Meeting was called to order at 10:00am
IN ATTENDANCE
Susan Howard
Barb Sibbald
Marga Konig
Gail Hook
Jay
James
FINANCIAL STATEMENT – Marga confirmed we have approx. $3,100.00 of available funds.
Expansion of the garden will take up most of the money.
EXPANSION PROJECT
• There will be 21 new garden plots to be constructed, 17 regular plots, 2 wheelchair plots, and 2 will
be for the school.
• There will be 24 kids who will be constructing the plots in March and will need volunteers to help
the kids, the wood and dirt will be supplied by the Garden Society.
• Once the boxes are constructed, Clear Sky will be bringing in a slinger truck to fill the boxes, once
the boxes are constructed and filled then work will begin on constructing a new fence.
• An e-mail will be sent out for volunteer work parties to help with the expansion project, dates still
need to be determined.
GRANT AND FUNDRAISING
• There is a Go West Shore and Co-op Grant advertised in our facebook page, whoever votes the
most will get $1000, however it is limited to one vote per person.
• The Garden Society has applied for a grant of $12,000 from the TD Bank, we will find out in April
whether or not we will receive the grant.
• James has volunteered to look into whether or not there is grants available to the garden society
through Kiwanis and the lions Club.
PLANT SALE AND ONLINE AUCTION
• The plant sale is on May 2nd, therefore we should start growing plants for the plant sale by April if
not earlier depending on the plant. An e-mail will be sent out to remind people to start germinating
their plants.
• The teachers at Wishart school said that the students will be getting plants ready to sell.
• We will need to determine what the pricing will be for the plants, James will be looking into this
further by sourcing information at earth gardening through Camosun College.
• The online auction will be running from April-May.
JAY’S PRESENTATION
• Jay thought it would be a good idea to sell some of his art pieces (wood with art stamps on them) at
the plant sale. The wood pieces were distributed among the board members.
• He also brought in a couple of wood signs along with various pieces of walnut and cherry wood
with the idea of making signs for the community garden, such as “Community Garden Members
Only” or using the wood for wood chips for the garden.
• Bev has taken the wood home to see if her husband can make some signs with the wood for the
community garden.
JAMIE’S PRESENTATION
• James is wanting to know if people would be willing to sign his petition in order to help restore
Holly House (built in 1915) which is located at Landsdowne Campus.
• If you want more information you can go to change.Org and search holly house.
LIBRARY CORRESPONDENCE
• There is a display cast at the Juan De Fuca Library that we could use for the month of April to help
promote the community garden or plant sale.
• Will need to determine what will go in the display case and require a group of volunteers to help
make up the display.
OTHER BUSINESS
• We are looking for a new school liaison volunteer to replace Gail, there is a requirement for a
criminal record check for this volunteer position.
TASKS TO BE DONE
• Expansion Project – An e-mail will need to be sent out to help with the expansion project,
constructing the boxes, etc.
• Plant Sale – An e-mail will need to be sent out reminding people to start germinating their plants;
also need to determine pricing for the plants and advertising.
• Library Display Case – need to determine what goes into the display case for the month of April
and require a group of volunteers to help fill the case.
• Wishart School – need to fill school liaison volunteer position.
Barb adjourned meeting at 11:25am. The next meeting will be Saturday, February 15th.
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