I'm in west-central Montana, in a region known as the Rocky Mountain Front. We have approx. a 90-day growing season, receive about 12 inches of natural precipitation annually, and can have snow and freezing temperatures any day of the year. Despite all that, or perhaps because of the challenge, we are AVID gardeners. We're also currently engaged in a local poverty-reduction process, and the access to local, nutritious, affordable food is a critical element in our vision for mitigating poverty in the area.
Thanks, Mike! :o) Bethann "The way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds." Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma Fata volente ducunt, nolentem trahun. - - The Fates lead the willing and drag the reluctant. psst--tell them where you are! ---McG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bethann Garramon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:43 PM Subject: [Community_garden] Adopt-A-Gardener/mentoring programs Does anyone have experience with starting up (or facilitating) an Adopt-A-Gardener or similar one-on-one gardening mentoring programs? In my community, we have determined we do not currently have interest/need for a centralized rent-a-plot community garden. This is largely because we are a rural community with plenty of space for gardening. However, we have a need for interested inexperienced individuals to receive personal mentoring in gardening, in order to ensure first season success, and increase the possibility of developing life-long gardeners. Our group has therefore resolved to establish a matching program to pair experienced willing gardeners with those interested in learning to garden. I'm wondering if anyone has experience, resources, contracts & other documents, etc. to address this project. Thanks! Bethann "The way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds." Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma Fata volente ducunt, nolentem trahun. - - The Fates lead the willing and drag the reluctant. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090306/fe578d59/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090306/7c571123/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
