Great news! The community garden site has been selected and approved with the co-operation of The City of Calgary. The site will be located in the field across from Swifty's.
On Tuesday, February 23rd, the volunteer group met for a discussion around some key issues in terms of design, fund-raising and grant applications, and final requirements for the city to give official approval.
Over the next week, volunteers will be visiting the home-owners within immediate proximity to the garden. This is the final step in the approval process.
Grant applications have been submitted and enough funding has been commited that we are confident the community garden will be built for the 2010 growing year! Thank you to the Douglasdale Glen Community Association for their generous support.
Garden designs are being put together by a group of U of C students. The volunteer committee agreed to some preliminary guidelines - mainly that the garden add beauty to our neighbourhood and become an enjoyable place to visit for both gardeners and non-gardeners.
Allocation of plots has not yet been determined, nor has the final size, but if you are interested in a plot, send an email to let us know. Once we have a better idea of the number of plots requested, the final plans can be drawn.
Stay posted for more community garden news! And if you would like to help the group of volunteers by contributing time or resources to this worthwhile project, please let us know.
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