Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community Gardens

[Lauren (laurenlake161]

Here at Green Grove Cohousing (9 homes on 5 acres in Forest Grove, Oregon) we 
have a large main garden that we tend together. We also have apple orchards and 
blueberry and strawberry patches. Some residents grow extra veggies or berries 
on smaller plots or pots near their homes.

For the main garden:

Annual costs for seed, starts, compost, fertilizer, mulch, etc. are an optional 
expense. Residents can buy a share and this entitles them to harvest from the 
garden. Most (all?) residents opt in.

Major improvements like installing a garden shed or improving the fencing come 
from our regular budget and are voted on by the community.

Caring for the garden:

planting, weeding, harvesting, or watering counts as community work hours (each 
resident must do 6 hours of work participation each month, and working in the 
garden is one option).

work parties are scheduled for bigger projects like getting ready for spring 
planting or putting the garden to bed.

Our garden leader would be happy to chat with you via Zoom. Let me know if 
you’d like me to help set that up.

Lauren

> On Monday, Jan 22, 2024 at 7:33 AM, Joel Bartlett <altairecovillage [at] 
> gmail.com (mailto:altairecovillage [at] gmail.com)> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> We at Altair are looking at the different aspects of Cohousing Community
> Gardens. We are interested in connecting with you regarding your garden and
> how you got started. Some questions are: What were your parameters and
> starting questions? Are you able to accommodate all interested gardeners?
> Do you have individual plots for each gardener or do residents work
> together on a common plot? Raised beds or in ground plots? How do you go
> about maintenance? Would you be interested in a phone or Zoom call to help
> us further?
>
> Yours, Joel
> www.altairecovillage.org
> 610-220-6172
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