Guiding Manual for Small Group Leaders

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T
he mission of Imagine
Community Gardens is to
resource inner city churches
with products, training and
manpower, to create and
develop community vegetable
gardens, sowing seeds of
friendship, hope and faith.
guiding manual
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contents
• top 10 reasons to have a community garden . . . . . 1
• introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
• community garden ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
• why lockport? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• free of charge, from icg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
• starting an icg community garden . . . . . . . . . . . 8
• sample icg site plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
• raised bed & composter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
• article from Lockport Union-Sun & Journal . . . . . 12
• article from The Buffalo News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
• icg online & contact info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
appendix
• garden site agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
• small group leader intent form . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
• new member application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
• First Fruits™ sign-up form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
• garden rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
• conflict resolution template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
• spring schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
• garden plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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© 2013 Imagine Community Gardens, Inc. | imaginecommunitygardens.org
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top 10 reasons
to have a community garden
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Improves the quality of life for people in the garden
Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
Stimulates Social Interaction
Encourages Self-Reliance
Beautifies Neighborhoods
Produces Nutritious Food
Reduces Family Food Budgets
Conserves Resources
Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education
Reduces Crime
American Community Garden Association, ACGA. “Benefits of Community Gardens”
http://www.communitygarden.org/learn/ (11 February, 2013)
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introduction
Imagine Community Gardens (ICG) is a federally recognized,
faith-based, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
• This ministry is all-inclusive; without regard to age, gender,
creed, national origin, or economic status.
• The inspiration for this ministry was the result of Bob Zima’s
experience at a “plant church” in the city of Buffalo. He saw
how church members became encouraged and rose up to take
ownership of their lives and the community.
• The organization is governed by an all-voluntary Board of
Directors, who are committed to the success of the gardens.
• The organization is funded through private and corporate
donations, grants from local, city, state and federal governments
and local business generosity.
• Mr. Bob Zima serves as President; Mr. Richard Tedeschi as
Vice President. Both men have owned and operated successful
local businesses; Mr. Zima, of Aqua Systems of WNY, and
Mr. Tedeschi, of Jacrist Gardening Services, Inc.
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community garden ministry
This ministry partners suburban and city church members to:
• Become a catalyst to non-churched people in the adjacent
neighborhood to hear and see the gospel in action.
• Provide opportunities for gardeners to feel good about themselves
through direct action, education and community involvement in a
fun and supportive atmosphere.
• Improve the diet and economic budget of participants by producing
nutritious, bountiful vegetable gardens.
• Improve the immediate neighborhood atmosphere and real estate
values by creating and maintaining an attractive neighborhood asset.
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why lockport?
• The gap between the city and suburbs becomes wider each
year as more and more of the middle class leave the city for
the suburbs.
• There is a growing disconnect between suburban and
urban families, which breeds distrust, fear and cultural
misunderstandings.
• Incorporated in 1865, Lockport is best known for the many
locks that lift boats from the lowland of Lake Ontario past
the Niagara Escarpment. The city of Lockport is centrally
located in the Western New York/Southern Ontario Region.
It boasts the fastest growing population in upstate New York.
• In 2011, the total population of Lockport was 21,172.*
• Manufacturing is the leading employer of Lockport residents
at 23 percent, followed by retail at 10 percent.*
• However…
*Statistics according to City-Data.com
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why lockport?
Current statistics paint a very different reality:
• As of August 2012, the unemployment rate in Lockport
was 9.9 percent, compared to the rest of New York State
at 8.8 percent.
• In 2009, the median household income in Lockport was
$34,196; per capita income, $20,935.
• 25.8 percent of children in Lockport live in poverty;
while the rate throughout the rest of New York State is
19.7 percent.
• Although 81 percent of Lockport’s population graduated
from high school as of 2009, 24.5 percent had an income
below the recognized federal poverty level.
In order to begin the process of positively affecting these
daunting circumstances and improving the lives of
community residents, the City of Lockport was selected
as the site of the pilot project of Imagine Community
Gardens (in partnership with The Chapel at Lockport and
The Chapel at Crosspoint).
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free of charge, from icg:
• Garden Site: Including the actual garden site, professionally
designed landscape plan, complete garden construction, and
meeting any town or city requirements for approval, with
liability insurance secured for the site.
• Supplies & Materials: All the H-Garden Pod™ raised bed
planters, gardening soil, storage bins, Fertigation® drip
irrigation system, organic fertilizer, seeds and started
vegetables, ornamental shrubs, trees, flowers and necessary
tools and equipment.
• Educational Workshops & Training: For garden members
and interested city residents throughout the season on
such topics as “How to Maintain a Garden,” “Canning and
Preserving Produce,” and instruction on “How to Join an
Existing Farmer’s Market!”
