RE: starting out

Pete,
 
The first thing I'd do is contact the great community garden folks down in Portland. Not only do they know how to play community garden, they know how to do it in your region:
 
 
Another  thing that you may want to do is to go to the "starting a community garden" pages on the American Community Gardening website: http://www.communitygarden.org . There's a wealth of information there on the different ways folks organize community gardens.
 
I volunteer with a community garden on a third of an acre in Midtown Manhattan. If you think that experience might be relevant to what you're trying to do, just click on the link beneath my name.
 
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
Volunteer, Clinton Community Garden
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Ogle [mailto:peterogle@qwest.net]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:48 PM
To: community_garden@mallorn.com
Subject: [cg] starting out

I am president of a small nonprofit in Corvallis, OR, that intends to start a community garden in the front yard of a duplex owned by the nonprofit in a low-income neighborhood. We want our property to be a community resource, and a means of connecting with our neighbors. The garden area is fenced, has water, and I've already put in raised beds. I'm looking for advice from anyone who might be working on an equally small scale (5 beds x 24-feet long). What insurance options do we have? Should we charge dues? Are bylaws necessary? Thanks.
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