Gardening and volunteering

  1. Gardening opportunities
    1. Individual beds – one person, family or group of friends. These people garden their bed and reap the harvest. They share a $60/year water fee, to be paid up front
    2. Community beds – a set of contiguous beds where people from the community garden together. They share in the cost of water, fertilizer and seeds.
    3. Student beds – reserved for students from schools, youth organizations and others (home schooling, etc.).
    4. Food bank beds – There can be some beds set aside for raising food for food pantries. The gardeners in these beds will need to pay for water - $5/ month per bed.
    5. If you are interested please email westburycommunitygarden@gmail.com
  1. Volunteer opportunities
    1. Help maintain youth garden beds
    2. Help maintain other areas of the garden (habitat, orchard, mowing, edging, compost)
    3. Pick up paper, cans and bottles that blow into the garden area.
    4. Raise money for seeds, fertilizer, future garden beds, orchard, handicapped beds, water, etc.
    5. The volunteers have no financial responsibility.
    6. To volunteer: Come to the garden or email   westburycommunitygarden@gmail.com
      1. Gardening days
        1. Saturday mornings 8:00-10:00 A.M.
        2. Any time someone wants to garden
        3. Work days are posted above

      Donations – We continue to accept donations. Access "Donations" on the task bar. 

       
      Gardener’s agreement - Link on task bar above
      An agreement between the gardeners and the Westbury Community Garden

           

                                                                                                             


      Do you want to garden? Do you remember how good a home grown tomato tastes? Are you looking for something uplifting and rewarding to be a part of in 2011? Look no further! Don’t miss out on this chance of a lifetime to be involved in something that is truly amazing.

       

      Westbury Community Garden 12528 Dunlap

      Community work days in the garden

      We will post tasks needing attention on the bulletin board, as well as the work days and times, which are also listed below. Any time you see something that needs attention; please add it to the list on the bulletin board.
      Special work days:
      October 15th- 9:00am to noon - Teens working in the garden
       
      October 22nd- More than Enough Love day - On Saturday, Oct. 22 volunteers from Westbury United Methodist will share their time and talents with Westbury Community Garden to do tasks to help in any way they can.   They will work from 9 to 2 with a lunch break. 

       

      Work Days _SECOND SATURDAY, FOURTH SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON

       

      Tasks (this is the beginning of the task list

      • Picking up trash
      • Working the compost bins (the compost team will lead this effort to make sure it is done to their specification)
      • Weeding the orchard, blackberry patch, habitat garden and aisles (we've done a good job so far; let's keep it up)
      • Watering the orchard, blackberry patch, habitat garden, north forty trees and aisles
      • Weeding the pathway from the street to the pavilion (dig these weeds out please; they are spreading)
      • Mowing and edging
      • Taking home recycle bins and trash bags (if everyone takes one item, it will make the job of removing trash and recycle easy)
      • Placing concrete blocks as the pad for a container shed (thanks to Diane and Dita for getting the blocks for us)
      • Adding more concrete to the driveway entrance (Samuel will lead this effort, but he needs help this time)
      • Helping each other put up trellises in the beds for long beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and pole beans 

       

      The way the work days will work is for everyone to take the initiative in getting things done - don't wait for someone else to dole out the work. Volunteers are welcome to join us.

       

      Thanks to all of you for helping to make the Westbury Community Garden the best garden in the city, with the best gardeners. 

      Community Garden Waiting List

      At this time all plots are held by gardeners. The plots are offered to those on the waiting list as a plot becomes available. By March 1st the gardeners pay their yearly dues for the coming year.  Do not be discouraged, the wait list manager will contact you within a few weeks of submitting your wait list form; to inform you of your position. Please keep us up to date on your contact information and if you ever want to be removed from the list.

      Please send: Full name; phone number; email address and any comments to Westburygreen@gmail.com so we may contact you when a plot becomes available.

      Rolling Updates

      • Garden's 1st Year Anniversary celebration Join us for the Garden's 1st Year Anniversary celebration to be  held Sunday April 10th, from 2 to 4 p.m.
        Posted Apr 5, 2011 11:37 AM by Becky Edmondson
      • Diane's Growing Organic classes! Diane and Dita are doing our community garden a great service by attending the Urban Harvest Organic Vegetable Speciality series of classes and Backyard Orchard Series respectively so they can ...
        Posted Jan 31, 2011 11:26 AM by Becky Edmondson
      • Upcoming workdays Work Days Saturday, February 12th - starting at 8 or 9 a.m., which ever works for youSunday, February 27th - starting at 1:00 or 1:30, which ever works ...
        Posted Jan 31, 2011 11:30 AM by Becky Edmondson
      • Going Green with Yoland Green visits the garden! http://www.39online.com/videobeta/54f35861-098b-4c35-bb5e-14628c864fd9/Environment/GG-Westbury-Community-Garden
        Posted Jul 15, 2010 1:05 PM by Becky Edmondson
      • Lost and Found Hazel H has misplaced her favorite green spade.  If you have seen it please let her know.
        Posted Jul 15, 2010 1:02 PM by Becky Edmondson
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      Community Garden Waiting List

      At this time all plots are held by gardeners. The plots are offered to those on the waiting list as a plot becomes available. By March 1st the gardeners pay their yearly dues for the coming year.  Do not be discouraged, the wait list manager will contact you within a few weeks of submitting your wait list form; to inform you of your position. Please keep us up to date on your contact information and if you ever want to be removed from the list.

      Please send: Full name; phone number; email address and any comments to Westburygreen@gmail.com so we may contact you when a plot becomes available.
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