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free of charge, from icg:
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ardeners get to choose from three different ICG Vegetable
Gardens based on the best current organic, horticultural,
companion plant, disease-and-pest-control theories and practices
to insure the highest organic quality and yield for the garden, with
planned proper crop rotations each year:
• Mediterranean Garden™
• Make It Yours™
• Bountiful Garden™
• Participating gardeners will freely share 10 percent of their
produce with neighborhood residents through the First Fruits™
program.
• Each H-Garden Pod™ group will donate vegetables through our
Community Choice™ program, to nearby charitable organizations,
such as food kitchens and senior citizen groups throughout the
growing season.
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starting an
icg community garden
• ICG approaches and secures a city church and a suburban church
to form a partnership. A coordinated small group ministry will
then reach out to nearby city residents to model the gospel, using
the community garden as the vehicle.
• A city garden site is selected and secured by ICG with liability
insurance provided.
• ICG completes a site plan design for the garden and completes
city or town requirements necessary for site approval.
• A Garden Manager is selected to be in charge of the garden site.
A Master Gardener from County Cooperative Extension will be
assigned and will assist the community garden manager and
gardeners throughout the season.
• Small group leaders will be in charge of each H-Garden Pod,™
with one raised-garden bed for each Sponsor and Host Church
family, and three beds reserved for nearby neighborhood families.
• Each H-Garden Pod™ group will donate vegetables through our
Community Choice™ program, to nearby charitable organizations,
such as food kitchens and senior citizen groups throughout the
growing season.
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starting an
icg community garden
• Garden ministry church members invite residents of the immediate
neighborhood to join the garden.
• ICG secures all the seeds, started plants, perennials, shrubs and
trees, then installs all of the garden components as per the site plan.
• First Fruits Giving™ – Gardeners freely distribute 10 percent of the
harvest to families in the immediate neighborhood, using provided
bags labeled “First Fruits.” As a group, they will set aside additional
vegetables for donation to neighboring charitable organizations,
ensuring neighborhood residents benefit from the community
garden members’ success.
• With guidance from the Garden Manager, small group leaders
and Master Gardener, garden members will maintain the site
throughout the season.
• ICG will continue to provide support throughout season for
members and neighborhood residents through free training and
educational workshops.
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sample icg site plan
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raised-bed garden & composter
44.5”x 5.5”x 1.5”
Straight Composite 2” Timber
features:
• Improves the quality of the soil
• Gives back to the environment
• Incorporates with Frame It All Raised Gardens
4” x 12’ x 12”
Straight Composite 1” Timber
kit includes:
14
8
6
6
kit includes:
18
7
2
Composite Plastic Timbers
2-packs of Stacking Joints
4-way Stacking Joints
•Made from recycled plastic
•Adjusts easily to a variety of heights,shapes and sizes
•Provides a deeper topsoil layer and Improves drainage
•Will never rot nor splinter
•UV Protected
Composite Plastic Timbers
2-packs of Stacking Joints
Stacking Stakes
2-packs of Finishing Sleeves
To achieve a garden which incorporates the attributes of
sustainable gardening is greatly assisted by the treating of
soil with home made compost – especially compost which
utilizes vegetation from your own garden. Composting
improves the quality of the soil and gives back to the
environment. We designed this easy-use, stand alone, Frame
It All™ Composter to blend in with the Frame It All Raised
Garden Beds -attractive to the eye and easy to assemble.
The Frame It All™ patented Stacking and ‘green’, Composite
Wood Grain Timbers; manufactured from a blend of 60%
recycled post consumer plastic and 40 percent natural fibers
never rot nor become infested.
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ICG in the local
news, february 18, 2013
By Joyce M. Miles, Lockport
Union-Sun & Journal
P
lans for a community garden on Washburn Street are up
for city review over
the next few weeks.
Imagine Community
Gardens Inc., an East
Amherst-based not-for-profit
enterprise, is proposing a
community garden at 221, 225
and 227 Washburn St., three
undeveloped lots south of the
Washburn/Elmwood Avenue
intersection.
ICG is buying up the
properties with the intention
of seeing them transformed to
an organic garden this year.
Flowers, shrubbery and some
dwarf fruit trees would be
planted along the perimeter.
Inside, 15 4-by-12-foot raised
beds would be available for
cultivation by families in the
immediate area.
Once the foundation is in
place, the garden would be
managed by The Chapel, ICG
founder Robert Zima’s church.
Ten or so members of The
Chapel at Lockport, and a
local Master Gardener, would
team up with the 15 families
for the length of the growing
season to encourage vegetable
production.
IGC would arrange
community workshops that
run the gamut of gardening
issues, from pest control and
fertilization to how to prepare
and serve fresh vegetables.
