In order to keep the garden running well and in good order we ask that all plot holders and any interested volunteers spend 5 hours a year helping out at the garden. Below is a list of some of the things you can do to help.
Compost Team
Description: 4-5 people, budget TBA
Turn and maintain composters, place signs up so that people know where to put their compost.
Grass Trimming Team
Description: 5 people, Budget to keep tools full of gas.
Use the whipper snipper to trim the grass around the edge of he garden. The garden should be trimmed roughly 6 times per year.
Grass trimmer coordinator- someone to set up a trimming schedule for the summer and send reminders to volunteers when it is their week to trim.
Small Engine Maintenance
Description: someone to make sure that the weed whackers and tiller are properly maintained, properly set up for winter storage, and tuned up each spring.
Communication Team
Description: 5 people, approx. budget $200
Keep back of sign full of information, create small signs for plots and to give directions to visitors, send thank you cards, fix sign, take photographs and post on website, keep website pages up to date.
Blogger
Description: 1 person
Keep online blog about the garden up-to-date and interesting.
Tasting Garden Team
Description: 5-6 people, Budget to be decided.
Coordinate, plan and organize tasting garden. A garden which is meant to share food with people visiting the garden.
Event Planning Team
Description: 1 coordinator and 3 teams of 3 people: budget for each event to be decided in advance in conversation with Treasurer
Each team takes on a separate event to plan and reports back to coordinator (Gardening Opening, Midsummer Event, Harvest Party, Garden Closing), create online document guidelines for planning future events in order to facilitate simple handover to the next team/next year’s teams.
Odd jobs
Description: 3 people, budget for each chore to be decided in advance in conversation with Treasurer. Receive e-mails for random odd jobs and small building projects that need doing – will undergo evaluation at the end of this year to decide whether certain jobs need to become permanent.
Permanent Crop Team
Description: 4 people, budget TBA
Build and maintain small plots of multi year crops such as berry patches. Come up with plan and ideas this year for future projects, set timelines. Liase with Lowell and other garden members r.e. vision/site map. Liase with garden members who live nearby, and Market Training Garden gardener (Tim), to develop report on response of neighbours to orchard/other permanent crop future plans.
Seed Starters
Description: 5 people, budget TBA
The Market and Tasting garden needs some volunteers with either a seed starting setup or a bright window where they can start a few trays of seeds before the last frost date.
I’m voluntering for odd jobs and communication. If there is no volunteer for Grass trimming, I will be interesting to do it because last year I noticed a lot of rag weeds growing quite beautifully around some plots.
I’d be happy to do compost, grass, and odd jobs.
I’d be happy to volunteer with the compost, and/or grass trimming, and/or odd jobs,and/or taking photos, and/or blogging, and/or the tasting garden, and/or the market garden.
I’d be happy to volunteer as a seed starter. I have a mini greenhouse.
We would be happy to volunteer with grass trimming/composting/odd jobs or permanent crops, wherever needed.
Hello,
I would be happy to volunteer with grass trimming. I think I am also on odd jobs but would be happy to be on grass trimming.