Warm Fall Weekend

Hello 3437 Community Garden gardeners!

Thank you to everyone who joined this year in helping keep the community garden going! The garden was filled with flowers, fruit, veggies and good company, 2 and 4-legged!

This weekend is going to be a great weekend  to get back into the garden one last time before it turns white with  this nice warm fall weather weekend.

 Keep an eye on the blog for soon there will be posted a couple community weekday evening cleaning nights.

 In the meantime please clean out your plot for the winter.

 We ask that if the organic matter is larger than your hand in width, length and thickness to place it on the walkway in the garden instead of the compost bins. There is a lot of foot traffic through the garden which is a way the community helps us out by breaking down our organic matter and putting it back into the earth.  As you can see the large pile back by the compost is from the last 2 years and not breaking down so well on its own so we will see how our new plan works this year.

Also, please help out with moving the mulch pile. We will be placing the mulch in between each garden plot, where needed in the back and on the walkway and around the perennials and herbs upfront along with under the silver maple tree.

We will empty out the rain barrels and turn them upside down for the winter months. 

We will tidy up the shed, pick up trash and  place/stake our tomato changes alongside the shed in some organized form.

Hope to see everyone soon in the garden!

Lynn

Mulch

Feel free to use the mulch in your plot, along your plot.  When you pick weeds in the perennial gardens please apply the mulch in that area. Thanks!

Weeds

Hello Gardners,

Let's put the weeds in the walkway! I started doing this today, it will help them break down and keep the walkway covered. So please no more weeds in the garden, Thanks!

Plots NOT worked in?

Hello Gardeners!

If your plot is not worked in by June 1st, 2 weeks from today we will be re-renting your plot out to future gardeners on our waiting list.

Please, spread the word if you know these gardeners to help them keep their plot for 2018 season!

3437 Community Garden Plot 

Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) Janet  Count                                                                              1A)Michael Robison
4) Rachel Holm                                                                             1) Jessica Jacobson
6) Bretton Fobes                                                                           3) Lynn Beuning
6A) Graham Charlton                                                                  5) Adabell
8) Leah                                                                                      7) Deb
10) Nicole/ Dan/family                                                               9) Emily D.
12) Ashley  Huebner                                                                   11) Rowen
14)Michelle Vidovio/Mike Wolf                                                 13) Caitlin O'Fallon(fixing plot wood
                                                                                                         next Tuesday 5/22/2018)
16) Michaela Fogelman                                                              15) Kim/Chris
18)Emily Roembach-Clark/family                                           17) Malinda/family
20)Shelby                                                                                   19)Heather/family
22)Lesley                                                                                   21)Mike/Juliet
Blackberries 24)Nikole Stephenson                                            Raspberries Plot

Compost

Well this happened: Heart of the Beast Theater is hosting a Plate-to-Garden compost sale in partnership with the MN Composting Council and Specialized Environmental Technologies, Inc. Saturday May 12th 10:00 am-2:00 pm in the Powderhorn Park parking lot!

They had an amazing turn out and sold all their compost. Happy for them but this leaves us with no compost sooo if you are interested in compost this year let me know by email (3437garden@gmail.com) by next Tuesday at 2pm.   I will get a bag for you. 

We are going to go in with Heart of the Beast Theater hosting the Plate-to-Garden compost sale in partnership with the MN Composting Council and Specialized Environmental Technologies, Inc.    for next springs compost!  I will see if they are willing to have their sale before MayDay next year so we are able to get it earlier in the spring season.

Sorry it's not much this year but thanks for your understanding with this process!

Logo!?

 The Powderhorn Park Association asked for us to share a logo with them to be used throughout the community to bring more awareness of the community garden. We are looking for a logo for the 3437 Community Garden! 

We will be using this logo at our plant sale at the Tiny Diner on Friday, May 31st. more info coming soon about this event!

