The grounds committee has initially turned down our proposal for a community garden. They have not, however, heard any of the details of our proposal. We are requesting their concerns and will address them at their next meeting, which is January 21st. In the meantime, I'd like for each of you to prayerfully consider how and if you can commit to working on this community garden.
Our class met on 1/3/10 and decided to request just one raised bed at the church instead of four. There are also several individuals who plan to put a raised bed in their own yards to give to the people of El Buen Pastor Church in Old Town.
Please read the December posts to find out the details of this project and to see where and if you would like to help. Please post your commitment requests for specific committees so we can all get an idea of where this project stands. Thanks!
Also, please post if you can be a part of the Spring Garden Care team on the Adoption Bed post. If we all can be a part of this team, you'll probably only have one week as a gardener for one 4' x 12' bed.
Please post by the weekend before our 1/21 meeting so that we'll know if we have enough support to have the raised bed here at Knollwood. We'll need four families and/or individuals to adopt that bed, and we'll need to have a backup plan in case those individuals cannot follow through with their commitment.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
KBC Garden Startup Proposal
PLANNING COMMITTEES
We need folks from our class to do form these simple start-up committees. A group of two is enough for a commitee; so you may form one with your spouse or friend if you like—you may also delegate tasks to folks outside of the committee (and maybe even outside of our classroom).
Funding & Resource Development Committee:
Approach a sponsor (individual or organization) to help us support our community garden financially. This will be a great help to us in purchasing materials. Citizens groups, private businesses and individual donors are all potential supporters. See #12 on this site for an effective way to get a corporate sponsor: http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.htm If we don't get trellis and cage supplies donated to us from church members, we'll need money to buy materials. The construction committee can give you an estimate on the cost of this.
A potential letter would read:
Dear _________________.
Knollwood Church is starting a community garden this year to provide healthy organic produce to the congregants of El Buen Pastor Church (mostly undocumented Hispanic immigrants). According to recent research done by WFU, Hispanics in Forsyth County suffer from food insecurity at rates that are above the national average and they are reluctant to receive help from local food agencies.Your tax-deductible gift of $100 will help us pay for soil nutrients, seeds and trellis/protective cage materials for our garden. We hope that if this project goes well, we can expand our vision to possibly helping this community and others to build their own raised beds within their community.
Youth Activities Committee
Think of ways to get the teens and younger kids (and even some of the preschool classes) involved with the garden. Could have them adopt a bed with another group like the seniors. Maybe have the teens build some kneel benches for the seniors to use. Maybe have the 5-year and 4-year preschool classes plant our tomato seeds in cups.
Construction Committee
Determine what material you’ll use for the raised beds and trellises, and decide how you'll make them. (see http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/mg/week3/SquareFootIntensiveGardeningWeb.pdf for trellis ideas).
Convenant Methodist Church in High Point used concrete wire for the trellises. I've used chicken wire for bunny protection cages in the past.
Coordinate the pickup of leaf mulch. Leaf mulch is available from the city (have to pick it up in a truck that's covered or has a tarp that completely covers bed). Leaf Mulch #: 727 8418. I'll find out what days are pickup days. Can use mulch in beds and around beds.
I'm checking to see if I can get some free composted cow manure.
Earth Touch has recycled boards we can use for free (727-8000) to build the beds. Ag. Ext Service may provide some of the plants for free (I'll check on this).
Plan a class building day in February or March for the beds and another day in the Spring for the trellises and bunny protection cages. If the church members don't donate any cage building materials, we'll have to buy them. Estimate the cost for this, based on three 4 x 12' beds (maybe four if Rebecca decides to have one, too).
Recruiting Committee. Choose a name for the garden.
Send out emails to Sunday School class leaders first (list of emails attached), asking them if we can come and talk to their class about KBC's community garden missions project.
Then appoint people from our class to go in person to recruit volunteer groups and individuals for the garden, carrying along an information sheet/interest form (proposed signup sheet on blog: http://endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/2009/12/proposed-kbc-comm-garden-sign-up-sheet.html).
While at this meeting, hand out sponsor request letters--see sample letter in blog: http://endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/2009/12/kbc-garden-startup-proposal.html for anyone who has connections to potential sponsors. Ask them if they’d be willing to give this letter to them and follow up with them about sponsoring our garden.
Talk about the outreach nature of this ministry, and read over the sign-up sheet volunteer needs for the garden. Encourage those who sign up to invite their friends to come and garden with them. Collect sheets then and there(?) or drop off in church library(?) by February 14th.
For the children’s classes, add a note to the sign-up sheet, inviting their family to adopt a plot along with the other families in the Sunday School Class (try to get at least four families to per plot). OR we can get folks to just sign up for one week, if we're getting plenty of volunteers.
