Conn Coll Recognized the Roots of Peace Community Garden!

Connecticut College is featuring a story on Garden Coordinator Merry Byrne this week. Check it out: http://www.conncoll.edu/news/7059.cfm

Minutes From Group Meeting 4/27

Thank you to all that joined us for our first group meeting on April 27th, 2011. Our next meeting will be THIS THURSDAY, May 5th at 7:30. We will be meeting at the New Americans YMCA Welcome Center at the Vanderbilt Morivian Church on Vanderbilt Avenue near Osgood Avenue. Please join us!

In other news the Roots of Peace Community Garden will be hosting its first workday on May 15th! We will be putting a fence around the property on 22 Waverly place and make a sign for our garden. More information to come, all are welcome.

Minutes from 4/27 Roots of Peace Community Garden:

1) Fencing

a. Goal is to have the fence up on May 15^th

b. Volunteers:

i. Have Wagner students and other youth groups help paint the privately owned fence that is graffitied

2) Participants: Start plot distribution

a. Thirty 4’x6’ Plots

b. Outreach to schools and youth programs

i. Osgood Daycare

ii. African Refuge Youth Program

iii. PS 57

iv. Port Richmond

c. 5 Plots to Van Duzer Civic

d. Realfood Project

i. Help translating participation letters

3) Educational Components

a. Guest Lectures

i. Project Hospitality hosting a guest lecture

4) PR

a. Distribute Fliers to partnering organizations for distribution

i. Healthfirst development of logo/PR materials

b. What is the best way to reach the Parkhill community?

5) Next Meeting 4/5/2011

a. Spot closer to community-TBA

Membership Agreement

Membership Agreement Form

Plot Rental Agreement

Garden Plots measure 4’x6’. Plots will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. Individual need will also be considered. A waiting list will be kept if participants feel that they can no longer maintain their plots or abide by the membership agreement. Members on the waiting list may still volunteer and garden in communal plots as they wish.

Roots of Peace Community Garden Membership Agreement:

I will respect the space of my fellow gardeners

I will tend to my garden and make it as productive as possible

I will participate in clean up days

I will attend workdays, group meetings and lectures regularly

I will take full responsibility for any guests I bring into the garden

I will assume any and all risk associated with using the garden

I will address any issues or concerns I have in an orderly and respectful manner

I will consult the garden staff first if I wish to bring in outside seeds and plants

Members are expected to work to keep the garden a happy, secure and enjoyable place where all participants can garden and socialize peacefully in a neighborly manner

I have read the above statements and agree to support and abide by them:

_______________________________ ____________________________

Signature Date