I'll post all the logos on the blog Saturday May 26th morning and we will do a email vote till Monday May 28th when I'll post the winning logo!

Email 3437garden@gmail.com a drawing of your logo by Friday May 25th!

Another Tiny Diner Class!!!

Hey all,

Tiny Diner co-workers Cody and Koby have a great connection to a bare root aronia grower and will be selling a limited number of plants at the plant sale. I think this is another great way to get people to the sale! Tiny Diner will manage RSVPs and purchases for this class. Description below. 

Grow Aronia Berry Plants! Hands-on Workshop

Thursday May 31st

Time 6-7pm

Location: Tiny Diner during Plant Sale

Cost: $5 for plant material

Would you like to grow a unique, cold-hearty, heat-tolerant, edible berry plant in your small (or large) space this year? Come to our short and sweet workshop all about the Aronia berry species. We will be planting a new Aronia crop in the Tiny Diner gardens together. Plus, you will receive planting and care instructions and take a barefoot plant home with you. Limited space due to limited plants so please RSVP ASAP with andrea.e@tinydiner.com.

Instructors: Tiny Diner’s Farm, Garden, and Market Advisor Koby Hagen and Tiny Diner’s Lead Gardener Cody Mastel will lead this fun class! 

Thanks! 

Andrea Eger
Permaculture Education and Market Coordinator
Tiny Diner
612-644-2292

COMPOST

MayDay's Green Team has been making the festival an exceptionally greenevent for 5 years of working towards zero waste! In the last 3 years the Green Team got over 75% of the festival's waste has been diverted. In 2017, they were able to divert 2,600 pounds-81% of the total discard!

The organic waste form the festival will get transported to a commercial composting facility where it goes through a 6-month curing process to become finished compost. 

Heart of the Beast Theater is hosting a Plate-to-Garden compost sale in partnership with the MN Composting COuncil and Specialized Environmental Technologies, Inc. Saturday May 12th 10:00 am-2:00 pm in the Powderhorn Park parking lot!

They'll have two hundred 20 lbs. pags of Organic compost at $5.00 a bag. Spread the word! 

The process from this compost sale will help cover the cost of the Green Team's Zero Waste initiatives at MayDay. Also to the community garden! In the past we have gotten compost from the city but it is from city yard waste and we are unsure how much of it is organic and what all is in it, it also has a lot of trash in it. 
Meeting with Tanya we would like to try to work as a community with the Green Team next year with splitting the cost of the delivery and moving of the compost.

 Help volunteer moving the left over compost with the Green Team this Saturday May 12th, 1:30-2:30 pm to our garden! They are asking for our help and contribution to support there event so they can repeat this event next year and we can order/deliver our 2019 compost together with the Green Team!
Who ever can make it and volunteer this Saturday May 12th 1:30-2:30 will get offered a discount on mulch of 40 lbs./2 bags (bags provided on site) for $5.00.

If your interested contact Tanya Feldkamp at: t.l.feldkamp@gmail.com and Lynn at:3437gaden@gmail.com

A special thank you to Jenny Kedward, a former 3437 Community Gardener who kept us in her heart and knew we would be interested in working as a community with the Green Team! 

connect the blog to your email

here is how you can connect your email to the blog. Please, share with other gardeners! The blog is our main source of stayen in the communication loop.

upcoming classes

If you want to go with someone let me know. would be fun to get some of us 3437 gardeners together!

Hello community gardeners of Minneapolis! 

I am writing to share two upcoming classes that I think will be especially beneficial to community gardeners in Minneapolis. The first is a class about how to use cover crops in urban gardens. Cover cropping is essential for maintaining and building soil nutrients, soil life, and organic matter. It's a very easy to begin and the benefits are huge! The other class is an introduction to seed saving with Twin Cities-based Seed Sages, a organization that hosts trainings and consultations to reskill our communities to save our food's genetic diversity. 

