Garden Tasks

Each plot holder of the Eagle Vail Community Garden is required to give a minimum of 12 hours of time per season to the communal aspects of the garden. Here are some ways to fulfill that commitment.

SPECIAL GARDEN ROLES

You can fulfill your volunteer commitment to the garden by taking on a garden role for the season. In addition to the volunteer opportunities listed under “Volunteer Commitment,” garden members fill the following roles:

• Media Helper: Help communications coordinator by sending out e-blasts to garden and community members, posting e-blasts and other information on Face Book, and writing and sending out press releases
• Event Coordinators : Organize the event, along with the help of event helpers
• Event Helpers (4-8 per event)
  • Help out with any or all of the following: planning the event, setting up before the event, taking down and cleaning up after the event
• Bulletin Board Caretaker
  • Amend and add information, as necessary, to the bulletin board

If you are interested in filling any of these roles, contact us at evcommunitygarden@gmail.com for more details.

GENERAL GARDEN TASKS

Water (But don’t overwater! Check the moisture meters.)

• Hugelkultur bed (big mound by the parking lot)
• “Log” beds around the front entrance
• East Bed along the fence inside the gate
• Hops along the fence
• Lavender along fence

Maintain

• Tighten hoses at the faucets
• Rewind hoses that are poorly wound
• Clean up and organize shed
• Pick up and remove trash (trash bags in shed)
• Tighten screws on sprayer nozzles (screwdriver in shed)

Weed

• Hops bed inside the front fence
• Front entry gardens
• Pathways between raised beds
• East bed along the fence inside the garden
• Under rocks bordering parking lot

Questions? Email us at evcommunitygarden@gmail.com.