RE: Agreements/Contracts with municipalities (Rosi Efthim) I, too, am trying very hard to start some community gardens in my city. I would suggest using Google to search "community garden proposal." This should give you good some examples of proposals (which you can use to present to your city, as well you can use the proposal to ask for funding from various organizations whether they be charitable groups or hardware stores, etc.). Also, there are a few videos on youtube with community leaders/city officials speaking about community gardens in their cities (how the gardens were originally formed, who maintains them and the beneifts to the community). Initially, I put together a powerpoint presentation and sent it via email to my city officials to spark interest. I am now writing proposal outlining the reasons why a garden would help my community, where it should be located, how we'll implement the garden as well as the general layout, who will participate and/or be responsible for maintenance, and how much it will cost. Not sure if this helps, Rose, but I hope it does.
As for a particluar agreement... the google search should help you. Most will state that the land is still owned by the city and will (sort of) be used as a park. You'll agree to maintain the land and not violate any property codes (which my include clearing the land in the fall, if you construct a fence check with zoning to see if there are any requirements for ro against fencing, etc). If you find the agreement to use city land awkward, certainly you might strike a deal to buy the parcel for cheap. Also, there are community development block grants available (check at the state level) to assist in revitalizing certain areas. Good luck! :) Michelle Christy Anthropology Office, Student Assistant Miami University, Middletown, Ohio ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol 710, Issue 2 Send Community_garden mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Community_garden digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: medicinal herb garden (Alliums) 2. Southeastern PA Plant Swaps? (Alliums) 3. Suggestions for "sides" for raised beds in Connecticut (Cordalie Benoit) 4. Re: Suggestions for "sides" for raised beds inConnecticut (Robert Mader) 5. Agreements/Contracts with municipalities (Rosi Efthim) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:14:49 -0400 From: "Alliums" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] medicinal herb garden To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <fde6f9588ddc40648868ccfefdb40...@greenlogic> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Vicki! What the heck is "fire cider"? I thought I had a good grasp of medicinal herb use, but that one is new to me. We have almost everything on your list if you want to come to PA! ;-) However, I believe you have the ornamental, rather than medicinal, species of poppy on your list. Dorene Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:18:25 -0400 From: "Alliums" <[email protected]> Subject: [Community_garden] Southeastern PA Plant Swaps? To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <78b360aeae2a4db79599d2fad0e34...@greenlogic> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, Folks! Speaking of looking for plants, our community garden participated in a plant swap last year in Douglassville, PA and had a blast. Unfortunately, that person doesn't seem that they are going to do it this year and we've got all sorts of seedlings/plants to swap out. So, does anyone know of any good plant swaps in Southeastern PA? I know the PA Horticultural Society publishes the absolutely BEST list of plant sales in the area, but they don't list swaps. And we definitely have the plants/seedlings to trade, if any other groups are interested. We can always host at our community garden if there is enough interest. Dorene Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Fill with soil. Pack edges. Fill with topsoil and plant. I think it would work.....Maybe not. Bob http://GrandBobsGarden.Blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cordalie Benoit" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike McGrath" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:00 AM Subject: [Community_garden] Suggestions for "sides" for raised beds inConnecticut >A large community gardening program in Connecticut wants to find a durable, >available, inexpensive siding material for its raised beds. Amazingly, >there are no rocks available in this community, New Haven. > > Any suggestions? The beds are about 4 x 8'. 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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 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:55:34 -0400 From: Rosi Efthim <[email protected]> Subject: [Community_garden] Agreements/Contracts with municipalities To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, this is my first email here. We are starting The Victory Garden, a community garden to be located on a parcel of public land. The borough is behind it, but they want some sample contracts/agreements between Gardens & towns/cities. Anybody have one to share? THANKS - Rosi Efthim The Victory Garden, Flemington, NJ -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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