Imagine Community
Gardens is Zima’s vision
for how suburban churches
and their smaller inner-city
counterparts can work together
to revitalize neighborhoods
and lift up people.
Community gardens are
taking root in urban centers
across the United States, as a
means to fill holes in battered
neighborhoods both literally
and figuratively, according
to Zima. Urban gardening
breathes new life into vacant
lots, reintroduces fresh
produce in places that have
become “food deserts” and on
multiple levels encourages
healthier living.
“Community gardens
revitalize neighborhoods; they
restore community spirit and
neighborhood unity,” Zima
said. “Research shows that
wherever they are, crime
goes down, education goes up,
physical activity goes up ... .
It’s a very good program for
young people.”
If it’s approved by the City of
Lockport, the Washburn Street
garden will be IGC’s “pilot”
or test model for establishing
church-led community gardens
in Western New York cities,
Zima said. He envisions
IGC seeding five community
gardens next year, and 10
gardens in 2015.
The gist is that IGC will,
through donations, supply
and set up the garden
infrastructure — raised bed
frames, fencing, drip irrigation
systems, et cetera, as well as
plants, seeds, soil and fertilizer
— and then turn it all over to
churches that commit to keep
up the gardens and program.
IGC will work with all
denominations, Zima said.
For the Washburn Street
community garden, IGC has
lined up donations of organic
soil from C.J. Krantz Topsoil
and plants from Thompson
Bros. greenhouses in Clarence.
The company is buying prefabricated raised beds made
from recycled materials and
UV-resistant so that they’re
long lasting, Zima said. Families accepted into the program
will be free to grow whatever
vegetables they choose, but
they’ll be encouraged to choose
one of three suggested “companion” garden schemes for
natural protection against bugs
and disease.
Raised beds would be
awarded to families on an
application basis, Zima said. If
more than 15 families go after
a Washburn bed — as Chapel
members believe they will
— those who don’t get picked
would be offered the “first
fruits” of the garden this year,
in addition to a guaranteed
bed next year.
Families that receive a bed
will be expected to donate
at least 10 percent of their
produce to a local soup kitchen
or other community charity,
Zima said. The remainder is
theirs to keep and eat or, if
they’re game, put up for sale at
the city farmers market.
“This isn’t meant to be a
business, it’s to have fun.
Growing things is fun,” Zima
said. “We’re designing these
gardens almost like a park;
(the Washburn garden) is going
to be beautiful. It’s going to
be a place the neighborhood is
proud of.”
IGC Inc. needs approvals
from the zoning and planning
boards, and a special use
permit from the Common
Council, before the Washburn
garden is a go. The company
wants to buy a portion of 221
Washburn, a parking lot, from
Washburn Street Meat Market
owner Don Kaufman and have
it combined with 225 and
227 Washburn; that requires
subdivision approval from the
boards. The Council will be
asked to approve a special use
permit allowing IGC’s use of
residential-zoned property for
agricultural purposes.
The zoning board is meeting
on IGC’s variance requests
Feb. 26.
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ICG in The Buffalo News, march 2, 2013
L
By Thomas Prohaska
OCKPORT – An Erie
County group with big
ideas about how gardening could help Lockport’s
most run-down neighborhood may get a chance to put its
plans into practice soon.
Imagine Community Gardens
is seeking to convert three vacant
lots on Washburn Street into public
gardens this spring.
The city Zoning Board of Appeals
granted the variances for the plan
Tuesday.
The city Planning Board will
consider the project Monday, and
the Common Council may vote
at Wednesday’s meeting to call a
public hearing on a special-use
permit, which would likely be held
at the March 20 meeting.
Imagine is a nonprofit
organization that chose Lockport
for its pilot project because some
of its members are also members
of the Chapel at CrossPoint, the
Amherst megachurch whose
Lockport branch holds Sunday
services in the Historic Palace
Theatre.
Both Chapels are involved in
the project to the extent of having
some members claim space in
the gardens, working last month
alongside residents of the Lockport
neighborhood designated as a
high-crime Impact Zone by Mayor
Michael W. Tucker.
The founder of Imagine, Robert J.
Zima of East Amherst, is a Chapel
member.
“We’re a company that wants to
connect suburban churches to city
churches,” said Zima, who lived in
Lockport for 25 years.
“We only happen to be using our
contacts,” said gardening expert
Richard M. Tedeschi of Buffalo,
owner of Jacrist Gardening
Services of Clarence.
Imagine has signed purchase
contracts on three adjoining lots
on the west side of Washburn
Street, numbered 221, 225 and 227,
near the Harrison Place business
complex, according to Imagine’s
attorney, Thomas H. Brandt.
