February 2022

 Eagle Heights Community Gardens

February 9, 2022  7 PM

Remote Meeting

7:00 Present: Lily, Barb A, Ann, Barb L, Jolene, Jessica, Ric and Karen.

Jessica started the meeting.

Minutes  Motion by Ann and seconded by Ric to approve the January 2022 minutes. The minutes were approved. 

Registrar Update

Lily said she is busy processing applications.  There are 350 renewals and 49 new applicants.  Ten of the renewals are requesting a different plot.  The deadline for renewal is February 15th.  Lily has sent an email reminding gardeners of the deadline.  

Gardens to Be is available to have the plant sales this year.  The proposed dates are April 23rd or 24th for the cool weather plants and May 21st or 22nd for the warm weather plants.  Two volunteers will be needed to help with each sale.

The seed sorting is done and the plan is to distribute seeds in packets outside the Community Center.  There appear to be fewer seeds than previous years, so gardeners will probably get 12 packets per plot.  The plan is to have a basic packet of seed and allow some choice of some of the seeds.  The planned Seed Fair date was April 9th.

Lots of corn seed was donated and will be given to the Rooted garden group.  Other seeds that won’t be used by the gardens will be donated to Lisa Johnson at UW Extension.  

The 550 row at Eagle Heights has very confusing markings.  Depending on renewals, Lily proposes to simplify some of the boundaries if the plots in question are vacant.  

One of our gardeners would like us to send  a message to our gardeners about the UW Arboretum Plant Sale.  The committee thought it was a good idea, along with a note that the trees and shrubs would not be suitable for Eagle Heights or University Houses gardens.

Opening Day 

Lily proposes March 26th for opening day, but will check with Megan before proceeding.  

Garden Worker Report

There will be no report because Megan is on leave of absence.  

Jessica reports that there is a potential garden worker candidate that the co-chairs are in contact with and will be speaking to next week.  She will send the resume to the discussion list.

Other Items

Barb A asked about the priorities for the upcoming year.  Discussion ensued.  The new waterline was mentioned.  Lily will ask Rhonda about the progress of the Long Range Plan.  Jessica said the priorities could be an agenda item for the next meeting if the plan draft is ready.  

Barb A is in the Master Gardener Program, which asks its participants to volunteer their gardening expertise in the community.  She is the gardener for the Arbor Garden at Eagle Heights, which fulfills the volunteer requirement.  If the Master Gardener works with children, then a background check is necessary. The rules have changed in the Master Gardener Program making the garden where the Master Gardener volunteers responsible for determining if a background check is necessary.  The committee states that Barb Anderegg does not work with children when gardening in the Arbor Garden at Eagle Heights and does not need a background check.

Motion by Barb L and seconded by Barb A

Adjourned at 7:27 by Jessica

Submitted by Karen, subject to correction by the Garden Committee