All classes take place at Tiny Diner (1024 E 38th St, Minneapolis) and are sliding scale to make them accessible to all. Space is limited so please send RSVPs to andrea.e@tinydiner.com. 

Please feel free to share this information with your networks. 

Cover Crops for Urban GardenersThursday May 10th from 7-8

Cover crops or green manure is an age old agriculture technique and there is good reason for this. This class will focus on basics of soil heath, case studies of cover crops, sourcing and management. Nick will also talk about cover cropping can work with other backyard carbon and poultry systems. You will leave feeling confident on how to integrate and manage cover crops into your garden for the longterm benefit of soil health. This class is a $10 sliding scale.

Teacher information: Nick Schneider owes and operates Thrive Chef Works LLC, a personal chef and catering company. Next to cooking good food, growing good food is Nick's equally vital passion. His formal experience as a grower includes 3 years as market garden manager for former St. Paul urban Agriculture non-profit, Farm in the City, a summer teaching gardening classes for Gardening Matters, and a summer doing farm work in Italy through WWOOF. He regenerated and expanded a community orchard for Omega One ltd, a Minneapolis intentional community. Nick is a co-founder of Mixed Precipitation Theatre Collaborative and has acted as the lead chef since its inception 10 years ago.

Backyard Seed Saving I: Save Biodiversity in Your BackyardSaturday May 27th from 2-3 

Learn how you can save and pass on agricultural biodiversity in your home and community this season. It can be easy with a few tips Koby JH of Seed Sages. This class is a $5-10 sliding scale. 

Teacher Information: Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen is the founder of Seed Sages, a local seed saving organization that provides trainings, consultations, and education.  Seed stewardship and biodiversity conservation is a driving force behind her work. She has worked at Emandal Farm, JD Rivers Children’s Garden, Seed Savers Exchange, Seeds of Change, and Ecology Action. She also has a masters in Community and Regional Planning as well as Permaculture training. She draws on many approaches to share diverse seed saving, farming and community-building methods.

Thanks all and happy growing! 

Rainy 2nd community work night

hello all!
sorry for the last min post but I will not be able to meet tonight for work kept me till now. Croup is in my classroom and I'm feeling it a bit.
If you'd like to join other who are still making it tonight thank you so much!  I planned on picking weeds tonight.

Happy Spring! How beautiful the park and garden look with this rain and cooler sky weather!

Our compost is coming soon! Meeting with them tomorrow to arrange a time for dumping.

Leaves

A handful of you are asking about the leaves in the walkway :)  We placed them there and plan on keeping them there this year in replace of mulch. We'll see how it works with keeping the weeds down and how it holds up with the foot traffic. 

Thanks for all the enthusiasm with helping out this year!!!

Water

The water is on! Let's do our best to keep the rain barrels full, thanks!

Composting

You will see we moved the big compost pile to the east of the compost bins. When cleaning out your plot please, put all compost matter that is larger than 1/4" diameter on that pile, anything smaller can go into the compost bins. When the compost bins are healthy (receipt below) we will slowly add this large matter to them for the worms to eat and brake down for us.

Feed the compost bin your house scraps! (NO dairy, meat/bones, pet droppings or animals products for it will attract pest to the pile and can spread disease)  It wants coffee grounds and grass clippings! 

Worms will make their way the compost pile to start eating when we create their ideal home.

Ideal home:
*food scraps adds nitrogen (NO dairy,meat/bones, pet droppings or animal products for it will attract pest to the pile and can spread disease)
*coffee grounds for the worms loves their coffee, too
*grass clippings adds Nitrogen
*shredded! paper or biodegradable cups/egg cartons.... adds Carbon
*leaves adds Carbon 
And
*stirring the organic matter once a week (a pitch fork from the shed works best) the more it is stirred(adding oxygen) the quicker it will break down for us to add to out plots!

*watering it (worms like dark, cold, moist homes) there will be 2 5 gallons buckets by the raing bins. fill'em up and pour over the compost if it is dry. THe gardens and compost like a good rain now and then.