Other possible helpers: youth group, boy or girl scout troups, the five-year-old class at Knollwood pre-K (they can grow some of the seeds for us), the surrounding neighborhood. Put announcements in the newsletter--send to lfalkowski@knollwood.org --(and in other free community announcements if you like) to invite the community to join us. Some classes may be willing to commit to adopting a bed for half of the growing season (each class that commits as a group will be responsible for naming their bed and for reporting their gardening schedule to the Plot Manager).
Deadline for volunteer signup is Feb. 14th. If we don't have enough volunteers, we won't do the church garden--just the ones in our yards.
Plot Manager. Post a weekly Garden Update to every volunteer who has given us an e-mail address, as well as possibly posting a copy on Knollwood’s website and/or in their newsletter (is Knollwood on Facebook?). The Plot Manager will also consult with the volunteer Master Gardener Robert Mauney (craig_mauney@ncsu.edu or phone 336-703-2850) concerning any questions about the garden and distribute this information to the gardeners.
This person can also encourage folks to adopt beds for the summer growing season if volunteers have backed out since the beginning and invite inexperienced gardeners to come for training sessions if needed. This person keeps up with the scheduling of thier plot, and has a backup system (to be decided upon this Sunday) whenever volunteers fall through the cracks.
Delivery Committee Recruit volunteers to deliver food to the El Buen Pastor Church or to the nearby mission in Old Town. Work with Miranda Rosa (rosablanca@windstream.net ) decide a good system. Maybe get the four active gardening groups to take turns delivering the food.
CHOOSE A SITE
The proposed site is the open sunny area directly behind the church office. We’ll start our first year with four 4’ x 12’ beds.
Identify how we’re going to get the soil for raised beds. A good mix is 80% peat moss, 10% sand and 10% composted cow manure. You can grow a lot more in less space with this kind of soil. Covenant Meth Church in High Point placed cardboard in the bottom of their beds and then added a little clay in the bottom –the rest of their beds are filled with leaf mulch from the city.
OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Plan a weekend to make the raised beds in late February. Complete recruiting by mid-February. We don’t plan on needing a storage area for tools. The dirt will be so soft that you won’t need a shovel after the seeds come up. On days when we’re preparing the soil, we can bring our own shovels as a group.
The beds can be built in February and the dirt and organic nutrients can be added in Febrary (blood meal, cotton seed meal, rock phosphate, bone meal, lime).
Garden will be organic
Need a place to store produce until delivery time.
Need a frost plan (cut-off milk jugs, sheets,)
Requested items to grow: vegetables, tomato, onions, serrano peppers and jalapeño peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots
GARDEN RULES
If the garden is found vandalized by man or beast, we need a couple of contact volunteers to come and help repair the situation. The best thing to deter vandals is to immediately replant. The best thing to deter animals are wire cages over the plants.
Weeding, watering and picking off bugs will be the main jobs for most of the season.
Rules for gardeners: No stepping in the garden at any time. Water early in morning if at all possible. If raining, just skip it. If raining for several days during harvest, try to get over there to pick the vegetables.If you cannot attend to your garden duties, please notify another member in your group at least 24 hours in advance if possible. If your garden is left unattended for a week or more, we reserve the right to forfeit your right to the plot. Do not bring pets to the garden unless they are kept on a leash which is out of reach of the plots.
Long term goal:
Take what we learn and help set up raised beds for Hispanic communities to do on their own.
Please prayerfully consider signing up for one of these startup committees:
--Funding & Resource Development
--Youth Activities
--Construction
--Recruiting
--Plot Manager
--Delivery
We need our class to step up to the plate and show that we're committed to this garden if we're to have any hope of getting the Grounds Committee to approve it.
We need folks from our class to do form these simple start-up committees. A group of two is enough for a commitee; so you may form one with your spouse or friend if you like—you may also delegate tasks to folks outside of the committee (and maybe even outside of our classroom).
Funding & Resource Development Committee:
Approach a sponsor (individual or organization) to help us support our community garden financially. This will be a great help to us in purchasing materials. Citizens groups, private businesses and individual donors are all potential supporters. See #12 on this site for an effective way to get a corporate sponsor: http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.htm If we don't get trellis and cage supplies donated to us from church members, we'll need money to buy materials. The construction committee can give you an estimate on the cost of this.
A potential letter would read:
Dear _________________.
Knollwood Church is starting a community garden this year to provide healthy organic produce to the congregants of El Buen Pastor Church (mostly undocumented Hispanic immigrants). According to recent research done by WFU, Hispanics in Forsyth County suffer from food insecurity at rates that are above the national average and they are reluctant to receive help from local food agencies.Your tax-deductible gift of $100 will help us pay for soil nutrients, seeds and trellis/protective cage materials for our garden. We hope that if this project goes well, we can expand our vision to possibly helping this community and others to build their own raised beds within their community.
