April 2026

Eagle Heights Garden Committee Minutes

April 8 , 2026 7 PM

Remote Meeting

Alex, Ann, Yohan, Ric, Pam, Lily and Karen.


Alex started the meeting.

Minutes With a motion by Lily and seconded by Pam the March 2026 minutes were approved.


Registrar Update

There are 10 full plots and 24 half plots open in the gardens. 26 new gardeners have been assigned plots since last month's meeting. Half of all the openings at at UH, which is proportionaly a lot. Many of these are in the shadier A row.

The Seed Fair will be this Saturday from 9-11.

A gardener would like to plant mountain mint in his plot for pollinators. The committee approved this request. Mountain mint is not considered invasive.

Bucky's is adding a $31.50 fuel surcharge every month. This will continue until the priced of gas goes down. They did not tell us about this ahead of time, but we do not really have an alternative.

We should learn more soon about the Physical Plant storage area access road project. The GOC will attend a meeting with the surveyors on April 20th to hear the results of their inital assessment. There will also be a time later this summer for public comments on the environmental impact of the whole visitor center project. The Committee's main concern is safety, both during the construction of the road and after, when it is used by trucks.

A gardener that put down sod in a couple of plots has been asked to remove it. He has asked for the grass to be grandfathered in. Discussion ensued. The consensus of the Committee is that sod is not in keeping with the intentions of the gardens, and is not a cover crop. The definition of cover crops was made more explicit in the 2026 rules, and the gardener agreed to these when renewing.

Ron could not attend, but made a suggestion to improve the EH irrigation update plan. Rather than adding another line to the 300s row for redundancy, the line that goes from the 500s past the People's Farm would be extended up the North side of the hill. This would feed the existing lines from both ends, providing a backup if one line fails, and better water pressure when both are working. Also no lines would ever cross.

Garden Worker Report

One new garden worker has been hired. Her name is Nanci, and Pam and Lily met with her on Monday for a tour of both gardens. We will only be hiring one garden worker at this time.

With a motion to adjourn by Lily and seconded by Ric, the meeting ended at 7:20

Submitted by Karen, subject to correction by the Garden Committee