Maintaining a carbon to nitrogen (C:N) ratio somewhere around 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen is ideal for a quality composting. We need more nitrogen for you'll see we are good on carbon with maple leaves.

The more we add the more it will heat up and the quicker it will break down!

 Please help build us a home!

Love,
the worms

Garden TLC

Today April 29th and Tuesday May 1st  we will work on:

* cleaning up the perennials under the two silver maples. Removing leaves and cutting back last years growth and placing behind the raspberries. We placed a lot of leaves on the walkway so taking the wheel barrow around by the rain bines seem to work best.

*picking weeds/crabgrass! and liter

*cleaning out the remaining beds that have last years growth in them still. Keep your eyes open for small seed signs, sticks that are marking a row...... and baby perennials, some folks have started gardening! If there is fencing up, pols, sticks,rocks.... or tomato cages in a garden plot please leave them in theat plot, garden planning is in motion!

Today I am going to pick up some t-pots, rop and mulch to pretty up the perennial beds for MayDay! We will be putting the t-pots and rop up to keep feet off the gardens. I am thinking of keeping them up this year all and maybe winter for the plants don't enjoy being stepped in general :) 

Community Wok Days!

Our Community Work Day will be Tuesday evenings 5:30 -7pm! 

 Looking forward to seeing you all and reconnect this coming Tuesday May 1st!

We may add another community work day if folks are not able to make this one.  I will post when I am heading out there, though I am there a lot so just come on out or send me a text if you'd like 612.554.6656.  Also, please feel free to come and go on your own. After today's gardening I will post what we are working on and what we are working towards so you all can come and work when it works best for you. 

Compost

The May Day Green  Team is donating 1 to 2 yards of compost to the garden the Saturday after MayDay on May 12th!  Stay tuned for time!

I am still waiting to hear back from the city bout their compost delivery date and time. I'll post as soon as possible.

 Rule of thumb is to wait till Mothers Day weekend or the weekend after before planting seedlings.  Seed planting well that's up to you :) My spinach was in before the big historical April snowstorm and more seeds are going into today.

MayDay Gardening

Happy Saturday!

I'm heading to the garden now, today and Sunday I'll be there to clean it up for the MayDay event next Sunday!  If you are looking for something to do come and join in the sun today and tomorrow!

Community work days!?

I will be in the garden today of and on cleaning up some litter, leaves and cutting back on perennials. Come join this weather and get some earth on your hands!

Send me an email of days and times that would work good for you to meet once a week and work in the garden as a community!!!  I'll post the days and times soon!  We are looking for 1 to 2 days a week to meet up and care for the garden.

Compost days will be posted soon!

Seeds in the shed!

Hello Gardners!

I think spring is here to stay!?Though i'd say it's a bit to early yet, I picked up some seeds from the MN Horticulture Society last week. They will be placed in the shed! Please, feel free to use what you need and leave what you don't for the next gardener.

Spring or Winter?

"No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn." -Hal Borland 

20" and more to come on Wednesday!

seeds tomorrow

The weather was bad when the seed gathering event was so it is happening again tomorrow from 3 to 7pm! I will be going!  Please, send me an email or text msg by 3 pm on seeds you are interested in. I will post what I find.

Final Plot Map

3437 Community Garden Plot Map

The garden is filled with new and returning gardeners! Welcome to all!

Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) Janet  Count                                                                              1A)Michael Robison
4) Rachel Holm                                                                             1) Jessica Jacobson
6) Bretton Fobes                                                                           3) Lynn Beuning
6A) Graham Charlton                                                                  5) Adabell
8) Leah                                                                                        7)Deb
10) Nicole/ Dan/family                                                               9) Emily D.
12) Ashley  Huebner                                                                   11) Rowen
14)Michelle Vidovio/Mike Wolf                                                 13) Caitlin O'Fallon
16) Michaela Fogelman                                                              15) Kim and Chris
18)Emily Roembach-Clark/family                                             17) Malinda/family
20)Shelby                                                                                   19)Heather/family
22)Lesley                                                                                    21)Mike/Juliet
Blackberries 24)Nikole Stephenson                                            Raspberries Plot

Snow=Nitrogen

A quick read on how great this snow is for our garden!

https://www.adn.com/our-alaska/article/blanket-snow-poor-mans-fertilizer/2008/10/09/

I'll stay in touch with a couple days in mind that we can start cleaning up the garden or should I say mother nature will keep us posted on when this will be happening!  Hey, how great we all got in the garden when we did to get our plots and connect with familiar and new faces!  

Hope you all can do some playing in the spring snow! Snowshoeing tomorrow morning..... 

Seeds

Tomorrow I will be going to pick up seeds at 3pm from the Minnesota Horticultural Society!  Please, send me an email of seeds you would like me to look for.

combinations

Shed: FLED

Wheelbarrow: 3411

Lynn's cell number: 612.554.6656

2018 Plot Map

3437 Community Garden Plot Map


Powderhorn Park

15th Avenue South

2) Janet  Count                                                                              1A)Michael Robison
4) Rachel Holm                                                                             1) Jessica Jacobson
6) Bretton Fobes                                                                           3) Lynn Beuning
6A) Graham Charlton                                                                  5) Adabell
8) Leah                                                                                        7)Deb
10) Nicole/ Dan/family                                                               9) Matilda and Julian (returning?)
12) Ashley  Huebner                                                                   11) Rowen
14)Michelle Vidovio/Mike Wolf                                                 13) Caitlin O'Fallon
16) Michaela Fogelman                                                              15) Kim and Chris
18)Emily Roembach-Clark/family                                             17) Malinda/family
20)Shelby                                                                                   19)Heather/family
22)Lesley                                                                                    21)Mike/Juliet
Blackberries 24) J. Hasting (?)                                                   Raspberries Plot

* Welcome Everyone!  15 returning gardeners and 10 new gardeners. 

Seeds! Plants! Tools!

We the 3437 Community Garden joined the Minnesota Green Program through Minnesota State Horticultural Society! Our annual fee is $50. Thank you for contributing rent for you plot!

This is our first year with this program and we are more than excited for we will be gifted seeds from MN State Horticultural Society, plants are from what is left over from the Friends Plant Sale(local greenhouses/MN harty), and tools from Bachmans. 

Our goals with the support of Minnesota Green Program:
*SEEDS  please, let me know by the garden email if you'd like certain seeds. no need to buy them we will get them for you!!!

*PLANTS our gardens herbs and perennials will continue to grow! The back by the compost bins and raspberries will continue to become more alive with native plants! Under the silver maples more shady perennials will be planted!
We would also like to replace our fruit tree in the boulevard.

*TOOLS when needed or need to be replaced

Gardening in little spaces

You can fit a lot in a little space with some basic guidelines for intensive planting in your garden You may find this event interesting? Hope to see ya there! 

http://www.tinydiner.com/event/biodiversity-in-your-backyard/

MOVIE NIGHT

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY SCREENING AT BRYANT-LAKE BOWL

APRIL 3 @ 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

$5

http://www.tinydiner.com/event/seed-the-untold-story-screening-at-bryant-lake-bowl/

Plant sale

Friends school is having a great plant sale! All plants are bee-friendly (non-hybrid)! 

Check out their website! http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/

  May 11, 12, and 13

Free Admission

At the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand

A easy read site on 6 simple ways you can help save the bees.
http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-0604-how-to-plant-a-bee-garden-20160531-snap-story.html

Grow-A-Garden Workshop

This will be a dun event! Come if you can!

2018 Spring Welcome

Thanks for your interest in the 3437 garden!

