We are getting ready to do our first neighborhood garden. We are
partnering with a local business with rather significant pockets....
In addition they will be providing us with 2.38 acres of land for this
purpose and their employees will plant, maintain and harvest the beds.
The land is located next to the business, so the employees can go out
and work the garden on breaks, lunch etc.
We are America's Second Harvest distribution center for eastern WA,
northern ID and Montana. Our role in this garden will be to facilitate
its initial development, provide training in gardening and then be the
recipient of the produce from all the beds. We anticipate several
thousand pounds.
I have two questions for the list serv.
1) Given we may be doing several hundred beds, what are best
practice options for irrigation? (Keeping in mind this won't have a
regular staff person designated to run equipment, especially on
weekends)
2) What are the best practice options for garden paths, keeping in
mind there may be opportunity for disabled staff (walkers, wheelchairs
etc)
We definitely want to do this right the first time as they have let us
know they will support us financially in additional gardens depending on
the success of this one. (Yeah, right, no pressure ;>))
Connie Nelson, Program Manager
Second Harvest Food Bank of the INW
1234 E Front Ave
Spokane, WA 99202
(509) 534-6678, ext. 203
(509) 534-8252 (fax)