Youth Activities Committee
Think of ways to get the teens and younger kids (and even some of the preschool classes) involved with the garden. Could have them adopt a bed with another group like the seniors. Maybe have the teens build some kneel benches for the seniors to use. Maybe have the 5-year and 4-year preschool classes plant our tomato seeds in cups.
Construction Committee
Determine what material you’ll use for the raised beds and trellises, and decide how you'll make them. (see http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/mg/week3/SquareFootIntensiveGardeningWeb.pdf for trellis ideas).
Convenant Methodist Church in High Point used concrete wire for the trellises. I've used chicken wire for bunny protection cages in the past.
Coordinate the pickup of leaf mulch. Leaf mulch is available from the city (have to pick it up in a truck that's covered or has a tarp that completely covers bed). Leaf Mulch #: 727 8418. I'll find out what days are pickup days. Can use mulch in beds and around beds.
I'm checking to see if I can get some free composted cow manure.
Earth Touch has recycled boards we can use for free (727-8000) to build the beds. Ag. Ext Service may provide some of the plants for free (I'll check on this).
Plan a class building day in February or March for the beds and another day in the Spring for the trellises and bunny protection cages. If the church members don't donate any cage building materials, we'll have to buy them. Estimate the cost for this, based on three 4 x 12' beds (maybe four if Rebecca decides to have one, too).
Recruiting Committee. Choose a name for the garden.
Send out emails to Sunday School class leaders first (list of emails attached), asking them if we can come and talk to their class about KBC's community garden missions project.
Then appoint people from our class to go in person to recruit volunteer groups and individuals for the garden, carrying along an information sheet/interest form (proposed signup sheet on blog: http://endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/2009/12/proposed-kbc-comm-garden-sign-up-sheet.html).
While at this meeting, hand out sponsor request letters--see sample letter in blog: http://endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/2009/12/kbc-garden-startup-proposal.html for anyone who has connections to potential sponsors. Ask them if they’d be willing to give this letter to them and follow up with them about sponsoring our garden.
Talk about the outreach nature of this ministry, and read over the sign-up sheet volunteer needs for the garden. Encourage those who sign up to invite their friends to come and garden with them. Collect sheets then and there(?) or drop off in church library(?) by February 14th.
For the children’s classes, add a note to the sign-up sheet, inviting their family to adopt a plot along with the other families in the Sunday School Class (try to get at least four families to per plot). OR we can get folks to just sign up for one week, if we're getting plenty of volunteers.
Other possible helpers: youth group, boy or girl scout troups, the five-year-old class at Knollwood pre-K (they can grow some of the seeds for us), the surrounding neighborhood. Put announcements in the newsletter--send to lfalkowski@knollwood.org --(and in other free community announcements if you like) to invite the community to join us. Some classes may be willing to commit to adopting a bed for half of the growing season (each class that commits as a group will be responsible for naming their bed and for reporting their gardening schedule to the Plot Manager).
Deadline for volunteer signup is Feb. 14th. If we don't have enough volunteers, we won't do the church garden--just the ones in our yards.
Plot Manager. Post a weekly Garden Update to every volunteer who has given us an e-mail address, as well as possibly posting a copy on Knollwood’s website and/or in their newsletter (is Knollwood on Facebook?). The Plot Manager will also consult with the volunteer Master Gardener Robert Mauney (craig_mauney@ncsu.edu or phone 336-703-2850) concerning any questions about the garden and distribute this information to the gardeners.
This person can also encourage folks to adopt beds for the summer growing season if volunteers have backed out since the beginning and invite inexperienced gardeners to come for training sessions if needed. This person keeps up with the scheduling of thier plot, and has a backup system (to be decided upon this Sunday) whenever volunteers fall through the cracks.
Delivery Committee Recruit volunteers to deliver food to the El Buen Pastor Church or to the nearby mission in Old Town. Work with Miranda Rosa (rosablanca@windstream.net ) decide a good system. Maybe get the four active gardening groups to take turns delivering the food.
CHOOSE A SITE
The proposed site is the open sunny area directly behind the church office. We’ll start our first year with four 4’ x 12’ beds.
Identify how we’re going to get the soil for raised beds. A good mix is 80% peat moss, 10% sand and 10% composted cow manure. You can grow a lot more in less space with this kind of soil. Covenant Meth Church in High Point placed cardboard in the bottom of their beds and then added a little clay in the bottom –the rest of their beds are filled with leaf mulch from the city.
OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Plan a weekend to make the raised beds in late February. Complete recruiting by mid-February. We don’t plan on needing a storage area for tools. The dirt will be so soft that you won’t need a shovel after the seeds come up. On days when we’re preparing the soil, we can bring our own shovels as a group.