Hello, I am Lynn Beuning, Organizer and Communication Garden Manager and gardener for the 3437 Garden.  I am very excited to be going on my third year with managing 3437 Community garden. Working with the land was a part of my childhood. I was raised on a beautiful farm in Central Minnesota, and had a handful of horticulture experiences after moving from the farm. Working at the U of M Landscape Arboretum for two seasons was an incredible experience.  In 2012 I moved to South Minneapolis to further my Early Childhood Teaching career but gardening never left my heart.  I’ve had a plot with the 3437 Garden for 6 years and I’m excited to be present in the garden again this coming season!

This year is the 9th Birthday for 3437 Community Garden!

There are 24 plots that are 12' x 4' and will cost $20. This includes water, compost, access to tools and amazing opportunities to connect with your growing neighbors.

We also have a "communal" gardening area with herbs, perennials and annuals. We also organize donations of our produce abundance to neighborhood organizations.

We would like to reach out to all of our neighbors, so if you are bilingual and would be willing to share your skills to translate materials and be a garden resource, please speak up! Please, spread the word about the Community garden!

Easy gardening ideas: Spinach, lettuce, chard, kale, peas (need a trellis) beans, radish, beet, broccoli, tomatoes, herbs, peppers, eggplant, parsnip......

Our garden is organic- so no pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers, etc.


We ask that as a community we work together to keep the garden clean and sustainable with:
* picking up trash
*no illegal plants
*keep plants contained in your plot
*pick from your own plot
*no drinking alcohol in garden
*no planting squash, watermelon,cucumbers or pumpkins THE VINES GET OUT OF CONTROL *water by hand from the rain barrels
*keep lids on barrels to prevent wildlife from entering
*fill barrels when below 1/3 full
*compost nothing larger than 4"
*do not compost weeds that have seeded, diseased plants, no tomatoes


 Our 2 upcoming 2018 spring meetings are: March 25th, Sunday at 2 pm and March 30th, Friday at 6pm. We meet in the garden and will be doing some spring clean-up. 
Last years gardeners have first grabs on their plot from last year.  If we don't see you at one of the two meetings or do not hear from you by email your plot will be rented out to a new gardener. Newbies and garden pros are welcome!

At the meeting, we will:
*Welcome everyone
*Explain garden rules and history
*Go over and set a basic work plan and schedule for the gardening season
*Sign garden agreements
*Assign plots
*Go over prohibited plants: Squash, Watermelon, Pumpkin, Cucumber THE VINES GET OUT OF CONTROL
*Pay plot fee
*Answer questions

You will be asked to RSVP by email for one of the meetings so we balance out attendance.  If I don't hear from you before the first meeting, by email (3437garden@gmail.com) and if you have not RSVP for one of the meetings your plot will be open to a new gardener renting it out for 2018 summer.

Plots filled up fast last year so be sure to sign up for a meeting and get your name on a plot!


All garden organization is up for discussion! email Lynn if you have ideas! 3437garden@gmail.com

2018 Gardening Agreement

Please, read over the gardening agreement before you attend a meeting. We will have one agreement for everyone to sign with their plot number at the meeting.

3437 Community Garden Contract

Rules, Terms, and Conditions for Participation

Introduction

Thank you for your commitment in joining the 3437 Garden! We expect a great and exciting season this year! In the interest of making this community gardening experience enjoyable for all who garden with us, please review the following rules, terms, and conditions for participation.

Rules, Terms, and Conditions for Participation

1.       Use:  I understand that I use this garden at the sole discretion of the 3437 Garden and I agree to abide by the terms and conditions by its policies and practices.

2.       Fees:  The fee for an individual plot is $20.00 per season, on a sliding scale as needed. Fees are due as of _________________. If fees are not received by the listed date, individual plot owners forfeit their plots. Scholarships may be available and are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. No one is turned away for inability to pay.

