvina moved to North Avondale 16 years ago from Walnut Hills and didn’t even know their new home had a back yard when they […]