Another 2 work parties this weekend!!

We have two work parties this week to finish the beds!

Friday June 25th 5-8pm and Saturday June 26th 10-4pm

Please come out to help us if you can!
If you have registered for a bed but have not paid yet, please bring the payment along with you and give it to our treasurer: Mark Salter.

See you there!

Saturday work party

We will be meeting on Saturday, June 19th to build all the beds.
We got all the wood cut today and now it has to be assembled!

Meeting is in Anderson Park at 11am

Pirrrate Gardening- June 12th

Garden plots are now available!

The Esquimalt Community Gardens Society is now accepting applications for a plot at Anderson Park. Apartment dwellers are prioritized for a plot, but residents that are renting in a house and have no access to a yard are also eligible. Expressions of interest are recommended to be submitted by email on Friday June 11 at 5pm. The deadline for applications (including payment) is Wednesday, June 16 at 5pm. If there is greater demand for plots than supply available, and applicants meet the selection criteria outlined below, a lottery may be held.

The criteria for selection of members include the following:
1. Esquimalt resident
2. Living radius (closest to the garden)
3. Willingness to volunteer- which includes that the plot owner agrees to share responsibility with other members in the general up-keep and maintenance of the garden and participate in some public events (times are flexible)
4. Reside in an apartment building / rent in a house that doesn't have access to a yard
5. Year round use of the plot (there will be workshops that teach winter and fall gardening)

Plots have an annual membership fee of $60 which cover the basic expenses of maintaining the garden, such as water and insurance. The initial payment will be valid until May 24th, 2011.

If you are interested in membership only (open to all), no plot (which covers access to workshops and volunteering) the annual fee is $5; and this covers personal injury insurance.

upcoming events

Dear Friends,

We are one step away from finally planting our roots in the Anderson park Community Garden.

The sun is shining and we are very excited we have come this far for the first time!

We had a great meeting today, very productive and lots of information to share, lots of stuff happening this week.

We have sent out invitations for people who are eligible for a plot. Congratulations!

For those of you who have received an invitation for a plot, please confirm by Friday, June 11th @5pm. The community garden policy and the agreement of the community garden with the township is now being drafted. We will have the policy ready by Friday night or Saturday morning, and we will be sending it out then.

We have an "ongoing workparty" this week and everyone is welcome to come and help us out!

This Wednesday, June 9th we are meeting at Mark's house (832 Rockheights Ave) @5pm we will be building boxes for the plots.

On Thursday, June 10th we are meeting again to continue the work at Mark's house (@5pm). Shaw TV will be there to film and interview people. We will be doing Pirate Gardening for Buccaneer day! Everyone is welcome to come, the only requirement is to dress like a pirrrate. If you don't have one, just an eye patch and a bandanna will do (hook is recommended), you can dress up from there as pirate-like as you wish!

On Saturday, June 12th @2pm we will be continuing our work on site (Anderson Park). Pirate costume (or at least an eye patch and a bandanna) is mandatory! - consider you are coming to garden! No tools needed!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at esquimaltcommunitygardens "at" gmail.com

Public Event

We will be having a table at the Esquimalt Gorge Park for the Rivers and Oceans Day. This will be on June 6th between 12- 3pm

Come to help us out, or just come by to show some support!

meeting update- June 2

Thanks for everyone who showed up to the meeting during the sunny and windy period!

Our next meeting will be on Monday, June 7th @ Serious coffee (upstairs) on Esq. road at 5pm

We were supposed to meet with Geoff, the guy from the high school to discuss educational opportunities, but unfortunately he did not came out, and we will have to reschedule that meeting with him.

On the bright side, we divided a few very crucial tasks. Those are the following responsibilities that were discussed by members and those will be done by next week:

1. Drafting the community garden policy- Fawn took on this task
2. Drafting of an agreement between the municipality and the community garden- this will be done by Jenny
3. Registering for the B.C Council of Garden Club in order to get insurance to cover for members of the garden- this task will be done by Olga
4. Contacting Coast Capital to open a bank account- this will be done by Olga
4. Call Recyclistas to get a good deal on a bike rack- this will also be done by Olga

Also, we are hoping to have a work party on June 12th, we will keep you posted when we know more details!!

Hope to see you next week!