Please remember that museums are NOT in the garden business. However, if your gardeners worked out a "concept," making this an ART GARDEN, that would compliment the Museum, instead of being an add on - that conceptually would fit in with the museum, then the Museum could see this as a plus.. Their attorney is looking to control any liability exposure. Find out what the museum shows (art, local history, fire-trucks, whatever) and create the garden proposal to reflect what the museum does. If a director buys in, then the attorney, with all of her/his exposure fears will have to be dragged along, albeit kicking and screaming. Your pal, Adam (we just got 3.2 Million Dollars from the NYC for the renovation in the Ballfields in Hell's Kitchen's DeWitt Clinton Park) Honigman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [cg] community gardens- dealing with liability issues
That's a tough one given that it's the museum's property and ultimately they would be held responsible. I would think they already have liability insurance to cover themselves in such a case, maybe it would just be a matter of having gardeners sign a waiver. That's what we have our gardeners do. Good luck! Lisa DENVER URBAN GARDENS 3377 Blake St Suite #113 Denver, CO 80205 phone: 303-292-9900 fax: 303-292-9911 web: www.dug.org --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Molly MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] community gardens- dealing with liability issues Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:16:11 -0700 (PDT) Hi everyone I am part of an organization that links groups that want to start a community garden with community partners who have land to offer. We're a brand new group and are still learning the ins and outs of community gardening. We've recently linked an anti-poverty advocacy group with a local museum that has land in their courtyard. The land has been tilled and plots prepared, but the museum has now said that planting cannot take place unless the gardeners come up with insurance. Since all of them are on welfare or disability this is hardly a fair request. I was just wondering what other people's experience has been with this sort of issue. Is there a precedent for lawsuits in community gardens? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to quell the museum's fears, navigate this situation etc? Thank you. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
