Hello Gardeners!
It won't be long now :-)
Just wanted to let everybody know, I sent an email out to the potential new gardeners (copied below) to get them oriented to the garden and start filling out garden contracts. Depending on who shows up there may be a group of people walking through the garden the next couple of Saturdays.
Tabling: After the two garden orientations, if there are any plots still available, I was planning on tabling in the CAB for an hour or two. I'll let you know if that is happening and it would be great if a couple people could join me.
Contracts: Everybody who kept their plot also has to fill out a new contract. Evergreen staff and faculty and community members will have to turn their contracts in at the cashier's office. Fees are: 12x12 plot, $10 for Evergreen staff and faculty, $20 for community members. Current Evergreen students also have to fill out the contract. If you have a current Evergreen i.d. there is no extra charge. Fees go to help offset the cost of seeds and tools.
Contracts are required, even if you have filled on out before. I will have contracts with me at the work parties after orientation. Be sure to read them over. There are a few requirement we all have to meet in order to participate in the community gardens.
Lock for the shed: I got a new lock for the shed, the old one is pretty shot. I haven't put it on yet.
Seeds: At one of the meetings we can pool our ideas about what sees to order. We should do that within the next month or so to avoid the spring rush.
A few changes from last year: Hopefully there will be a team of people working the community plot this year. These will be folks who don't want to have an individual plot. The community plot will be theirs to work, so it should be respected the same way we respect other peoples plots. This is a change from previous years, in that we should not glean food from the community plot unless we put in the work. Like I said, "hopefully". There are more people interested in gardening than ever, and only a limited number of plots so this will give more people a chance.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Community Gardens <tesccommunitygardens@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Hello everybody!
Mark your calendars!
Garden orientations will be Saturday, January 21 and Saturday January 28
at 1 pm. We'll do a stroll through the garden, get familiar with where everything is, go over the garden contract and take a look at some potential projects people might be interested in. I will hand out contracts for people to take home and read over.
After the orientations we will have an idea about how many people we have interested in gardening this season and start doing plot assignments. Plot assignment priority will be given to those who come to orientations and work parties. After that, if there are still plots available, we will start with first come, first served.
There are a limited number of plots, so sharing is encouraged. We also have a large community plot that will be gardened as a team effort by folks who don't want to have an individual plot.
Something to think about: There are things to do in the garden year-round but spring and summer are the most active. If you are not going to be here for most of the summer you should definitely team up with a friend who is going to be here because plants don't make it through summer without care.
