C'mon...
We all have insurance problems in our NYC gardens.
But if you keep your garden safe and tidy, and don't leave crap all over the
place for people to trip over, and think of yourselves as a public venue,
one that's open more than 10 hours a week, for a neighborhood that's open
Hi -- I just heard that our local community garden rates are scheduled to
go up from 15 cents a square foot per year to 50 cents -- a rate that will
be unaffordable for many people in the garden. Low-income discounts will
also be eliminated. Plots range from 200 to 900 sq. ft.; most are 300-500.
I mentioned to the church where I am a member about building a skate board
park for the kids. The first question was What about liability. If we
let liability determine what we do, whether a church or a community garden,
then we will do nothing. That is the price we pay in a culture
Good grief. The city aims to collect more than $16,000/year from this
activity? You didn't say where you are but surely they do not collect this
amount
from any of their other recreational land uses - tennis, golf, swimming,
basketball, walking, dog walking, etc. This is really
Hi, Folks!
They reportedly researched the average fee for community gardens (35 to 45
cents per square foot?) to get closer to 'market rate.'
First off, ask to see that research. You've got the American Community
Garden Association's listserv (representing, as Adam mentioned, THOUSANDS of
Any response from the ACGA board on this? Seems like this is just what ACGA
should be jumping all over -- to provide support, analysis, communication
with the city leaders, etc.
Judy Tiger, DC
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The American Community Gardening
Re: Besides getting lots of warm bodies to the next city council meeting and
sending around a petition, any other suggestions for effectively fighting
the increase? Success stories? Strategies?
Part of the best way to get community support for your garden is to get the
story out about the good
At this point, the group shouldn't be offering to negotiate an increase.
But Adam is right that they should discuss it earnestly among themselves and
try to arrive at a what-if consensus. The garden should be treated similarly
to all other recreational land uses and at this point, the
Grant writing.
Sorry kiddo, I don't write grants for other groups - mostly lack of time, but
learning how to fish is a great thing to learn to do, a necessary skill for any
non-for profit organization.
First you search the web for organizations that provide grants in your area for
parks,
Hi all,
We averaged up our plot fees here in Seattle and we are only at about
22 cents per square foot but we pay all their water bills, do property
management, supply various resources, etc...we also work with a
non-profit (p-patch trust) to have plot assistance for those who can not
pay
A response to the self-righteous keeper of the Clinton Gardens.
We all have insurance problems in our NYC gardens.
But if you keep your garden safe and tidy, and don't leave crap all over the
place for people to trip over, and think of yourselves as a public venue,
one that's open more than
I'm glad I managed to get a rise out of you on this accessibilty issue, Bill.
I ain't the only keeper of the garden -we have 4,999 + others too. :)
I know, as a community gardener who has visited 6B on days when gardeners are
inside and the gates are locked, to come in and be told, when the
I'm glad we have taken the level down a notch.
One of my main imperatives as garden president for the last two years
is to increase community interaction between the garden members and
the community.
While we do a great job with free events, our garden has historically
been poor with other
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