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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 05 11 Consent 301 - Community Garden Program • CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 301 noora=a CITY COMMISSION AGENDA I MAY11, 2020 1959 REGULAR MEETING TITLE Community Garden Program SUMMARY At the April 13th City Commission meeting, the City Commission requested Staff to research Community Garden programsand puttogethera program outlineforthe City of Winter Springs. Purpose: The purpose of the Winter Springs Community Garden would be to serve the community by providing an opportunity for gardeners of all experience and expertise to work, volunteer, and learn from one another. Most of all, the garden would be a partnership between the City of Winter Springs and area residents to help foster a sense of community while encouraging neighbors, friends, and families to create and maintain public gardens that promote a healthy lifestyle. About the Garden: The Community Garden would be located at 1000 Central Winds Drive, Winter Springs, FL 32708. The garden would contain ten 4'x10' green spaces (plots). Reservations: All green spaces would require a reservation on a first come, first serve basis. The green space fee would be $30 for the time period of July 1st through May 31St Registrants must be at least 18 years of age and be a Winter Springs resident. Interested residents would be required to review the Community Garden Pules & Regulations and submit an application to the designated Community Garden Coordinator. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Commission review the information provided and approve the Community Garden program. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS Community Garden Rules and Regulations • Each gardener is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of his or her green space. Space watering, weeding, harvesting and any other garden-related maintenance are the responsibility of the gardener. • The Community Garden is a voluntary hobby program. Gardeners should enjoy plantings and harvests for their own personal use. The garden is not permitted to produce items for use in a restaurant or for sale. • Green spaces should be cared for at least once a week. It is the gardener's responsibility to ask fellow gardeners for assistance if he or she is not able to care for his or her space in any given week. If green space is not maintained regularly, he or she will be asked to forfeit any plots and cease participation in the Community Garden. In this event, the next person on the wait list will be offered the opportunity to reserve the green space. If less than 6 months of the reservation is remaining, the user fee will be reduced to $1S. • Green spaces, paths, and surrounding areas should be kept clean, neat, and free of litter. Trash is to be separated and disposed in trash containers. • Outside tools and items must be taken back home and not left at Community Garden. Gardeners are responsible for all of their personal equipment or items brought into the garden. The City assumes no liability for personal items left in the garden or for plants in the garden. • Guests and children are welcome in the garden but must be accompanied by registered gardener and must be supervised at all times. Registered gardener is responsible for the behavior of guests. • Gardeners and guests must respect others green spaces. Do not take food or plants from other gardeners' spaces. • The application of herbicides (weed killers) and non-organic fertilizers or pest control to the garden boxes is prohibited and strictly enforced. If found using these materials, the gardener will immediately forfeit the garden box and cease participation in the Community Garden. • At the end of the growing season, gardeners are responsible for clearing boxes of all plant material, tilling the soil and leaving the box as they received it. • Gardeners will not expand garden boxes beyond their measurement or into paths or other boxes. • Gardeners will keep all plants within the limits of their garden box. Gardeners will not allow any plants to grow more than six feet high. • Plants must be kept free of weeds, pests and diseases. Gardeners whose plots are regularly found to be infested with pests or weeds will forfeit their plots and cease participation in the garden. • Garden hours are the same as park hours (sunrise to sunset). Park rules must be followed. • Do not leave water on/in hoses and release all the water when finished.. Green spaces must be watered in accordance with the Winter Springs Watering Restrictions. • Illegal plants, weapons, smoking of any kind, profanity, discrimination and drinking of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in the Community Garden. • Pets of any kind are not permitted in the Community Garden. • Gardeners from previous seasons can apply for upcoming growing seasons after a seven day waiting period when applications are accepted. • Space fees are due in full to the Community Garden Coordinator before gardeners take possession of their spaces. • Gardeners are responsible for ensuring that the rules are followed at all times. Breaking any rules, terms and conditions is cause for immediate exclusion from the garden and forfeit of garden box. You will be allowed to reapply for another garden box only at the discretion of the Community Garden Coordinator. • Any issues should be communicated to the Community Garden Coordinator within 24 hours of incident.