One is owned by the city, one by
a Toronto woman and the third by
Donald G. Kaufman, who also owns
the Washburn Street Meat Market
across the street.
Kaufman said that he bought 221
Washburn as a parking lot for his
business but that he paved only half
of the 40-by-90-foot lot. Now he will
sell the unpaved half to Imagine.
He said he’s in favor of “anything
that can help that neighborhood,
spruce up that corner. They’ve
been cracking down in that whole
area with the Imapct Zone, and it’s
working. This is going to be a big
help to that neighborhood and to
the city.”
“You’re going into an area that
is challenged, to say the least. I’m
worried about security,” said Allan
W. Jack of the Zoning Board.
Tedeschi, a Chapel at CrossPoint
member, said that a 4-foot-high
chain-link fence will surround the
garden, mainly to keep animals
out.
The plan includes the
construction of a 40-square-foot
toolshed, Brandt said.
Zima said there will be 25 garden
plots in all, measuring 4 by 12 feet:
15 for residents of Washburn Street,
Evans Street and Elmwood Avenue,
and 10 for Chapel members, half
from the Lockport branch and the
other half from Lockport residents
who attend the Amherst location.
The plots will be subdivided into
groupings of five, where three local
families and two church families
will presumably meet and bond
over gardening.
“We want them to take
ownership. This is their garden,”
Zima said. But Imagine will
provide all the seeds and seedlings
for free, and pay the insurance and
other costs, such as providing a
drip irrigation system. In all, about
$35,000 is being invested in the
project, Zima said.
Tedeschi said he has created
three gardening themes of flowers,
vegetables and herbs.
Working with a Niagara County
master gardener to be lined up
by Cornell Cooperative Extension
agent John A. Farfaglia, growers
will use organic fertilizers and
high-yield varieties to be chosen by
Tedeschi.
Organic topsoil is being donated
by C.J. Krantz of Clarence, and
Dawn E. Trippie of Thompson
Bros., another Clarence business,
will provide the plants, Tedeschi
said.
The gardens will be planted in
raised beds a foot above the actual
ground level. Tedeschi said the
specially chosen plants and soil
should produce consistent results.
Barbara Clawson-Cole of Buffalo,
executive director of Imagine, said
the not-for-profit group has notions
of creating other gardens in 2014.
Zima said that there might be
another in Lockport, one in Niagara
Falls and three in Erie County.
Clawson-Cole said Imagine
intends to work with Greenprint, a
Niagara University group that she
said has been given five acres of
vacant lots in Niagara Falls by the
city.
Imagine also will look for
churches to partner with in the
communities where it expands.
In Lockport, Imagine teams will
go door-to-door in April to look for
Impact Zone families who want to
garden.
“The participants have to agree
to give 10 percent [of the produce]
back to the community,” Zima said.
Applicants who miss out on being
among the 15 families chosen for
garden plots will receive the “first
fruits,” he said.
The gardeners also will be offered
instruction in how to properly cook
and preserve veggies, workshops
that also will be open to the general
public, Zima said.
“Community gardens are huge all
over the nation. It reduces crime,”
Zima said. And they also address
the issue of a lack of fresh produce
in stores in poor urban areas.
“I live in that area,” Jack said,
“dnd I’m really excited by it.”
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icg online
gardensbyicg.org
facebook.com/ImagineCommunityGardens
@gardensbyicg
contacts
bob zima
president
(716) 818.2789 [email protected]
richard tedeschi vice president (716) 472.4363 [email protected]
icg main office
7071 transit rd., east amherst, ny 14051 • ph. (716) 688.0139 • fax (716) 688-0364
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2013 garden site agreement
This agreement is between the Imagine Community Gardens
H O RInc.
I Z O N T A L •Gardeners
L O G O T Y P E who have previously gardened at the site will be given
(ICG) Sponsor church: [_______________________] and Host
preference as are members living in the nearby area
church: [_________________________] and garden participant
•Others may garden your plot site but the assigned person is responlisted on reverse side.
sible for maintenance, cleanup and other duties at the ICG site.
The purpose of this agreement is to delineate the rights and
•A waiting list will be maintained for applicants for whom no plot was
responsibilities of each party to cooperatively participate in the ICG
available
Community Garden, located at: [_____________________________ Planting agreement:
____________________] for the term beginning ______________,
•ICG will provide selected seed or starter plants to ICG garden manager
____, 20____ for a term of [_____], to be evaluated by ICG annually.
•Gardeners may not plant any seeds plants, trees, shrubs, vines or
Failure to operate and maintain the ICG Community Garden
flowers without the expressed permission of the garden manager.
according to ICG standards and agreement terms will result in the
Site Maintenance Agreement:
revocation of this agreement between these parties and may result in
•Participate in ICG planning workshops and training sessions
financial obligations to the Host/Sponsor church to remediate the site
•Individual garden plots must be cleaned and cleared by May 1st or
back to ICG standards.
they will be given to the next person on the waiting list.
