ERIC, Speaking from our experience at the LAS FLORES COMMUNITY GARDEN in Thousand Oaks, California, when we were getting started in 1999 on land owned by our local park district the district hired a landscape architect to do the layout and surveying. If your group is not in that kind of situation may I offer the following suggestions: 1. Incorporate as a tax exempt, non-profit corporation the the office of the California Secretary of State. This will allow you to offer a licensed surveyor a donation letter with which she/he can get a tax write off. 2.Contact the Master Gardener Program to see if they have a qualified member who would be willing to do the survey at no or little charge in order to fulfill Master Gardener certificate requirements. 3. Contact the civil engineering departments of East Los Angeles College,Cal Poly Pomona, or UCLA for possible donation of services.
Best of luck, Don Jacobs Founding President of the Las Flores 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