The beds can be built in February and the dirt and organic nutrients can be added in Febrary (blood meal, cotton seed meal, rock phosphate, bone meal, lime).
Garden will be organic
Need a place to store produce until delivery time.
Need a frost plan (cut-off milk jugs, sheets,)
Requested items to grow: vegetables, tomato, onions, serrano peppers and jalapeño peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots
GARDEN RULES
If the garden is found vandalized by man or beast, we need a couple of contact volunteers to come and help repair the situation. The best thing to deter vandals is to immediately replant. The best thing to deter animals are wire cages over the plants.
Weeding, watering and picking off bugs will be the main jobs for most of the season.
Rules for gardeners: No stepping in the garden at any time. Water early in morning if at all possible. If raining, just skip it. If raining for several days during harvest, try to get over there to pick the vegetables.If you cannot attend to your garden duties, please notify another member in your group at least 24 hours in advance if possible. If your garden is left unattended for a week or more, we reserve the right to forfeit your right to the plot. Do not bring pets to the garden unless they are kept on a leash which is out of reach of the plots.
Long term goal:
Take what we learn and help set up raised beds for Hispanic communities to do on their own.
Please prayerfully consider signing up for one of these startup committees:
--Funding & Resource Development
--Youth Activities
--Construction
--Recruiting
--Plot Manager
--Delivery
We need our class to step up to the plate and show that we're committed to this garden if we're to have any hope of getting the Grounds Committee to approve it.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Proposed KBC Comm. Garden Sign-up Sheet
This sheet can be taken to Sunday School classes, handed out in the Narthex, on Wed. nights, etc. Please post your changes and comments about the proposed sheet here.
Knollwood Baptist Church Embarks on a New Local Missions Project
Our church is starting a raised bed community garden here on our property (behind the church offices), and we need your help! We'll also have several off-site gardens in our own yards (two in Ardmore and one in Sherwood Forest).
The produce will go to a local Hispanic church’s members & their neighbors (Hispanic immigrants in Forsyth County suffer from food insecurity rates that are higher than the national average). These immigrants are reluctant to go to agencies for help, and our vegetables will be a great source of healthy organic food for them. Some of them are unemployed single mothers.
The people of El Buen Pastor Church are excited about receiving this food, and we want to help them out; but we’ll need your help to make it happen.
Would you please join us in one or more of the following areas below:
___I’d like to help garden one 4’x12’ plot for the first half of the gardening season (April-June)
___I’d like to help garden one 4’x12’ plot for the second half of the gardening season (July- August)
___If you have a handicap accessible garden for those who can’t kneel, I’d like to volunteer
___I’d like to give a financial donation to help buy supplies for the community garden
___I’d like to help build the trellises, bunny protection cages and raised beds for the gardens
___I’d like to donate the surplus produce from my own garden this summer to the El Buen Pastor immigrants
___I have a lot of gardening experience and would like to be a consultant
___I have garden materials (concrete wire, sand, composted manure, organic nutrients) that I’d like to donate to the community garden
___I’d like to help deliver the produce to the El Buen Pastor Church in Old Town (just off of Reynolda Rd., near Old Town Ele….can be delivered any day of the week)
___I have some friends who are not members who may be interested in helping out with this garden
___I know of an individual or business who may like to be a financial sponsor for this garden
Please check the areas you’d be interested in, and give us your contact information below.
Please return these sheets to us today while we’re here, or you can drop them off in the church library or in the church office by Feb. 14th. Your feedback will let us know if we have enough participation to get our garden up and growing as a new and exciting hands-on ministry for Knollwood and the surrounding community.
Name______________________________________ Email____________________________
Phone______________________________________
Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Christian theologian Walter Rauschenbusch said that the Kingdom of God "...is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven."
An Old Chinese Proverb: If you wish to be happy for a few hours, drink wine until your head spins pleasantly. If you wish to be happy for a few days, get married and hide away. If you wish to be happy for a week, roast a pig and have a feast. If you wish to be happy all your life, become a gardener.
Visit our blogspot to learn about the Zero Hunger Project, the innovative program that inspired us to start this local missions program here at KBC: http://www.endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/
Knollwood Baptist Church Embarks on a New Local Missions Project
Our church is starting a raised bed community garden here on our property (behind the church offices), and we need your help! We'll also have several off-site gardens in our own yards (two in Ardmore and one in Sherwood Forest).
The produce will go to a local Hispanic church’s members & their neighbors (Hispanic immigrants in Forsyth County suffer from food insecurity rates that are higher than the national average). These immigrants are reluctant to go to agencies for help, and our vegetables will be a great source of healthy organic food for them. Some of them are unemployed single mothers.
