East Phillips Community 17th
Ave. Garden
Garden Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
September 7, 2021
Present: Emrys, Lindsey, Sarah
Facilitator: Emrys
Notetaker: Sarah S
7:00- 7:05 Gathering. Tune in, feel into the
ground, come into quiet presence (Roll Call)
7:05-7:10 Opening go-around - check in
7:10-7:15 Announcements
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Next General Garden Meeting is
Saturday, September 11 at 9am
●
Next Steering Committee Meeting is
Monday, October 4 at 7pm
●
Corcoran Pollinator Project
meeting is tomorrow (Wednesday, September 8) at 6pm, in coordinator’s yard across from
Corcoran Park
7:15-7:25 Committee Updates
1)
Finance
a)
Insurance policy
b)
Banking
c)
Grants
d)
Budget
i)
EPIC approved of $1,000 for garden
(until Dec. 2021)
ii)
EPIC requesting $5,000 for garden
in Equitable Engagement plan (Jan 2022-Dec 2022)
2)
Outreach and Community
a)
Harm reduction
i)
Syringe box
ii)
Narcan event
iii)
Harvest Party
(1) Have planned for 3rd
Saturday of October (October 16)
iv)
Covid Policy
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3)
Transition team and
admin/visioning
●
Will bring to General Garden
Meeting
●
Next will be brought to EPIC board
meeting
b)
Wheel of the year
4)
Green and Built Infrastructure
●
Short term seasonal
○
Tree update
■
Brandon (Emry’s Arborist friend)
looked over garden trees
●
cherry tree is salvageable - might
need chemical treatment
●
Recommends Rainbow tree care for
chemical treatment
●
Trim large mulberry in back so he
can back up truck
○
will give us mulch
■
Go ahead on small load of mulch?
■
Do larger load in the fall for
beds, paths etc.
●
Brandon is writing up bid
■
Step up hygiene around fruit trees
■
Who is interested in learning to
prune?
■
Some trees may need to be removed
before fencing is fixed
●
Fencing
○
South end is falling - at least 10
fence posts that are loose and falling over
○
Some trees may need to be removed
before fencing is fixed
○
If there’s money to pay people to
do it
■
Ask Matt to take a look and
provide a quote
○
Can we use Seward grant money?
■
Need report from Carol and Brad - what’s it been used on
and how much has been spent
●
End of 2020 - $3,200.95 left - is this correct?
●
What are guidelines of grant?
●
Vision:
○
how permaculture infrastructure
could replace current fencing
○
Container gardens, art
installation
○
Edible forest
○
Incorporating ADA accessibility
●
Fall needs
○
Lauren Evans is interested in
doing a soil building workshop
○
Idea to ask people whether they
want a plot in the fall (rather than spring)
■
Get temperature for next year -
don’t ask people to commit though
7:25-7:45 Items for General Garden Meeting - include when2meet in mtg
announcement email
1)
Updates from above
●
Green and Built infrastructure
○
Brandon (Emry’s Arborist friend)
looked over garden trees
■
cherry tree is salvageable - might
need chemical treatment
■
Recommends Rainbow tree care for
chemical treatment
○
Brandon is writing up bid
○
Step up hygiene around fruit trees
○
Trim large mulberry in back so he
can back up truck
■
will give us mulch
●
Go ahead on small load of mulch?
●
Do larger load in the fall for
beds, paths etc.
○
Who is interested in learning to
prune fruit trees?
●
Transition team and
admin/visioning
●
Will bring to General Garden
Meeting
●
Next will be brought to EPIC board
meeting
●
Outreach and Community
●
Harm reduction - ask Jack about alley or in front
■
Syringe box - alley or in front of
garden in boulevard?
●
Update on Narcan training - Fawn
●
Building soil workshop - Lauren
2)
Plan a fall work day?
○
Raking around fruit trees
○
Putting unplanted plots to bed
○
Mulch paths
○
Draining rain barrels
3)
Visioning?
●
What are your wildest dreams for
the garden? Utopia on 17th Ave? Why?
●
What does it look like? what is
growing? what does it feel like? what is happening? who is there?
7:45-8 Review commitments/next steps
8:15 Adjourn
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