Grange Community Garden

Our mission at the Live Oak Grange is to cultivate an organic garden and orchard that provides a foundation for community food security and sustainable living in the Live Oak Community.   The Live Oak Grange Community Garden includes over 2,000 square feet of organically grown seasonal fruits and vegetables and a member-operated chicken coop. 

Gardening at the Live Oak Grange

There are two pathways to garden at the Live Oak Grange

1. RENT A SPACE IN THE LIVE OAK GRANGE GARDEN

Apply to rent a row ($50/year) or half row ($25/year).  Available garden rows are approximately 100 square feet.  Applications are accepted throughout the year and rows are assigned by lottery.  Priority is given to Grange members who are residents of Live Oak and don't have space to garden at home. Food grown in rented rows belongs to the gardener or household renting that row.  

If you'd like to become a Grange gardener, please complete the Community Garden Rental Application below

  For questions about renting a row and joining the Live Oak Grange Garden, contact garden rental manager  Sherry Bryan.

2. JOIN THE LIVE OAK GRANGE SITE COMMITTEE

The Live Oak Grange property is managed collectively by members of the  site committee. Landscaping and orchard work days are scheduled throughout the year.  Vegetables, fruits and herbs grown in non-rented community spaces of the property are available to Grange members that participate in work days and are also intended for use at Grange potlucks and Grange-sponsored community events. To become a member of the  site committee, one only needs to become a Grange member

Site committee meetings are held at the Grange on the second Sunday of the month at 4pm and work days are listed on the Grange Event Calendar.   For questions about participating in work-days and joining the site committee, contact site committee chair Michael Johnson

Chicken Tending at the Live Oak Grange

The Live Oak Grange Chicken Tenders are a cooperative group of caretakers for a flock of chickens at the Live Oak Grange.   Each chicken tender adopts one or more days of the week to care for the chickens.   Chicken tenders must be Grange members and complete a 90-day training period to demonstrate sufficient caretaking responsibility.   Annual chicken tenders rental dues are $25/year, plus monthly dues of $15 for feed and supplies, due to the chicken tender chairperson by the first day of the month. 

To become a Grange Chicken Tender, please read and complete the Live Oak Chicken Tender application below.   For more information, contact Chicken Committee chair Anne Baldzikowski

2.7.2017 Row Garden Rental Application_Final.pdf
CT agreement May 23, 2019.pdf

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