The people of El Buen Pastor Church are excited about receiving this food, and we want to help them out; but we’ll need your help to make it happen.
Would you please join us in one or more of the following areas below:
___I’d like to help garden one 4’x12’ plot for the first half of the gardening season (April-June)
___I’d like to help garden one 4’x12’ plot for the second half of the gardening season (July- August)
___If you have a handicap accessible garden for those who can’t kneel, I’d like to volunteer
___I’d like to give a financial donation to help buy supplies for the community garden
___I’d like to help build the trellises, bunny protection cages and raised beds for the gardens
___I’d like to donate the surplus produce from my own garden this summer to the El Buen Pastor immigrants
___I have a lot of gardening experience and would like to be a consultant
___I have garden materials (concrete wire, sand, composted manure, organic nutrients) that I’d like to donate to the community garden
___I’d like to help deliver the produce to the El Buen Pastor Church in Old Town (just off of Reynolda Rd., near Old Town Ele….can be delivered any day of the week)
___I have some friends who are not members who may be interested in helping out with this garden
___I know of an individual or business who may like to be a financial sponsor for this garden
Please check the areas you’d be interested in, and give us your contact information below.
Please return these sheets to us today while we’re here, or you can drop them off in the church library or in the church office by Feb. 14th. Your feedback will let us know if we have enough participation to get our garden up and growing as a new and exciting hands-on ministry for Knollwood and the surrounding community.
Name______________________________________ Email____________________________
Phone______________________________________
Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Christian theologian Walter Rauschenbusch said that the Kingdom of God "...is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven."
An Old Chinese Proverb: If you wish to be happy for a few hours, drink wine until your head spins pleasantly. If you wish to be happy for a few days, get married and hide away. If you wish to be happy for a week, roast a pig and have a feast. If you wish to be happy all your life, become a gardener.
Visit our blogspot to learn about the Zero Hunger Project, the innovative program that inspired us to start this local missions program here at KBC: http://www.endinghungerinforsyth.blogspot.com/
Saturday, December 27, 2008
KBC Sample of Adoption Bed Signup Sheet
Here is an example of what we'd get our volunteers to sign--it has the specific details and requirements of each bed. Please post your comments/changes here. I split them out into two teams since our class is gone for so much of the summer.
Knollwood Community Garden
Adoption Sheet for Peppers & Tomatoes Bed
Care needs for SPRING TEAM:
Ø Early April = plant tomatoes and peppers (transplant from 5 yr. preK classes)
Ø After planting, water every day unless it rains
Ø April – August = weed once or twice weekly; work weekly with Plot Managers to control bug population (search & organically destroy!).
Ø May = harvest as needed
Care Needs for SUMMER TEAM:
Ø June–late August=harvest as needed (every other day during peak maturity, usually July).
Ø Water every day unless it rains
Ø Late August = pull up plants, till and plant red clover for fall cover
Seeds & plants are provided. No tools are needed (intensive sq. foot garden dirt is soft and weeds pull up easily.) Training provided as needed.
YES! I am interested in being on the
Spring Team _______
Summer Team _______
for this raised bed in the Knollwood Community Garden. (We need 11 or more individuals or families for Spring and seven or more individuals or families for Summer for this bed. An entire class may also adopt this bed for each season, or four families may take on each season and rotate weeks.)
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _______________________
E-mail: ________________________________
As a participant in this ministry program, I agree to assume responsibility for my own actions and hold harmless the Church, Church Leadership, Gardening Leadership and Plot Managers for any liability damage, loss, or claim that occurs in connection with my participation in the Program.
Signature: ___________________________________________
Date: ______________
Please jot down any questions you may have in the space below.
WHEN COMPLETED, PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE PARLOR ROOM, THE CHURCH LIBRARY OR TO THE CHURCH OFFICE--DUE NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 2/14.
Knollwood Community Garden
Adoption Sheet for Peppers & Tomatoes Bed
Care needs for SPRING TEAM:
Ø Early April = plant tomatoes and peppers (transplant from 5 yr. preK classes)
Ø After planting, water every day unless it rains
Ø April – August = weed once or twice weekly; work weekly with Plot Managers to control bug population (search & organically destroy!).
Ø May = harvest as needed
Care Needs for SUMMER TEAM:
Ø June–late August=harvest as needed (every other day during peak maturity, usually July).
Ø Water every day unless it rains
Ø Late August = pull up plants, till and plant red clover for fall cover
Seeds & plants are provided. No tools are needed (intensive sq. foot garden dirt is soft and weeds pull up easily.) Training provided as needed.
