Hummingbird Garden's season officially started with our gardeners meeting yesterday evening. Many of the gardeners met at a nearby school with the Healthy Brandon Coordinator and Brandon's Garden Coordinator. We had a few snacks, talked about what went well and not so well at the garden, and most importantly got excited about the new garden season!
We have filled the existing plots to capacity, and have a waiting list already. We had to make a tough choice - cut back on the space alloted to each person, or expand the garden space. OK, it wasn't really a very tough choice! We have some very able gardeners and some good connections to equipment and materials. So of course we will be expanding the plots to welcome more gardeners.
We also formed a garden committee to look after some of the day to day stuff at the garden. Neither of the coordinators is at the garden often enough to keep an eye on things, so we thought it would work best to look after it as a group. With a few of us working together, we should be able to keep things going all summer, even when some are away. So far the garden committee consists of Brian, Doug, Melissa, Terry, Fiona and Dana. We are open to having more as well.
The plan for expansion is to till a new plot area on the higher ground near last year's new plots. There are about 20 new people on the list so this will allow us to give everyone some space. Brian had already checked out the soil in that area to make sure it was going to be good enough soil. Of course the bricks are still free!
The first meeting of the garden committee will be in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned!
