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AmeriCorps Internship

There are 2 AmeriCorps Internship positions with the garden this summer, the duties include: Plan and run gardening classes, run and expand the childrens gardening program, recruit and train volunteer, and other day-to-day gardening activities! If interested please call or email me!!!

Earth Day

We will be having garden clean up on April 22nd, Earth Day! If you would like to come help on this holiday, please contact me.

We will be grilling hotdogs, and just having a general good time!!!!

2011 garden season

CASFB Community Garden
Starting in late April, Community Action Services and Food Bank will be leasing small garden plots in their community garden behind the Boulders Apartments located at approximately 654 W 750 S in Provo (click on the map below for more detail). The CASFB Community Garden will allow families with limited yard space to grow their own fresh produce alongside their neighbors and other community members.

Garden Plots are measured in 4’X20’ rectangles with 4’ walkways between plots. Watering will be provided as a service of the garden. Gardeners will be responsible for providing their own tools, seeds, etc. CASFB Community Garden will be renting plots on a sliding scale starting at $10/month for the six month gardening season (explanation: depending on an individual family’s particular financial circumstance a reduced monthly fee agreement can be decided). A $20 rebate will be given at the end of the season if garden plots are cleaned of all weeds, green waste, etc.

How do I sign up?
On Saturday, April 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m., we will be at the garden site registering families for plots until the garden space is filled. Rental fees can be paid by cash or check. During registration families will choose their plot. Paint and marking stones will be available for children who would like to claim their family’s plot with a decorative stone. Plots will be rented on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you can not make it to a Saturday registration, please contact us and you can make an appointment to register on a different day.

Anybody ready for a salad?

Volunteer Opportunities for the Community Garden

Garden Assistant Coordinator

The garden assistant coordinator helps the Community Garden coordinator in managing overall administration for the Community Garden. Duties include developing relationships with gardeners, recruiting volunteers, irrigation system maintenance, fundraising, mediation among gardeners, and ensuring overall garden security. The assistant is responsible for all garden operations in the coordinators absence.

Time Commitment: May-September, 4-6 hours/week

Food Bank Gardeners

Food Bank gardeners are responsible for tending to the garden plots in which the produce is donated to the Food Bank. Gardeners can volunteer as an ongoing commitment or as a one time service project.

Time Commitment: May-September, 1 hour/week; one time commitment of 1-2 hours

Weed Eaters/ Lawn Mowers/ Landscaping

Volunteers are needed to help maintain the lawn and weeds of the garden. Community Action Services and Food Bank does not have either of these, and it is greatly needed.

Time Commitment: May- October, once a week

Fall Cleanup

Volunteers are needed to help community gardeners clear the land for the winter season. Labor needed includes pulling out vegetation, clearing rocks, disassembling irrigation system, and hauling waste to garbage sites.

Time Commitment: October, one time commitment of 1-3 hours

If interested contact:

Jillian Sargent

801-691-5224

JSargent@communityactionuc.org

Community Garden

This is the third year the Community Garden has been operating and it is my first year to be involved in it. So far everything is very successful (except my plot of course), almost every time I visit the garden I am lucky enough to see people picking their produce that they have worked hard to grow! It is always good to see people get the reward for something that they have worked so hard on!

The kids gardening program is ending this month and was very successful, . Community Action Services and Food Bank was lucky enough to get a Summer Associate VISTA, Matthew, who ran this program. He taught the kids basics about gardening while they grew a Salsa garden, and then they played fun games.

We are also lucky because I have received word that the Community Garden will be able to remain in this location next year!! This is very exciting, because it is such a great location because most of the gardeners are located within the apartment complex that it is located!