YES! I am interested in being on the
Spring Team _______
Summer Team _______
for this raised bed in the Knollwood Community Garden. (We need 11 or more individuals or families for Spring and seven or more individuals or families for Summer for this bed. An entire class may also adopt this bed for each season, or four families may take on each season and rotate weeks.)
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Telephone: _______________________
E-mail: ________________________________
As a participant in this ministry program, I agree to assume responsibility for my own actions and hold harmless the Church, Church Leadership, Gardening Leadership and Plot Managers for any liability damage, loss, or claim that occurs in connection with my participation in the Program.
Signature: ___________________________________________
Date: ______________
Please jot down any questions you may have in the space below.
WHEN COMPLETED, PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE PARLOR ROOM, THE CHURCH LIBRARY OR TO THE CHURCH OFFICE--DUE NO LATER THAN SUNDAY 2/14.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Official KBC Comm. Garden Guidelines
This is an official (sort of legal) document, based on the guidelines from Covenant Methodist Church in High Point. Please review and post any changes/comments here. We will need to elect 3 members from our class to be the Leadership Group Members at some point. If you would like to be one of these members, please volunteer by posting here.
KNOLLWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
330 KNOLLWOOD ST.
WINSTON-SALEM NC 27104
KNOLLWOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN GUIDELINES
I. GARDEN NAME: The name of the program will be KNOLLWOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN.
II. GARDEN ADDRESS: The Program address will 330 Knollwood St., Winston-Salem NC 27104.
III. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Garden is to start a new ministry to our community. The opportunity for this ministry is generated by the rising cost of food and unemployment, and the resulting falling amount of money people have to spend. Many people in our community are not able to maintain adequate and/or healthy diets. Our priority in this initial phase will be to help Hispanic immigrants, who have the highest rates of hunger in our county (and rates above the national average) and who are reluctant to obtain help from established agencies.
This new ministry will be facilitated by starting a community garden through which we will plant, grow, harvest and distribute food to the El Buen Pastor Church congregants in Old Town.
IV. PROGRAM FUNDING:
The Garden will be funded as follows:
A. Contributions or time commitments by each Participant;
B. Possible fundraising projects by Church groups;
C. Donations (of money, surplus home garden produce & garden supplies) from interested Church members; and
D. Donations from the community.
V. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION: Participation in the Program is open to:
A. All members of Knollwood Baptist Church and their family members;
B. Designated representatives of sponsoring organizations; and
C. Community residents who want to participate.
All Garden Participants (if able and willing) should:
A. Complete an Application for Participation (“Application”)[1];
B. Make a contribution of time or money.
C. Abide by the Guidelines.
KBC Community Garden Guidelines
Page Two
VI. PROGRAM PARTICPANT: A Garden Participant (“Participant”) is defined as anyone who has completed and submitted an Application for Participation. Guests may come without completing an application, but will be asked to complete an application via email or snail mail if they plan on continuing to help (for contact purposes).
VII. PARTICPATION CATEGORIES: For purposes of this Garden, all Participants will fall into one of the following categories:
A. Church Member (“Member”) (including their families)
B. Garden Organization/Sponsor (“Sponsor”)
C. Community Resident (“Resident”)
D. Garden Beneficiary (“Beneficiary”)
VIII. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION: The Garden will be administered by a Leadership Group (“Leadership”). Leadership will consist of three (3) to five (5) Church members appointed by Church leadership. The Leadership Group will oversee and administer all aspects of the Program; and will report to the Associate Pastor. Duties and responsibilities of the Leadership Group will include:
A. Interpreting and administering the Guidelines;
B. Developing, recommending, and administering any Approved[2] changes or additions to the Guidelines;
C. Developing and administering an Approved Program Budget, dues and/or recommended contributions;
D. Approving and reporting all Program expenditures;
E. Determining the number, location, and size of Garden Plots (“Plot(s)”);
F. Appointing/approving, developing the duties and responsibilities of, and overseeing all Program Participants (i.e. Plot Manager(s) (“Managers”);
G. Developing and/or approving the formula(s), schedules, and means by which Produce[3] will be distributed;
H. Reporting Program progress and results to the Church and other interested parties; and
I. Recommending Program changes for current and/or successive years.
Decisions: On-going input regarding all aspects of the Gardening Program will be solicited and encouraged from all interested parties. The Leadership Group will consider input from all sources, discuss options, and make appropriate decisions regarding the Program. Leadership decisions require approval by a majority of the Leadership. All decisions that require input and/or Approval of Church leadership will be submitted to the Facilities Committee and to Dr. Kenneth J. Meyers.