Through this agreement ICG agrees to:
•Garden will be planted by June 1st and kept planted and weeded all
•Locate, secure and establish a suitable community garden site in an
season long.
urban location
•Gardeners will keep plot and adjacent aisle free of weeds, diseased
•Secure ICG Community Garden site liability insurance
plants, insect infested plants and over-ripe vegetables throughout
•Establish rules for participation and resolution of issues
the growing season.
•Provide ICG Master Garden Site Design with all supplies, materials
•Gardeners who do not maintain their plots will not be eligible for a
and plants to establish a ICG urban gardening site
plot the following year. In the event you are unable to maintain your
•Assist the Garden manager and participants to plan their individual
plot due to health, work, vacation, or are moving, you are to notify the
vegetable garden
garden manager directly. Abandoned plots will be reassigned by the
•Train the Garden manager and participants to maintain the ICG site
garden manager.
and equipment
•Gardeners will be given 2 week notice if plot becomes unkempt;
•Provide ICG website for supportive materials, education and training
afterwards, the plot may be reassigned, cleaned out and produce
Sponsor Church, Host Church and ICG community garden
donated to charity.
participants, agree to:
•At end of season, garden must be cleaned out by October 31st.
•Develop and encourage Small group Garden ministry
Cover crops with the permission of garden manager may remain
• Work cooperatively at the ICG garden site with the selected Host Church •Watering, fertilizing, disease, insect and pest control will be under
•Provide labor to assist in constructing and maintaining the identified
the guidance, direction and instruction of the garden manager
ICG site
ICG Garden site Agreement:
•Engage locally identified urban families (three families/small group)
• Gardening tools are to be cleaned and returned to the garden manager.
within their blended sponsor and host small garden groups to grow
•Gardening manager is to be informed of any missing or damaged tool
fruits and vegetables at the ICG site
or equipment needing repair or replacement.
•Participate in host church small group activities to foster positive
•No one under the age of 18 may operate any power tool or equipment.
atmosphere of interaction and camaraderie
•Pets are not allowed on ICG garden site because of potential disease
Each church will select one person to:
from feces.
•Be responsible for communications between sponsor church, host
•Users of personal listening devices are to use headphones or ear
church, garden manager and garden participants
plugs so as not to disturb the tranquility of the gardens.
•Assist host church and garden manager with
•Use of drugs or alcohol on site is prohibited.
•Resolution of any onsite conflict as needed
•Gardeners are responsible for removing from site, any food,
•Planning, workshops and training sessions for ICG garden
wrappers, containers or bottles brought on site
•Sponsor church will commit to purchasing produce at the local
• Children must be accompanied and be fully supervised by an adult while
farmer’s market in host church neighborhood.
on site during gardening activities, workshops and training sessions
ICG Membership Agreement:
Garden Participant:
•Garden manager is in charge of the garden site operation
•1 year commitment to the ICG garden ministry
Name:
•Each gardener will follow the ICG garden rules and take an active
role in participating in the provided Small garden ministry and ICG
Street Address:
workshops and training
•Participate in ICG garden site conflict resolution when necessary
City:
State:
Zip:
•Gardeners will agree to donate 10% of produce to the local community
Garden Plot Selection:
Cell:
• Individual plot site is assigned by the host church and/or garden manager Home Phone:
•Garden plots are assigned to one person only and are not transferable
Email Address:
•Depending on availability, reserving more than one garden plot is
permissible; but, you must leave the required walkway between each
individual plot. Any obstructions in walkways will be removed
Church Affiliation:
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2013 small group leader intent form
Yes! I am interested in becoming a Garden Small Group Leader at:
Chapel at Lockport
Chapel at Crosspoint
part one: identification
Name:
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Home Phone:
Cell:
Email Address:
part two: experience
I attend church at:
I have been involved in small groups (check all that apply):
at work
at church
in the community
I have been the leader of small groups (check all that apply):
at work
at church
in the community
I have had vegetable gardens for:
a few years
many years
I am certified as a Master Gardener:
Yes
never
No
I am in the process of becoming a Master Gardner:
Signature:
Yes
No
Date:
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2013 new member application: chapel at lockport
part one: identification
Name:
Immigrant or Refugee:
Street Address:
Country of Origin:
City:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell:
Zip:
Yes
No
Primary Language:
English
Other:
Spanish
Email Address:
Please list below all the people who live in your household.
Names of Adults
Age
Gender
(M/F)
Will garden?
(Y/N)
Has gardening
experience (Y/N)
Names of Children
Age
Gender
(M/F)
Will garden?
