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How to Start a Community Garden

How to Start a Community Garden. Janet B. Carson Extension Horticulture Specialist. Organize a meeting of interested people. Identify possible sites Funding sources Water availability Partnerships What type of gardens Raised beds, Seasonal or year-round. Who will be involved?.

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How to Start a Community Garden

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  1. How to Start a Community Garden Janet B. Carson Extension Horticulture Specialist

  2. Organize a meeting of interested people • Identify possible sites • Funding sources • Water availability • Partnerships • What type of gardens • Raised beds, • Seasonal or year-round

  3. Who will be involved? • Anyone in the community who wants to garden? • Neighborhood based • Senior Citizen Center • School

  4. Gibbs/Dunbar School Garden

  5. Determine budgets • Who pays for water? • Plot rental? • Security • Seeds, plants, fertilizer

  6. Contracts? • Put in writing what is expected. • Who will maintain if they don’t? • Individual or group plots?

  7. One person cannot do it alone • Create networks of support. • Build coalitions. • Work with local food banks.

  8. Advertise • Get the word out. • Hold open houses • Invite the press.

  9. Start small, and build on success

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