BS Agenda
- GTECH and Grow Pittsburgh have joined forces to create an awesome tour of community greening projects. Scheduled for Saturday, August 10, there will be two bicycle route options and one bus tour route (with three departure times throughout the afternoon). Grow Pittsburgh, who has helped us out a great deal, is hoping to feature the Community Garden at Bandi Schaum Field on the long bike tour route. It’s one of the middle stops, so riders will probably be there between 11:30am and 1:30pm. They will be in groups of ten, and will stop for 0-15 minutes at each garden. GP expects 75 riders to sign up for the long ride. This will be taking place rain or shine. There are no obligations for your garden to become a stop except to make sure that your water is turned on and available for riders to fill up their water bottles. However, this is a great opportunity to show off your garden, fundraise, and build support for the project. They need gardeners on hand to welcome riders, and/or give tours, provide free produce samples, sell some item as a fundraiser, offer a hands-on activity, etc. Who is willing to help out?
- schedule harvest party
- Painting
- Solidify the decision making process (i.e. if someone wants to build something or grow something in public areas, how do they get approval?)
- Update on bees:
- The Burgh Bees presentation was very informative. Deb gave us a high level list of steps if we want to have bees either in or near the garden:
- Have another Burgh Bees volunteer come out and review beehive location. We discussed having it placed behind the garden in the meadow. They would need to review the space to make sure it is appropriate.
- Have the city review for zoning etc.
- Develop budget. It sounded like it could cost between 300-500 dollars. She did identify that we could get on a “swarm list” to assist with the cost.
- Present plan to garden membership along with a Burgh Bees volunteer. Question and answer session.
- Vote on proposal (garden membership). Majority or unanimous?
- Identify and develop beekeepers. This would be a once a week commitment on the volunteers’ part. Training and mentoring would also be essential.
- Prepare fact sheet and Install structure.
- Develop beekeeping schedule.
- Determine what to do with honey harvest when it is available.
- Grilling
- Tree tending
- When to call the City
- Empty plots
- Composting
- Green N’at Garden Tour, August 18th
- Food bank plans (waiting to see if Pauline can come and say a few words on this)
- New items
