Start a Local Backyard Garden

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Come join us for a information packed 2 hours on how to create and sustain a personal or community garden.

Planning the goals of the garden?

Have you started thinking about building a garden? This class will cover many of the aspects of making your garden a reality.

purpose and goals of the garden gather people who are interested in creating the garden conduct a brainstorming session Purpose or Mission
create a mission statement example "grow local saves money" Goals
statements describing what you hopes to accomplish Goals examples: increased access to fresh produce increased environmental awareness stronger community networks "Think New Orleans' BIG!" Objectives
These are the task to meet the goals examples of objectives organize and prioritize before the meeting brainstorm ideas outline next meeting and who is to present Here are some question to consider before the garden meeting:

How strong is the desire and need for a garden? Is there a purpose of the garden? What type of garden - personal backyard, community garden, beautification, social & recreation? Who will benefit from the garden? local gardener, community, or the surrounding neighborhood? Is there a preference of the type of garden would you like to create? - vegetable, flower, tree, fruit, herb, or a combination? How do you find potential supporters of the garden? - businesses, neighbors, schools? Please join us for some fun and refreshments served by the host. Feel free to bring something if you like.

See you there! cheers