How the Garden works:
Are you interested in gardening with us? Then become a Fulton Place Community Garden Member! Garden Members must attend the pre-season garden meeting, where we will explain the process for the season, ask that you sign a Garden Contract (see document below) and assign you a Sunshine Garden plot!
Are you interested in being a part of the garden group and contributing towards the garden, but don't necessarily want your own individual garden plot? Then become a Friend of the Garden! Friends of the Garden members help plant and maintain the communal areas of the garden, including the fruit trees and shrubs, and the nine communal garden plots. These crops will be shared across members of the garden. Friends of the Garden can also share knowledge (or gain knowledge!) from other gardeners and in return meet new neighbours and make new friendships. We really want to include as many community members in the garden, regardless of age, gardening knowledge or ability. Friends of the Garden members are asked to sign a Non-plot Statement of Expectations (see document below).
The Sunshine Garden is focused on meeting the needs of seniors and children, as there are many seniors and young families in our neighbourhood. As such, several garden plots are raised 25" off the ground, so that someone with reduced mobility could easily garden from a walker or wheelchair, or sit on the side of the garden bed to garden. Our garden shed will also be accessible to those with reduced mobility, and we also will have ergonomic gardening tools available that are especially designed for those gardening from a seated position. For children, we have entered into exciting community partnerships with Fulton Place Childcare Association, Capilano Playschool Association and Hardisty K-9 School to ensure that children in the neighbourhood have access to the garden and can learn about growing food. We plan on having a kids plot as well as a donation plot that will be donated the community and/or to the Food Bank of Edmonton.
Interested? Let's grow together!
What can I grow?
What can't I grow?
What is in the communal space?
Are you interested in being a part of the garden group and contributing towards the garden, but don't necessarily want your own individual garden plot? Then become a Friend of the Garden! Friends of the Garden members help plant and maintain the communal areas of the garden, including the fruit trees and shrubs, and the nine communal garden plots. These crops will be shared across members of the garden. Friends of the Garden can also share knowledge (or gain knowledge!) from other gardeners and in return meet new neighbours and make new friendships. We really want to include as many community members in the garden, regardless of age, gardening knowledge or ability. Friends of the Garden members are asked to sign a Non-plot Statement of Expectations (see document below).
The Sunshine Garden is focused on meeting the needs of seniors and children, as there are many seniors and young families in our neighbourhood. As such, several garden plots are raised 25" off the ground, so that someone with reduced mobility could easily garden from a walker or wheelchair, or sit on the side of the garden bed to garden. Our garden shed will also be accessible to those with reduced mobility, and we also will have ergonomic gardening tools available that are especially designed for those gardening from a seated position. For children, we have entered into exciting community partnerships with Fulton Place Childcare Association, Capilano Playschool Association and Hardisty K-9 School to ensure that children in the neighbourhood have access to the garden and can learn about growing food. We plan on having a kids plot as well as a donation plot that will be donated the community and/or to the Food Bank of Edmonton.
Interested? Let's grow together!
What can I grow?
What can't I grow?
What is in the communal space?
Garden contracts
A Garden Contract is signed by each garden member, and by a member of the Garden Committee. This lays out the practical rules for gardening together, so that we operate under a common understanding. Garden members with individual plots sign the Garden Contract, and garden members that are Friends of the Garden (without plots but with access to the communal areas) sign the Expectations for Friends of the Garden Members.
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