A copy of
the 2014
Garden Agreement and Garden
Rules will be posted here with a formal invitation to join the SACG in
March. (If you can’t wait that long,
feel free to print them out now, sign them and mail them to me. By March, it will be time, after all, to
begin starting seeds indoors and plots are awarded first-come-first served). The Rules have been updated to address
concerns with zombies and dragons and to incorporate more of the City’s
community garden rules regarding night-time gardening and alcohol.
We are
still searching for a new Garden Manager.
The job
description is posted on our website.
Anyone interested in developing or polishing their leadership, gardening
and project management skills should send me an email and possibly a resume. We are also still interested in starting a 4-H club for the neighborhood children, but we will need a properly vetted
leader (as in you need to attend the formal 4-H leader orientation and pass a
background/fingerprint test and interview by OSU). We have two neighborhood families with
children who are eager to join and new families move in every month. Cathy and I are willing to support the
program, but neither of us have time to lead it. A new Garden Manager would not necessarily
need to agree to also be the 4-H leader and if there is someone out there who
would like to be a 4-H club leader, but not necessarily our new Garden Manager,
just let me know.
In light of our modest plans for the immediate future, we do not
have any pressing financial needs. We have almost $350 in the bank. We
might plant a few new fruit trees and may have to replace rose bushes if the
polar vortex caused much damage. We also
need to repair two places in our fence which were damaged by thieves last
year. We discussed having another bake
sale to raise funds.
We
decided to not till the entire garden this year. We are a little concerned with our worm
population (which was once extensive) and wind erosion. If a particular gardener wants to have their
plot tilled, we can still make that happen, but we are not planning to till
everyone’s plot on opening day as we have in past years. Because we will not be tilling the entire
garden, gardeners can begin planting whenever it suits them. Even in February and March. (Of course, early gardeners are not excused from the
mandatory opening work day in April).
The Board
also discussed how to expand our public relations efforts in order to reach
potential gardeners in the neighborhood who do not receive a hand-delivered
invitation.
The Board also
re-elected Priscilla, Rayna and Charlie to the Board. Election of officers resulted in Priscilla
being the new President and the other officers remaining the same. We have a spot open on the Board in case
anyone out there is interesting in becoming a SACG Board member. (You need not be a SACG gardener to join our
Board).
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