I suggest you get busy with fund raising. If the space is made to be
beautiful enough, and you put a community gathering space, perhaps flowers
and flowering trees and bushes can be planted and the space be used for
weddings, parties, and festivals for your group. Also, seed swap events,
bake sales, garden produce sales, and little festivals all work to pull in
money. The biggest thing is to gather a dedicated group of people who really
want this for the community. Oakhurst in Decater in the Atlanta area have
non-gardening memberships which are basically a support and social group.
They have events such as martinis in the garden, concerts, and other social
events. They are in a university town so they have loads of students and
faculty from the three or four colleges and universities there. I don't know
what your demographics are, but survey for interest and find what people
would be willing to pay to attend. Promote that a portion of the proceeds go
to the land fund.
My ideas. Anyone out there have good fund raising schemes?
Best,
Diann Dirks
Auburn Community Garden, Ga.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mana" <[email protected]>
To: "Pohl-Kosbau, Leslie" <[email protected]>; "Patricia
R Stevenson" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Federal Courthouse builds a community garden
in Eugene, Oregon
This is a terrific project. I will come and take a look during my next
visit to Eugene. I live in Yachats (on the ocean but near Eugene). We have
a generous citizen who has allowed us to create a community garden on her
vacant lot. She is now willing to sell this lot to us for a very
discounted price. Would any one have some good ideas about finding a
funding source to actually be able to purchase our land? We want all of
the efforts of our gardeners to produce into the future and at this time
we can only offer one year at a time. We are able to find resources of
supplies and improvements but not for the purchase. Thank you for any
advice. Marje Takei Yachats Community Garden
---- Patricia R Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote:
I believe all of the labor is voluntary, so no governmental funding is
involved. I am curious though... I will have to do some more investigating
to be positive. It is too bad that it is temporary. This has raised a few
concerns with me. Judge Aiken mentioned they are considering looking for a
place to relocate the garden after the three years is up. But, of course,
this is not the same since it will be in a different neighborhood, and the
many hours of hard work and sweat will be 'lost'.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 13:01:20 -0700, "Pohl-Kosbau, Leslie"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations of a successful project. It is nice to see all the groups
coming together to make this agency garden work. There is, however some
government funding involved, considering the justice crew that will be
doing the labor in the garden. Too bad that it is temporary. People will
get very attached to seeing it and enjoying it. They might even think
that anyone could get involved.
Leslie Pohl-Kosbau
Portland Community Gardens
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Patricia R Stevenson
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Community_garden] Federal Courthouse builds a community garden
in Eugene, Oregon
Just an amazing project I am fortunate to be part of that I would like to
share with all of you.
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2010/03/18/news1.html
This community garden, being built by members of the community, public
agencies, and the University of Oregon, is meant to be used by the
Federal Courthouse Reentry program. It is intended to provide skills,
connections to others in the community, and build self esteem for
individuals "in-transition" within the criminal justice system.
--
Patty Stevenson
Masters Candidate 2010
Landscape Architecture Department
University of Oregon
[email protected]
541.915.2215
_______________________________________________
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: [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription:
http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
--
Patty Stevenson
Masters Candidate 2010
Landscape Architecture Department
University of Oregon
[email protected]
541.915.2215
_______________________________________________
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: [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription:
http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
<http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20100404/686b8f94/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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription:
http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
