[Communications] Community garden question and request

[Don Boekelheide]

What the heck, I finished a draft. So, check it out, if you want.

10 steps to sustaining a community garden DRAFT
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B48UDJuoqwvWiM2yYNcpI-JTgWn4LtjpBfHjXV580eI/edit?usp=sharing>

It's very raw, just off the top, so feel free to make any suggestions you
want. Maybe some of my suggestions stink. It needs to be much shorter. The
order can change, and more important stuff (I said nothing about grant
writing...) may need to bump my touchie-feelie draft suggestions.

Anyway, I'd be grateful for any suggestions.

I'm hoping to have this edition of Community Gardening out by early June.
So, it's quick turnaround. Sorry about that!

And of course it's spring. Nobody who works with gardening has any time in
the spring, who am I kidding? I know that!

Don

PS: If Google Docs won't let you in, it should prompt you to tell me to
give you access. I will, though it may take me a few hours before. I'm
outside a lot (see above.) Beautiful weather here this week, not too hot
yet. Sugar snap peas, in abundance.

On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:25 PM Don Boekelheide <
don.boekelheide at communitygarden.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> If you don't mind me calling this a convening of a Council of Wisdom, but
> I have a question or two, and a connection you might be interested in.
>
> My questions are this:
>
> First, the upcoming edition of ACGA's Community Gardening will feature an
> article about ACGA's famous "10 steps to starting a community garden."
> (Community Gardening is now the name of ACGA's magazine, formerly The
> Community Greening Review, and before that (with Sally McCabe as editor for
> much of its existence) The Journal of Community Gardening.)
>
> The steps are here, thanks to Dr. Lucy Bradley, now at NC State CES:
>
>
> https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no
>
> Rather than rehash them, the original 10 are still pretty darn good (see
> question 2), so the story will propose 10 steps to SUSTAINING a community
> garden. Two questions about that:
>
> Any key things jump into your mind about how to do that?
>
> And would you mind looking over the draft a little later this week? It
> won't be super-long, maybe 600-800 words. That way, you can add (and you'll
> be credited!) your thoughts and suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Second question: Does anyone know where our original 10 steps originated?
> Was there a principle writer, or did ACGA's board come up with it, or a
> little of both?
>
> Now, finally, for those of you interested, Linda Appel Lipsius, ED of DUG,
> has created a national leadership forum to discuss community gardening and
> related issues, using technological tools that weren't around when those
> first 10 steps were created. If you are interested and have time, please
> contact Linda, who is on this email. The meetings I've attended are truly
> inspiring. ACGA's current board members are taking part, so you can "meet"
> some of them there, too.
>
> Best, and thanks (and I'm impressed with all you guys have accomplished,
> on behalf of community gardens, and simply in your lives. You are amazing
> and inspiring, all of you!)
>
> Don
>
> Don Boekelheide
> Editor (currently, anyway...)
> ACGA's Community Gardening
> (in case you want to read the latest edition, it's here: Community
> Gardening
> <https://www.communitygarden.org/community-gardening-magazine-2023-beta>)
> Phone friendly.
>
>
>
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