Garden Organizing Workgroup Meeting
Thursday, June 16 2022
Present: Emrys, Lindsey, Sarah, Fawn, Hindolo
Saturdays from 10am-2pm for Wiconie families
Can do communal spaces
Will be putting up signs in Ojibwe
Wiconie has it in their budget to add signage to East Phillips Garden - front of garden too for the public
Food resources
Syringe exchange resources
Dakota and Ojibwe language component for kids to see their language in the neighborhood
Will move forward with it
Emrys and Fawn will connect to discuss next steps
Workshop proposal for Permaculture curriculum/day camp from Hindolo
Line item for food budget, city $/can't use?
Accessibility statement/bathroom facilities
Covid
Site prep
Questions from lindsey- what kind of time commitment/support is needed from garden? Want to make sure gardeners will still have access to work in garden during this week. Also planning for potential conflict of time/space with other groups (SSFNC and D&O).
Dates are subject to change
Hindolo will participate in recruitment and outreach
Get in E-news and Alley
Have form for people to sign people up
Talk with Wiconie families on Saturday mornings
Looking at it as a summer camp for families
Space
Closing of season - will need building for some portions
EPIC office - 10 people
East Phillips Park - if more than 10 people
Open M-F 3-6pm
Saturday 12-6
As soon as know dates will need to connect with Park
Between August and September 15
1st or second week of September?
Budget - garden portion - DISCUSS at July GMM
Full $800 towards permaculture
Pull some of larger design/fencing workshops towards this since ties in
Garden visioning - factor into permaculture workshop - Hidolo will work on
Can people drop in?
Yes, leave it flexible
Be sure to communicate this with SSFNC
Question about providing a stipend for participation - $20 gas card
Microgrant approval
Untended plots:
Check ins, what do folks need?
How can we help?
Limit punitive lingo
Check ins with gardeners who may need help getting plots started. Mutual aid work day?
Workdays
Clean out behind shed (and IN shed)
Put up bulletins
Compost area
Outreach calls
Workdays
Note untended plots - check in - see if need support
Ask if they are willing to help people who may need help tending their
Permaculture proposal at next garden meeting
Covid policy
Garden material needs- tools etc.
Garden stewardship needs- shed maintenance etc.
(Generate lists/brainstorm, assess priorities and present to garden to collectively decide work plan/strategy)
Whole garden redesign process: mission and vision, compost area, boulevard proposal, permaculture design, everyone wants more gardening space, growing more food for more people, more community participation, education and skill sharing, mutual aid with neighborhood food justice&sovereignty work, accessibility, etc.
Herb, perennial flower, medicine
Linnea and Dave are helping in the herb garden
Signs-Lindsey met with Fawn. Fawn will start putting up signs for some of the shared areas as well as the D&O plots. Fawn and I also talked about that the sign project might be able to fund a chalkboard (esp for youth practice language, and also garden event/meeting info) plus plexi covered bulletin board for posters and community resources to the right of the little free library, and some other ideas for external signage in Dakota and Ojibwe. We also talked a little bit about the Sharps disposal box project and where that’s at. Ryan and Linnea are also both brainstorming with me on sign/label stuff that the Language project might not cover.
Arborist credit- do we want to remove weedy mulberry south of front gate?
How much is credit?
Peoples land network:
Community garden round table, who else to invite (brainstorm):
Luz from Seward Cafe garden
Gloria @ nacdi garden
Etc.
Meeting with Alisa Thurs morning, lmk any questions/ideas/concerns to talk to her about.
Workshop proposal for youth programming with mpls parks and rec youth from Joe
Garden as location for Edible Boulevards Cooking Class- Michelle is looking for a Southside Community Garden location for either the August or October https://fb.me/e/2ynBBnTjA
Info from Michelle on what they are looking for and timeline stuff:
For most of the gardens, we're asking people to bring their own chairs and blankets, but if there are a few chairs there for people who might not have a chair to bring, that'd be awesome. The main things we'd need?
a table if you have one for them to cook at.
Is there a power supply? If there's access to a power supply at the garden, that might change what we'd be able to make. If not, then it'll be something raw, which is fine too.
Kelly Shay will be teaching the classes in August and October. We'd need to know the location for August by the second Friday in July (is that the 9th?) since I create the event that night and then we advertise it at the cooking class the next day so people know where we'll be next and what they'll be learning. Does that sound doable? I'm also checking with a garden in North Minneapolis to take one of the two dates.
What other tasks do we need to ask for help? (lindsey needs help doing meeting outreach)
Maybe sending out a skill-share survey would help? (so check boxes with needs, plus blank fields for free text?)
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