Friends,
Community gardening is 50 percent gardening and 100 percent community
activism and political action.
This is a Manhattan Community Board 4 letter to Amanda Burden, the
Commissioner of NYC Planning on a proposed development in the Clinton Urban
Renewal
Area which includes theatres,
Some of the Korean gardeners at one of our garden sites grow a plant that
seems to used as both a green and an herb. Unfortuantely I only know one
Korean word, and none of the Korean gardeners speak more than a few words of
English. So I'd like to describe it and see if anyone knows a latin or
En
Our garden has 100 plots and most of the people who garden go about their own
business and do not help with communal jobs. This is despite people agreeing to
help, signing up, etc. We have one gardener who has done most of the important
routine tasks, like setting up and maintaining our water sy
is this the stuff?
http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergreenseeds/perjapshis.html
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absolutely, do it.
and if he refuses to accept, buy him something he loves instead.
and if he won't keep that, threaten to put in a bench with his name on
a plaque on it!
---Mike McG
- Original Message -
From: Jude Carson
To: [EMAIL P
An idea,
Why don't you attach it to a title, like "coodinator" so it seems more than
like you're paying him for doing the crap work nobody wants to do?
Everbest,
Adam Honigman
Volunteer,
Clinton Community Garden
> Subj: [cg] advice please re paying a stipend to a gardener
> Date: 10/6/04
There is a big difference between recognizing people who do work above and
beyond the call of duty for the benefit of all and paying people to do work.
The former can be inspiring and heartwarming. The latter can lead people to
think that they need not work unless they get paid. If you pay th
> is this the stuff?
> http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergreenseeds/perjapshis.html
>
***I don't think so. It doesn't look quite like any perillas or shisos I've
grown or that Evergreen has. The leaf on the mystery ones is a little more
maple-leafy. Though I suppose it could be a different varie
Hello,
I am currently dealing with a similar issue with one of the community
gardens in Cleveland (similar though very different). Another large garden
here does pay someone. He helps maintain some of the school property also
on which the garden lies. Actually, it's also a security issue be
I'd agree that paying someone for such volunteer work should be a last resort
after examining lots of alternatives and getting advise on re-engaging the
garden members. In the long run, requiring people to do their part may be a
bit
hard, but a good waiting list will take care of this problem.
Thanks for the advice so far, and I think you are seeing that we are not
comfortable with getting into a position that we pay someone for a volunteer
position. Per haps we should go with a generous gist certificate, which we have
done in the past. Really appreciate the input. Cheers from
New Bru
in regard to the cleveland garden, would suggest that there be more of a
leadership committee created with other people than 'the Leader' involved in
communications, and development of a phone tree, so that more of the effort is
shared on a regular basis. i always suggest a minimum of three 'le
I'd say that you should re-examine what is expected of people, increase the
leadership team to at least three people, follow the cleveland model of
expected # hrs of work per month or year, following up, losing plots if not
participating, etc. Its a hard transition to make, but everyone needs t
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