You should say.... that the lease for the raised beds used by a persons with no physical limitations are a one year lease and will be reviewed annually. If someone requires an accessible raised bed due to physical limitations, and the raised bed is being used by a person with no limitations, the current gardener will finish out the year in the raised bed and will either move to an open plot (if available) or return to the wait list until a plot opens up.
It would not be fair to the current gardener to ask them to move to an open plot mid season with veggies in the raised bed growing - this also depends on how far along in the growing season the plants are... This is how we handle it in Sacramento Bill Maynard City of Sacramento - Dept. of Parks and Recreation Community Garden Program -----Original Message----- From: Community_garden [mailto:community_garden-boun...@list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of Diana Johnson Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 1:33 PM To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Subject: [Community_garden] Community Garden Accessible For All Beds - Good Afternoon Community Garden Managers and members, We recently added three raised accessible garden beds in our community garden. I am drafting an email to our existing garden members announcing that we have these plots and how they will be allocated. I want to be sensitive and also clear of how these plots will be leased. As with most gardens, there is a high demand for community garden plots. We currently don't have anyone on our waiting list with disabilities, and want to lease the accessible beds to existing members with the contingency that should someone from the wait list become eligible for a bed, the existing garden member would have to relinquish the accessible bed for one of the existing 10x10 or 10x20 beds, whichever is available. Therefore I want to run the following by you for your thoughts and comments. * * * * * * * * * "In addition to the final installation of the decomposed granite, we have installed three raised beds near the rear entrance gate. These beds were built to allow for accessible gardening for people with physical limitations or disabilities. The size of these plots are approximately 3'x16'x2'high. Additionally, the pathway between the raised beds provide more room for accessibility. "The raised beds are leased on a yearly basis. Existing community garden members will be given priority to obtain these plots; however, if there is no interest from existing members, I will then open the availability to the residents from the waiting list." "These beds will be leased temporarily with the understanding that the significance of your disability may require you to relinquish your plot for a 10x10 or 10x20 plot in the garden whichever is available. In other words, should a 10x10 or 10x20 plot become available in our garden, and the next person on the wait list requires an accessible plot due to physical limitations, your plot may be assigned to them and you will be given the opportunity to assume a 10x10 or 10x20 garden plot." Does this make sense and easily interpreted? Thanks so much for your time. Diana Johnson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20150716/28b6c7c3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
