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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Community.

In this Badge Bit, you will  build a community garden!

Related Articles and Websites:
- How to Organize a Community Garden
- How to Organize a Community Garden

Community Gardens - 10 Steps to Successful Community Gardens (Module 1 Part 1)


The minimum requirements for this BB are:
- Build a community garden
 - 8 gardeners = 20 points, 3 points for every additional gardener, maximum of 50 points
 - At least 8 garden plots clearly marked out and labelled
 - At least a half an acre
 - Deer proof
 - Water systems
 - Secure a reliable water supply (100 gal per day unsupervised)
 - Supplying watering cans
 - Produce/tool/hand rinsing area
 - Lots of plumbing BBs to harvest here
 - Paths to each plot
 - Posted rules for gardeners
 - Tool shed
 - Document garden is well used at the end of the growing season
 - Garbage and recycling center
 - Needs access to a lavatory (preferably a willow feeder)

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
- create a permies.com thread documenting the creation and implementation of the community garden (must meet above stated requirements)
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I started a community garden!!!  Here's a permies thread documenting the creation and implementation of the community garden

The BB requirements are easier to spell out here:
Build a community garden  
    -  News blurb showing I started it
- 8 gardeners = 20 points, 3 points for every additional gardener, maximum of 50 points
     - It has approximately 47 gardeners which exceeds the maximum of 50 points
- At least 8 garden plots clearly marked out and labelled
     - 48 plots are marked out with numbered stakes in the corners by the path and pollinator diamonds at the center corners
- At least a half an acre
     - It's about 1.5 acres.  The 10'x20' plots alone occupy almost a quarter acre and from the pictures you can see the full enclosed area is much bigger.  Permaculture plantings and added garden beds will consume the rest of the area inside the fence in the years to come.
- Deer proof
     - 8'4" fence which is high enough for our deer.  Also put up hardware cloth to keep bunnies out.
- Water systems
     - Two 280 gallon water totes filled up from a fire hydrant as needed.  Several gardeners trained in filling up the totes.  Planning to run water from the city main into the garden this fall and also working on rainwater collection systems off a nearby building with a metal roof.
- Secure a reliable water supply (100 gal per day unsupervised)
     - See above, generally 300-400 gallons are available.  The tote's valves dump water into smaller buckets that gardeners can quickly dunk watering cans into.
- Supplying watering cans
     - Two cans provided per tote
- Produce/tool/hand rinsing area
     - Currently using the water totes
- Paths to each plot
     - Grass paths 10' wide down each side of each block of gardens.  Every garden plot has 10' of frontage on the path.
- Posted rules for gardeners
     - Gardener rules are posted online and general site/visitor rules are posted on the garden gate
- Tool shed
     - A small donated shed is on site now.  Plans are underway to build a bigger one for next year.
- Document garden is well used at the end of the growing season
     - See pics below
- Garbage and recycling center
     - We encourage pack in - pack out.  Due to lots of dog walking around the site, we don't have garbage and recycling available all the time (poop bags).  For events we do have garbage and recycling cans out for public use (see pic below)
- Needs access to a lavatory (preferably a willow feeder)
     - The college currently won't let us put a willow feeder, composting toilet or porta potty in the garden.  There is a porta potty 100 yards away plus a college building 150 yards away with bathrooms.  Or there's always the woods....
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Water totes filled from hydrant with watering cans. Dunk in the balck half barrel for quick filling
Water totes filled from hydrant with watering cans. Dunk in the balck half barrel for quick filling
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Plots marked out in the spring and gardeners getting started.
Plots marked out in the spring and gardeners getting started.
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Rules posted at the gate
Rules posted at the gate
Tool-shed-with-tools-and-a-map-of-the-garden.jpg
Tool shed with tools and a map of the garden
Tool shed with tools and a map of the garden
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Late July
Late July
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Art class in the garden
Art class in the garden
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So much food!
So much food!
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And flowers!
And flowers!
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Dye coreopsis and sunflowers for a dye class
Dye coreopsis and sunflowers for a dye class
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Zucchini party (with garbage and recycling)
Zucchini party (with garbage and recycling)
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Porta potty in front of building. Bathrooms also in building
Porta potty in front of building. Bathrooms also in building
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Plot map
Plot map
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