Work Hours Policy

1. Work-hours: As per our annual agreement, each member is required to fulfill an allotted number of work-hours per year in an effort to maintain and support the overall functioning and health of the Putney Community Garden. The PCG works on the honor system. We value all contributions to the maintenance of the garden. Please note we ask that ½ of every gardener’s work-hours be completed by Aug 1st.

2. All gardeners, including garden stewards, are required to fulfill half of the current year’s required work-hours working in the garden on community garden tasks.

3. Members may fulfill work-hours in multiple ways throughout the year:

   1. By attending garden work parties, which are regularly scheduled throughout the season.

   2. By doing independent work completing approved garden tasks posted on the garden website.

   3. By doing independent work completing atypical garden tasks that have been pre-approved by the garden stewards (using the Garden Task Proposal form).

   4. By attending garden meetings. Gardeners may accrue work hours by attending meetings. Total hours may be accrued per plot, per year as indicated in the table above. There is no limit on the number of work hours garden stewards can accrue for attending meetings.

   5. By working on garden committees.

   6. All garden members may accrue work hours for any service they are asked or elected to perform in running the garden. Each member is responsible for maintaining the garden paths surrounding his/her own plots(s). Please submit work hours for all path work you do.

4. Work hours should be logged in a timely manner via the login system. 

Notes:

A gardener can transfer hours to another member. Please contact the login system administrator to transfer hours.

(Work Hours Policy Amended and approved on February 6,2022)