Hollenback Community Garden
Membership Meeting Minutes
June 15, 2011
Dana
• please use hollenbackcommunitygarden@gmail.com for all garden business to be sure that message can be accessed by both co-presidents and other steering committee members will be able to view and respond.
• Week day Meetings: 7PM in garden;
• rain location: home of Heather Parlier,
57 South Oxford Street (between Lafayette and Dekalb)
• Saturday meetings no rain location currently
• Wikipage
• Issues with online open hours sign up- we are working on issue
• Please fill out open hour sheet legibly
• email us your hours if you can’t access online; or
• sign up in binder
• reminder: general updates will be posted as announcements
• Harvest tracking
• We can do this again for the season
• review forms/sign up members who want to track
• Deema, Mark, Cody, Dana, Joe and Tony expressed interest
◦ new forms will be in binder in toilet
• Garden key distribution
• distribution/tracking with Claire at work day
Subcommittee Updates
• Space Committee: Deema (see details at end of minutes)
• Deema to send Google doc to group for ground cover suggestions. Vote on 6/29. Space is approx 23/x18
• Open to suggestions on soil source and depth. Could do project over 4 different workdays in July/August.
• Compost Committee update (Marisa)
• Successful workshop on 6/11. Fresh compost available in 4th bin
• please help people to chop greens when difficult
• Opportunity to put Hollenback on the compost map. Group approved (with one abstention)
• on 7/13 there will be a potluck meeting at Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Co-Operations
• Open Hours
• initial in binder that you attended/completed
• Remember to complete tasks: trash; watering; weeding
• Weeding and watering of public space = welcome/sunny/shade gardens; common areas
• Part of the duties, along with meet and greet, is taking out the trash. Trash
schedule is in the green binder. (After 5pm: Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Recycling: Thursdays)
• Extra week day time session requested- select day/time
• Hose procedures
• Please do not leave hose lying in pathway
• It should be dragged the full length of path so it does not block walkway
• spigot on rain water harvester broken; use water so we can replace it when close to empty
• Plot rebuilding
• Update on plan for fall
• Details to be provided during the season; operations will do cost/benefit analysis
• Many plots need to be rebuilt (12-15). Could rebuild 5/day on average
• Should consider staggering rebuilding of plots so that they don’t need to rebuilt all at once every 2-3 years.
• Cedar lasts longer/costs more
• HBCG received $300 grant toward project – must complete by 10/15
• Tool/supply purchase- 2 clippers now in shed. PLEASE RETURN WHEN DONE
• Opportunities to get involved. Join the team!
• Water Barrels – Frank, Joe and Carmen are the committee. Apprentices can help.
• Herb garden plant luck- Heather P will coordinate via e-mail. Sunday 6/26; she will email for participation
• Weed guide activity- dispose of weeds in regular trash to avoid reproduction
• Common Plot areas: Frank requested that members take care of the space around their plots; keep path clear, etc
Co-Membership
• Review/update information on membership list for accuracy
• New plot lottery- will be held at July meeting
• Membership responsibilities
• Dues – must be paid by June 15 – extended to allow to mail by June 18
• Planting deadline- June 15th
• status of member responsibilities will be shared over course of season
Treasurer
• Current balance – $4,923.46
• 2011 dues paid (prior to meeting): $140.
Space committee details: questions/suggestions
• soil- where to get/how much
• plants- where to purchase
• 4 work days to get completed
• will maintain benches/seating area
• maybe do tarp cover
• Possibly add earth oven, and/or hammock to common area
• need to determine budget
• Marisa can help with gravel assessment
• set pavers to determine soil amount
• use of slate- determine how much we have
Upcoming Events:
Next Meeting
Saturday, July 16th @ 11AM – 12PM
Location: Garden (rain location TBD)
Next Workday
Saturday, June 18th @ 10am-6pm
Location: Garden
Next Compost Workshop
Thursday July 14th @ 6PM
location: Garden
Plant luck work day June 26, 2011- at garden 10AM-1PMJune 2011 minutes Meeting Minutes
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