(Y/N)
Has gardening
experience (Y/N)
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Ethnicity (mark one):
Race (mark all that apply):
Hispanic/Latino
African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Asian
Other (Non-Hispanic/Latino)
Caucasian
American Indian
Other
Circle the number of people in your household, then check your household’s total income range on that row.
Household Size
Household Income Range
1
Less than $14,850
$14,851 – $24,700
$24,701 – $39,500
$39,501 or more
2
Less than $16,950
$16,951 – $28,200
$28,201 – $45,150
$45,151 or more
3
Less than $19,050
$19,051 – $31,750
$31.751 – $50,800
$50,801 or more
4
Less than $21,150
$21,151 – $35,250
$35,251 – $56,400
$56,401 or more
5
Less than $22,850
$22,851 – $38,000
$38,101 – $60,950
$60,951 or more
6
Less than $24,555
$24,551 – $40,900
$40,901 – $65,450
$65,451 or more
7
Less than $26,250
$25,251 – $43,750
$43,751 – $69,950
$69,951 or more
8 or more
Less than $27,950
$27,951 – $46,550
$46,551 – $74,450
$74,451 or more
part three: agreement
I (We) attend church
weekly
monthly
seldom
I (we) do not attend church
I (We) attend church at:
My.(Our) pastor is:
I (we) understand all the rules and regulations and have received a detailed copy of them. I promise to follow the rules and
regulations that will help everyone have an enjoyable and productive garden. Failure to comply with the rules and regulations
may result in the loss of my garden plot as well as future gardening privileges.
I (we) understand that neither the Chapel at Lockport or Imagine Community Gardens is responsible for the safety or success of
the participants. I (we) agree to hold harmless the Chapel at Lockport or Imagine Community Gardens for any liability, damage
or loss, or claim that occurs in connection with the use of the garden by me or any of my guests.
Signature of Gardener:
Date:
Photo Release:
I hereby give permission to Imagine Community Gardens, or its agents, the right to photograph or video record me and all
members of my family and to use the photos or video in print or digital promotions of Imagine Community Gardens.
Signature of Gardener:
Date:
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2013 First Fruits™ program
Yes! I want to be included in the First Fruits program
my information
Name:
Street Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Home Phone:
Cell:
Email Address:
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gardens rules for lockport site
The Garden is open from sunup to sundown, seven days a week. Enjoy!
1
10
11
A current application must be
completed and filed with the Chapel at
Lockport.
All tools must be returned cleaned
after each use to the tool shed.
All trash must be taken off the site.
Please keep the garden clean and
pick up trash.
2
3
All gardeners are required to attend
Orientation and Garden Pod Groups.
Gardeners agree to plant flowers and
vegetables as selected; substitutions
must be approved by the Garden Manager.
12
Gardeners are responsible for
themselves, their children and their
guests.
4
5
13
6
If someone else is going to tend your
plot or harvest your crops in the
event you are sick or out of town, give that
person a signed note with permission. You
may also call the Garden Manager or your
Garden Net Leader.
Garden plots must be planted by June 1
or the plot will be assigned.
All gardeners are responsible for
regular weeding, cleaning, harvesting
and watering their assigned garden plot.
14
All weeds are to be disposed of in the
designated compost area according to
Garden Manager’s instruction.
7
Gardeners are to use accepted growing
methods, sprays and fertilizers as
directed by Garden Manager or Master
Gardener.
8
All gardeners will participate in
regular site maintenance including
sitting areas as scheduled by the Garden
Manager.
9
No pets are allowed on the garden
site for the safety and enjoyment of
everyone.
Crops must be harvested once they
mature. If you can’t use all your
crops, please let the Garden Manager
know. Families on our wait list will receive
them.
15
Alcohol, drugs violence, stealing
or vandalism is not allowed in the
garden. Participating in any of these
activities may result in removal from
the program (see Conflict Resolution
Agreement) If you observe any of these
behaviors, please contact your Garden
Manager.
16
Plots must be cleaned out by
November 1st.
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conflict resolution template
The purpose of this document is to provide suggested
methods and procedures to resolve conflict, miscommunications or rule infractions on ICG gardening site between staff and/or garden participants. It is intended as
a template and may be amended or abridged as agreed
upon by Host and Sponsor churches.
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between
you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that
every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three
witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he
refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and
a tax collector. – Matthew 18:15-17
Methods & Procedures:
1. Establish if English is the party’s primary language. If not, have a
translator present.
2. The Garden manager should be informed of the problem or
disagreement, who is involved and what the offense is.
3 Confidentiality of conference is to be honored.
4. After being informed, the Garden manager should evaluate the
issue(s) as a comprehension issue, direct rule infraction or abuse,
gardening issue or interpersonal issue and which staff should be
included in the conference.