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Leadership will report Program progress, issues, and results to stakeholders in a manner and according to a schedule developed by the Leadership and approved by the Facilities Committee and by Dr. Kenneth J. Meyers. Anyone who needs assistance regarding the Program can contact a member of the Leadership Group. Their contact information is as follows:
Leadership Group Members, Focus Area, and Contact Information:
1. Name –– Communications: phone number & email
2. Name – Scheduling: phone number & email
3. Name – Financial & Any Area: Phone number & email
IX. PLOTS:
A. The available gardening space will be divided into sections called “Plots.” Only one plot will exist on the church grounds. The other three plots will be in church members' yards.
B. Plot size will be four (4) feet wide by twelve (12) feet long.
C. Each Plot will be assigned to and managed by a Plot Manager, and the Leadership Team (with help of an experienced gardener) will tell the Plot Manager what goes in each plot.
Anyone who wants to sponsor one or more additional gardening areas can do so by notifying a member of the Leadership Group.
X. PLOT MANAGEMENT:
The management of each Plot will be assigned to and managed by a Plot Manager (“Manager”), who may or may not be a Master Gardner appointed by the Leadership Group. The duties and responsibilities of each Manager will include:
A. Management of his/her assigned Plot(s);
B. Reviewing, implementing, observing, and supporting all Program guidelines as outlined in the Guidelines;
C. Keeping the Leadership Group updated and informed; routing all requests for assistance, materials, supplies and funds back through the Leadership Group; obtaining necessary approvals; and communicating relevant information from the Group to team members;
D. Recruitment (if extra recruits are needed), appointment, and management of all volunteers needed to work on the assigned Plot(s);
E. Development of assigned Plot(s);
F. Identification of the number & spacing of crops to be planted and maintained in the assigned Plot(s);
G. Determining the planting schedule(s) and overseeing all planting activities;
H. Managing assigned budget(s) and materials; and obtaining Leadership Group approval for all expenditures that fall outside the approved budget for each Plot;
I. Determining harvest schedules; and observing and assisting with Produce distribution as determined by the Delivery Committee;
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J. Preparing and submitting reports requested by the Leadership Group, if any are needed.
Plot Managers will serve for a period of one planting & harvest season.
At the end of the caldendar year, the Leadership Committee will decide whether to disassemble the garden or to replant the following year. They will make their proposal to the Facilities Committee at this time.
One hundred percent (100%) of Produce harvested will be donated to the El Buen Pastor Church and to the El Buen Pastor Community Service Mission according to methods and schedules established by the Leadership Group (with input from Program Participants).
XIII. KBC COMMUNITY GARDEN CHANGES:
All changes in the Garden will be approved by the Leadership Group, with input from Church Leadership and other interested parties.
XIV. WATER:
The water needed to water the Garden crops will come from the garden faucet on the church office building.
[1] Applications do not have to be approved; their purpose is to develop a list of Program participants with their contact information.
[2] All Program changes, additions and/or deletions will be approved by Church leadership; i.e. the Pastor(s) or Church Board
[3] Any and all fruit, crops, flowers, etc. produced by the KBC Community Garden.
KNOLLWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
330 KNOLLWOOD ST.
WINSTON-SALEM NC 27104
KNOLLWOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN GUIDELINES
I. GARDEN NAME: The name of the program will be KNOLLWOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN.
II. GARDEN ADDRESS: The Program address will 330 Knollwood St., Winston-Salem NC 27104.
III. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Garden is to start a new ministry to our community. The opportunity for this ministry is generated by the rising cost of food and unemployment, and the resulting falling amount of money people have to spend. Many people in our community are not able to maintain adequate and/or healthy diets. Our priority in this initial phase will be to help Hispanic immigrants, who have the highest rates of hunger in our county (and rates above the national average) and who are reluctant to obtain help from established agencies.
This new ministry will be facilitated by starting a community garden through which we will plant, grow, harvest and distribute food to the El Buen Pastor Church congregants in Old Town.
IV. PROGRAM FUNDING:
The Garden will be funded as follows:
A. Contributions or time commitments by each Participant;
B. Possible fundraising projects by Church groups;
C. Donations (of money, surplus home garden produce & garden supplies) from interested Church members; and
D. Donations from the community.
V. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION: Participation in the Program is open to:
A. All members of Knollwood Baptist Church and their family members;
B. Designated representatives of sponsoring organizations; and
C. Community residents who want to participate.
All Garden Participants (if able and willing) should:
A. Complete an Application for Participation (“Application”)[1];
B. Make a contribution of time or money.
C. Abide by the Guidelines.
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VI. PROGRAM PARTICPANT: A Garden Participant (“Participant”) is defined as anyone who has completed and submitted an Application for Participation. Guests may come without completing an application, but will be asked to complete an application via email or snail mail if they plan on continuing to help (for contact purposes).
