You've gotten lots of good advice so I'll be brief. Here in San Francisco we have limited land and lots of people who want to join community gardens. At my garden, we charge $25 per year, have a 12 hour 'service' requirement along with the usual rules about keeping your plot going.
1. Use a first come, first served selection process. It's the least ugly of your alternatives and you'll get a mix of folks (if $25 is a barrier for low income folks, offer scholarships or senior discounts). 2. Once someone is selected, meet with them at the site before they pay their fees. Ask all the good questions you've noted below so that they understand the commitment. Have a garden agreement in place which calls out their responsibilities (not just legal). 3. Practice good governance. Hold people to the agreement and have the courage to encourage people to leave who aren't living up to the rules. Sounds simple but of course it's not! See the ACGA website for good examples of agreements and governance. Andrea Jadwin White Crane Springs Community Garden San Francisco On Mar 27, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Me wrote: > Here at Waterboro community garden we are beginning our first growing year, > with an open garden day on may 11th to welcome our participants. > > We have assembled our waiver and by law packet, along with the actual > application. Plots are 4'x24' and $25 yearly fee. > > since we will be functioning with partial capacity, thus a limited quantity > of beds available, we have been discussing the selection process. We have > built in some trigger questions in the application (ie. What do you plan on > growing? Are you interested in participating in cg events? Are you willing to > volunteer for a pantry garden?). > > So how does your selection process take place? Wee on a time crunch and would > love input. The threw obvious choices are: > Selection Based on willingness to participate within the community & need for > those fringe low income families needed to grow food > first come-first served basis > Lottery > > Any help or input is appreciated! > Amy Beth Lucarelli > Waterboro Conservation Commission > Waterboro Community Garden Committee > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130327/0b68b481/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/20130327/7e6ad347/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