5. Garden manager should conference with the identified person(s)
to clarify and define the issue(s) or problem(s). Small group leader(s)
or others may assist/lead the conference as the manager deems
appropriate.
a. If the issue is related to ICG site rules, review rule(s) related to
the identified infraction(s) with the person(s) to clarify what is
expected with participants.
b. If issue is interpersonal, present offense(s) and check if
person(s) is/are aware of the issue with the person(s)
c. Clarify with that person(s), their perception of the issue(s).
d. Set up a mutually agreeable time for both parties to
conference. Leader is to conduct the conference in
nonthreatening manner. (A cooling off period may be
necessary and advantageous in some cases)
e. Conference leader is to check if:
i. Expressed communication is correct to both parties.
ii.Parties are unable; suggest some possible solutions to
remediate the conflict.
iii.Both parties agree to a compromised solution.
iv.Involved parties agree to abide by the agreement.
6. Garden manager may at his discretion, with direct evidence of
illegal, aggressive, or dangerous activity, immediately suspend the
offending person(s) from the site. At their discretion, it may include:
a. Immediate ejection of the person(s) from garden site
b. Removal of person(s) from the ICG garden group:
i. For a set period of time: _________________________
Person(s) Involved _____________________________
ii.Until an agreed time: ___________________________
and Place:___________________________________
Person(s) to attend ____________________________
___________________________________________
iii.Until damage is repaired/replaced:
Damage _________________ Deadline____________
iv.(Attach copy of supportive documents/receipts)
7. Garden manager must notify and meet with Sponsor, Host church
staff and/or Small group leaders to conference prior to meting out
appropriate reprimand(s) or directing repair/replacement:
a. If parties are unable to arrive at a mutually agreeable
compromise.
b. If a reprimand or punishment will exceed more than two days.
c. If damage/repair exceeds $50.00 in value.
d. Prior to banning person(s) from group.
8. If an issue(s) arising is/are not addressed by the existing rules
and regulations of the ICG site, a proposed amendment may be
introduced at a regularly scheduled garden site meeting for open
discussion.
- Pending group agreement, Host church and Sponsor church
should be notified to evaluate proposed amendment to the
ICG garden rules and regulations.
- If the new rule or regulation accepted as an amendment to
the ICG Policy and Procedure, such change needs to be
disseminated to all gardeners, Host, Sponsor church staffs
and ICG.
Garden Manager: _____________________________________
Pod Leader _________________________________________
Person(s) Involved _____________________________________
Date of Incident _____________
Synopsis of Incident __________________________________
____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Resolution _________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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O R I Z O N T A L garden
LOGOT YPE
lockport Hspring
schedule
DATE
DAY
EVENT
STAFF
4/6
Sat.
Small Group Kickoff,
Garden Mgr. selection
Drake, Zima, Tedeschi
4/13
Sat.
Construction Training
Zima, Tedeschi
4/20
Sat.
Neighborhood Blitz,
Garden Construction
Small Group Pairs, Zima,
Tedeschi, PH Construction Team
4/24
Wed.
Applications Due & Notify
Drake, Chapel staff
4/27
Sat.
Pod Group Mtg., Garden
planning; Second day for
Garden Construction
Tedeschi, PH Construction Crew
5/4
Sat.
Planting Day: Seeds
Drake, Tedeschi, Zima,
Garden Mgr., Master Gardener
5/11
Sat.
Planting Day:
Starter Plants
Drake, Tedeschi, Zima,
Garden Mgr., Master Gardener
5/18
Sat.