3.       Individual Plot Assignment:  Once I have been assigned a plot, I will cultivate and plant it within two weeks. I agree that if I do not plant or cultivate my plot within two weeks, I forfeit my plot for the season and my plot will be assigned to another gardener. My fee will not be reimbursed, and used as a donation and scholarship to the 3437 Garden. I will garden all season. My plot cannot be left fallow or unused for any period of two weeks or longer. I understand that if I leave my plot unused for more than two weeks without making prior arrangements, I agree that other garden members may tend to and harvest my plot.

4.       Plot Caretaking:  I will not expand my plot beyond its borders or into paths or other plots. I will keep all my plants within the limits of my garden plot and will not allow any plants to grow more than six feet high. I must keep my plot free of weeds, pests, and diseases. If I fail to care for my plot, I agree that other garden members may weed and take measures to treat pests and diseases. Under no circumstances will I use any chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or non-organic fertilizers to treat my garden. I will not plant prohibited plants  such as: Squash, Watermelon, Pumpkin, Squash, Watermelon, Pumpkin, Squash, Watermelon, Pumpkin.... if I do I will be asked to remove it or it will be removed. THE VINES GET OUT OF CONTROL

5.       Prohibited Activities:  I will not plant any illegal plant. I will not smoke, drink alcoholic beverages, use illegal drugs, or gamble in the garden. I will not come to the garden while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. I will not bring weapons to the garden.

6.       Guests and Visitors:  I understand that guests and visitors are encouraged. If I bring guests or visitors to the garden I understand that they must follow all rules, terms, and conditions stated here and I am solely responsible for the behavior of my guests.

7.       Community Gardening:  I understand and agree that as part of my participation in the garden I must attend at least one community gardening workday per month and complete general garden maintenance or other tasks. I also agree to sign up to receive email notifications from the 3437 blog listed above.

8.       Water:  I agree to follow all water use rules.

9.       Other Gardeners and Plots:  I agree to be respectful of other gardeners’ plots and will not take food or plants from another plot unless I first get permission from the plot holder.

10.   R-E-S-P-E-C-T:  I will respect other gardeners, and I will not use abusive or profane language or discriminate against others. I will work to keep the garden a happy, secure, and enjoyable place where all participants can garden and socialize peacefully in a neighborly manner.

Commitment

I have read and understand the application and accept these rules, terms, and conditions stated above for the participation in the 3437 Community Garden.

Signed: ­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Name (printed): _______________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________________

Telephone number: ___________________________ Email: ___________________________________

Emergency Contact: ___________________ Emergency Contact Phone: _________________________

Assigned Individual Plot #: ________________

Approved: ____________ Date: ______________ Garden Board Member: ________________________

Release of All Claims

I, ________________________________ am a participant in the 3437 Community Garden. As a condition of being allowed to participate in the 3437 Community Garden, I agree to the following:

1. I am duly aware of the risks and hazards that may arise through participation in the 3437 Community Garden, and assume any expenses and liabilities I incur in the event of an accident, illness, or other incapacity. If I have had any questions about the 3437 Community Garden, its nature, risks, or hazards, I have contacted a member of the board and discussed those questions with him or her to my satisfactions.

2. In consideration of being granted the opportunity to participate in the 3437 Community Garden, I for myself, my executors, administrators, agents, and assigns do hereby release and forever discharge the 3437 Garden Board, volunteers, other gardeners, and the cooperating landowner, including but not limited to landowners participating in the 3437 Community Garden Annexes, from all claims of damages, demands, and any actions whatsoever, including those based on negligence, in any manner arising out of my participation in this activity. I understand that this Release means that, among other things, I am giving up my right to sue for any such losses, damages, injury, or costs that I may incur.

I represent and certify that my true age is either 18 years old or, if I am under 18 years old on this date, my parent or legal guardian has read and signed this form. I have read this entire Release, fully understand, it, and I agree to be legally bound by it.

Participant’s Signature: __________________________________________________________________

Printed name: _________________________________________