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The OG People’s Garden Tour—4th edition featuring our wonderful small botanic gardens.

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove People's Garden Tour, tagged on June 7, 2018|

We spotted this garden while walking through the mountains to reach the Great Auditorium. Blogfinger photo 6/7/18.  Click to enlarge.

 

Miss Peggy has been spinning her garden wheels at the OG Woman’s Club. Our town’s gardens often contain surprises. Blogfinger photo 6/7/18.

 

By Paul and Eileen Goldfinger. Editors at Blogfinger.net

This event was devised in 2014 as a neighborhood get-together.  We have so many unique, innovative  small gardens in town, and wouldn’t it be fine to have Grover gardeners share their mini-botanic spaces with each other—-to visit on a Sunday; socialize and talk plants in June when everything is peaking?

We have too few community events in Ocean Grove, and the People’s Garden Tour is a low key happening that creates no grid lock, just good will.  Neighbors and  visitors can come by foot, by bicycle or even by driving around.

It was not held in the last two years, but when we did it before, it was always fun, and even though it is primarily for neighbors,  we did have some visitors from other shore towns join us in the past for a walk around our town, and they were welcome.

The date is Sunday, June 24 from 10 am to 2 pm.  Rain or shine.  At present we have one garden:  Eileen Goldfinger’s at 113 Mt. Hermon Way. Enter on Delaware Ave.   We have a pond with fish,  a fountain from Italy, an Etruscan Horse, and lots of flowering plants—all in a small space where you have to tip toe.

The 1st Annual People’s Garden Tour of 2014. Blogfinger photo.

We are beginning a list of participants.  But, even if there is one or two gardens, we will be there to welcome whoever shows up.

If any other OG gardeners want to open their botanic creations for flower/plant people, just tell us your name, address, and perhaps a few sentences about what might be special about your small space.

Send us your info by email to Blogfinger@verizon.net. There will be no advertising——just word of mouth.

EYDIE GORME´

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Quotes from the OG Historic District Application for Special Area Standard–a sampling of wrong-headed statements and errors.:

Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove People's Garden Tour, tagged , on October 18, 2015| 1 Comment »

The Tawdry Sisters of Seaview Avenue. What will developers do to reduce on- street parking over there? Paul Goldfinger photo.

The Tawdry Sisters of Seaview Avenue. What will developers do to reduce on- street parking over there if RISS is canceled for the Grove?   People of Seaview: get out the pitchforks and torches.     Paul Goldfinger photo. ©

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net  Quotes from the application:

  1.  RSIS regulations indicate that special areas are warranted to recognize the need for preservation and/or enhancement of community character and sense of place in a given municipality.  (pg 1)
  2. This application….seeks relief from RSIS standards in an overall effort to balance the needs of residents, visitors and public safety with the unique challenges of maintaining a Federal and State Historic Designation coupled with the unique and historic patterns of development that comprise Ocean Grove as a whole. (pg 2)
  3.  The Ocean Grove Historic District is comprised of over 3,000 homes, the overwhelming majority of which are still owned by the OGCMA.   (p 3  sic)
  4. A quote from the Master Plan:  “…encouraging new construction that is compatible in scale and design to the physical character of the surrounding neighborhood.”
  5.  The sidewalks and the curbing are not maintained by the Township, with the exception of the medians and curbing on medians along Broadway. Otherwise, sidewalks and curbing are maintained by the OGCMA  (sic page 13)
  6. A shuttle service is now provided on Saturdays for people who attend Saturday night events in the Great Auditorium to help mitigate the increase in demand for parking  (sic p 17)
  7. Regarding the NERP. “The Township has effectuated a Redevelopment Agreement with the OGCMA.”
  8. In consideration of the historic designation standards, lack of vacant land and the overall Township goal of preserving the historic patterns of development in Ocean Grove, the existing density in Ocean Grove is projected to remain relatively constant, due to the fact that OG is essentially built-out  (p 24)
  9. Strict compliance with RSIS parking requirements would result in a net loss of parking spaces with in OG.  The loss of on- street parking would change its fundamental character and historic development pattern, have a detrimental effect on those residents living in Ocean Grove , and may result in the loss of the Federal Historic District Designation that OG has maintained for decades.  (p 27)
  10. It is estimated that there are approximately 1.38 potential on-street parking spaces per occupied unit (ie house or condo). This potential inventory adequately addresses the parking need, given that the average number of vehicles per household in the 2010 census is 1.5 vehicles. (p 30)
  11. Neptune Township has worked in concert with the OGCMA to continue to ameliorate parking issues within Ocean Grove. (p 31)

DREAM ON—It’s the Marvelous Wonderettes:

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