Maintenance Schedule
Workshop
Garden Manager, Small Group
Leaders, Tedeschi
* Please check gardensbyicg.org to confirm dates and times
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BOUNTIFUL GARDEN PLAN™
ENJOY AN ABUNDANT COMBINATION OF NUTRITIOUS LEAFY VEGETABLES AND HERBS
INCLUDES ALL LISTED PLANTS:
VEGETABLES:
AMT:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Garlic
Beets/Turnips
Onions
Swiss Chard
Peas (Spring)
Beans (Summer)
Radishes (Spring)
Carrots/Parsnips
Peppers
6
1 pkg
12
2
1 pkg
1 pkg
1 pkg
1 pkg
1
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
Cabbage
Lettuce
Spinach
Cucumbers
Winter Squash
Summer Squash
Mustard
Kale/Collards
Eggplant
Tomato
1
1 pkg
1 pkg
3
1
1
1 pkg
1 pkg
1
1
Choose Beets _____or Turnips ___
Show # Amts (Total= 12)
Red____ Yellow____
Choose 1 variety: Lincoln___ Snow___ Sugar Snap___
Choose 3 varieties:String___ Kidney ___ Wax___ Lima ___
Choose Carrots ___ or Parsnips
Choose 1 variety ONLY:
Bell or Sweet (Choose 1) Cal. Wonder___ Rainbow___ Cubanelle____
Or Hot Pepper (Choose 1) Cayenne ___ Habanero___Serrano ____
Choose 1 variety: Buttercrunch, Green Ice
Choose 1 variety: Acorn___, Butternut____, Spaghetti___
Choose 1 variety: Crook neck___, Scallop___, Zucchini ___
Choose 1: Kale ___ Collards___
Choose 1 variety: Beefsteak___, Cherry____, Heirloom___, Plum___
HERBS:
1. Basil
2. Oregano
3. Rosemary
2
1
2
FLOWERS:
1. Zinnias
9
2. Nasturtium (Edible) 2
NAME __________________________ PLOT # _______ DATE __________
© 2013 Imagine Community Gardens, Inc., 7071 Transit Road, E. Amherst, NY
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MAKE IHTO RYI ZO
GO TAY PRE DEN™
O NU
T AR
L S
LOG
YOU PICK WHAT YOU WANT
INCLUDES ALL PLANTS LISTED
VEGETABLES:
1.
Cucumbers
2. Melon OR
Pumpkin
3. Pepper
AMT.
3
1
1
Sugar Baby Watermelon ____
Small Sugar Pumpkin ____
Bell (Choose) Cal. Wonder___ Rainbow___
Choose only 1
Hot Pepper (Choose) Hot Banana___ Jalapeno___
Choose 1: Crook neck ___ Scallop ___ Zucchini ___
Choose only 1
4. Summer Squash
1
5. Garlic
6
6. Onions
12
7. Beets
1 pkg
8. Lettuce
1 pkg
9. Spinach
1 pkg
10. Radishes (Spring) 1 pkg
11. Carrots (Summer) 1 pkg
12. Swiss Chard
2
13. Broccoli OR Cabbage 1
14. Winter Squash
1
15. Tomato
1
16. Eggplant
1
17. Peas (Spring)
1 pkg
18. Beans (Summer)
1 pkg
HERBS:
1.
Basil
1
2. Celery
2
3. Dill
1
4. Rosemary
2
5. Sage
2
FLOWERS:
1.
Nasturtium (Edible) 2
2. Zinnias
6
Show # Amts (Total= 12) Red____ Yellow
Choose 1 variety: Buttercrunch___, Green Ice___
Choose 1: Broccoli ___Cabbage___
Choose 1: Acorn___ Butternut___ Spaghetti ___
Choose 1: Beefsteak___ Cherry___ Plum ___
Choose 1: Lincoln ___ Snow ___ Sugar Snap___
Choose 3: String ___ Kidney ___ Wax ___ Lima ___
NAME __________________________ PLOT # _______ DATE __________
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MEDITERRHAON
AGRO TDY E
R IE
Z OA
NN
T A LG
LO
P EN PLAN™
ENJOY A COMBINATION OF TASTY VEGETABLES AND HERBS
INCLUDES ALL LISTED PLANTS:
VEGETABLES:
1. Radishes (Spring)
2. Carrots (Summer)
3. Onions
4. Cucumbers
5. Beets
6. Peas (Spring)
7. Beans (Summer)
8. Winter Squash
9. Summer Squash
10. Peppers, Sweet
11. Peppers, Hot
12. Lettuce
13. Spinach
14. Eggplant
15. Tomato
HERBS:
1. Basil
2. Cilantro
3. Garlic
4. Parsley
5. Oregano
6. Rosemary
7. Sage
FLOWERS:
CHECK OFF CHOICES
1 pkg
1 pkg
12
3
1 pkg
1 pkg
1 pkg
1
1
1
1
1 pkg
1 pkg
1
3
Show # Amts (Total = 12) Red___ Yellow___
Choose 1 variety: Lincoln ___ Snow___ Sugar Snap___
Choose 1 variety: String ___ Kidney ___ Lima ___Wax ___
Choose 1 variety: Acorn ___Butternut___ Spaghetti___
Choose 1 variety: Crook neck___ Scallop___ Zucchini___
Choose 1 variety: Cubanelle___ Cal. Wonder___ Rainbow ___
Choose 1 variety: Cayenne ___ Habanero ___ Serrano___
Choose 1 variety: Buttercrunch___, Green Ice___
1
1
Choose 3 varieties: Beefsteak___ Cherry ___ Heirloom___ Plum___
2
3
6
1
1
1
2
1. Marigolds
6
2. Nasturtium (Edible) 2
3. Zinnias
6
NAME __________________________ PLOT # _______ DATE __________
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Guiding Manual for Small Group Leaders

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