Garden Plot Registration
Name___________________________________________________ Date ________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________
City__________________________________________________ Zip ____________________
Phone (home)______________________________ (work) ______________________________
Did you have a garden plot with the Growing Community garden last year?
______ Yes ______ No
If yes, do you want the same garden plot this year?
______ Yes ______ No
If no, what area of the garden would you like to be in? __________________________________
A plot fee of _______ is required before the plot can be assigned. This fee will go toward expenses of the Growing Community garden (water bills, plant/seed purchases, community tools, etc.).
A clean-up deposit of ________ is required before the plot can be assigned. The clean-up deposit will be returned in the fall after you have removed all of your plants and cleaned your plot.
Please mark three areas that you would be interested in volunteering with during the season. Each gardener is expected to help during the season with general chores.
___Site maintenance
___Phone calls
___Mailings
___Assigning plots
___Path maintenance
___Construction projects
___Watering
___Annual planting
___Fall cleanup
___Composting
___Social events
_X_Vista Del Camino plot (all must help)
I have read the Growing Community garden rules and understand that failure to meet the guidelines will result in loss of cleanup deposit fees and gardening privileges.
Signature_______________________________________________ Date ________________
Release of All Claims
I,__________________________________________________________________, am a
participant in the Growing Community garden. As a condition of being allowed to participate in the Growing Community garden, I agree to the following:
1. I am duly aware of the risks and hazards that may arise through participation in the Growing Community garden, and assume any expenses and liabilities I incur in the event of an accident, illness or other incapacity. If I have had any questions about the Growing Community garden, its nature, risks or hazards, I have contacted the garden coordinator and discussed those questions with him or her to my satisfaction.
2. In consideration of being granted the opportunity to participate in the Growing Community garden, I, for myself, my executors, administrators, agents and assigns do hereby release and forever discharge the Garden Committee, Garden Coordinator, volunteers, other gardeners, and the cooperating landowner from all claims of damages, demands, and any actions whatsoever, including those based on negligence, in any manner arising out of my participation in this activity. I understand that this Release means that, among other things, I am giving up my right to sue for any such losses, damages, injury or costs that I may incur.
I represent and certify that my true age is either 18 years old or, if I am under 18 years old on this date, my parent or legal guardian has read and signed this form. I have read this entire Release, fully understand it, and I agree to be legally bound by it.
Participant's Signature __________________________________________________________
Printed Name___________________________________________ Date___________________
Parent/Guardian's Signature ______________________________________________________
Printed Name___________________________________________ Date___________________
Garden Rules
1. Each gardener is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of their garden plot. Watering, weeding, harvesting and any other garden related maintenance are all the responsibility of the gardener. Gardeners may arrange for other gardeners to water their plots.
2. Tools will be made available for use during the regularly scheduled work time each week. A limited number of tools, hoses and watering equipment will be available in the community garden storage bin for use during non-scheduled work times. Regularly scheduled work times will be posted on the garden bulletin board.
3. Each gardener will be given the code to the storage bin lock box for access to tools and watering equipment. Gardeners are responsible for locking it up each time they work in the garden. Keep garden storage bin locked at all times and return all tools.
4. Children are welcome in the garden but must be accompanied by an adult and must be supervised at all times.
5. Each gardener must complete a Release of all Claims form before any work in the garden can begin.
6. Garden plots should be cared for at least once a week. It is the gardener's responsibility to notify the coordinator if he or she is not able to care for their plot in any given week. If any plot remains unattended for more than three weeks that plot is subject to reassignment.
7. The application of herbicides (weed killers) to the garden plots is prohibited. We are an organic garden
8. Assignment of garden plots will be awarded by a lottery system. Preference for next year's plots will be given to this year's participants first.
9. Plot fees are due in full before the garden season begins.
10. Gardeners may harvest vegetables and flowers from their garden only.
11. At the end of the growing season, gardeners are responsible for clearing their plot of all plant material and leaving the plot as they found it in the spring.
12. The Garden Committee is responsible for ensuring that the rules are followed at all times. The committee is made up of gardeners elected each year at the spring meeting.
13. All gardeners are required to donate 4hrs a month to the designated Vista Del Camino garden plot. As part of the communities giving back project. The hours will be asked for twice a month in 2hr blocks.