VII. PARTICPATION CATEGORIES: For purposes of this Garden, all Participants will fall into one of the following categories:
A. Church Member (“Member”) (including their families)
B. Garden Organization/Sponsor (“Sponsor”)
C. Community Resident (“Resident”)
D. Garden Beneficiary (“Beneficiary”)
VIII. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION: The Garden will be administered by a Leadership Group (“Leadership”). Leadership will consist of three (3) to five (5) Church members appointed by Church leadership. The Leadership Group will oversee and administer all aspects of the Program; and will report to the Associate Pastor. Duties and responsibilities of the Leadership Group will include:
A. Interpreting and administering the Guidelines;
B. Developing, recommending, and administering any Approved[2] changes or additions to the Guidelines;
C. Developing and administering an Approved Program Budget, dues and/or recommended contributions;
D. Approving and reporting all Program expenditures;
E. Determining the number, location, and size of Garden Plots (“Plot(s)”);
F. Appointing/approving, developing the duties and responsibilities of, and overseeing all Program Participants (i.e. Plot Manager(s) (“Managers”);
G. Developing and/or approving the formula(s), schedules, and means by which Produce[3] will be distributed;
H. Reporting Program progress and results to the Church and other interested parties; and
I. Recommending Program changes for current and/or successive years.
Decisions: On-going input regarding all aspects of the Gardening Program will be solicited and encouraged from all interested parties. The Leadership Group will consider input from all sources, discuss options, and make appropriate decisions regarding the Program. Leadership decisions require approval by a majority of the Leadership. All decisions that require input and/or Approval of Church leadership will be submitted to the Facilities Committee and to Dr. Kenneth J. Meyers.
KBC Community Garden Guidelines
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Leadership will report Program progress, issues, and results to stakeholders in a manner and according to a schedule developed by the Leadership and approved by the Facilities Committee and by Dr. Kenneth J. Meyers. Anyone who needs assistance regarding the Program can contact a member of the Leadership Group. Their contact information is as follows:
Leadership Group Members, Focus Area, and Contact Information:
1. Name –– Communications: phone number & email
2. Name – Scheduling: phone number & email
3. Name – Financial & Any Area: Phone number & email
IX. PLOTS:
A. The available gardening space will be divided into sections called “Plots.” Only one plot will exist on the church grounds. The other three plots will be in church members' yards.
B. Plot size will be four (4) feet wide by twelve (12) feet long.
C. Each Plot will be assigned to and managed by a Plot Manager, and the Leadership Team (with help of an experienced gardener) will tell the Plot Manager what goes in each plot.
Anyone who wants to sponsor one or more additional gardening areas can do so by notifying a member of the Leadership Group.
X. PLOT MANAGEMENT:
The management of each Plot will be assigned to and managed by a Plot Manager (“Manager”), who may or may not be a Master Gardner appointed by the Leadership Group. The duties and responsibilities of each Manager will include:
A. Management of his/her assigned Plot(s);
B. Reviewing, implementing, observing, and supporting all Program guidelines as outlined in the Guidelines;
C. Keeping the Leadership Group updated and informed; routing all requests for assistance, materials, supplies and funds back through the Leadership Group; obtaining necessary approvals; and communicating relevant information from the Group to team members;
D. Recruitment (if extra recruits are needed), appointment, and management of all volunteers needed to work on the assigned Plot(s);
E. Development of assigned Plot(s);
F. Identification of the number & spacing of crops to be planted and maintained in the assigned Plot(s);
G. Determining the planting schedule(s) and overseeing all planting activities;
H. Managing assigned budget(s) and materials; and obtaining Leadership Group approval for all expenditures that fall outside the approved budget for each Plot;
I. Determining harvest schedules; and observing and assisting with Produce distribution as determined by the Delivery Committee;
KBC Community Garden Guidelines
Page Four
J. Preparing and submitting reports requested by the Leadership Group, if any are needed.
Plot Managers will serve for a period of one planting & harvest season.
At the end of the caldendar year, the Leadership Committee will decide whether to disassemble the garden or to replant the following year. They will make their proposal to the Facilities Committee at this time.
One hundred percent (100%) of Produce harvested will be donated to the El Buen Pastor Church and to the El Buen Pastor Community Service Mission according to methods and schedules established by the Leadership Group (with input from Program Participants).
XIII. KBC COMMUNITY GARDEN CHANGES:
All changes in the Garden will be approved by the Leadership Group, with input from Church Leadership and other interested parties.
XIV. WATER:
The water needed to water the Garden crops will come from the garden faucet on the church office building.
[1] Applications do not have to be approved; their purpose is to develop a list of Program participants with their contact information.
[2] All Program changes, additions and/or deletions will be approved by Church leadership; i.e. the Pastor(s) or Church Board
[3] Any and all fruit, crops, flowers, etc. produced by the KBC Community Garden.
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