Community Garden

December 20, 2009
Mahncke Park has been awarded a grant for a community garden!  Congratulations to Courtney Denton ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )and the rest of the garden committee for all their hard work!  Plans are still in the works and the committee is meeting with residents to discuss concerns and improvements.  If you have any input to include, please go to:  http://www.cloverlawnblog.blogspot.com and add your input in the comments sections below the information entries. OR, please click on the Survey document to the right and fill it out.  Then submit it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Phase 1 will hopefully be started this next year.  If you would like to read more, please click below.

Mahncke Park Garden Committee and Leadership 

 

The Leadership Team will consist of the following elected individuals and volunteer committees: 

Coordinator and Co-coordinator, Water Coordinator, Events Coordinator, Membership and Plots 

Coordinator, Garden Maintenance Committee, and the Garden Beauty Committee. 

 

The Coordinator will organize and facilitate all activities in the garden, lead contacts for the garden, 

manage gardeners and relations with community, other organizations, etc. 

 

The Co-coordinator will coordinate and facilitate all activities at the garden. Duties include recruiting 

gardeners to fill needed roles and calling meetings. 

 

The Water Coordinator will maintain water barrels and coordinate the watering schedule with 

members. 

 

The Events Coordinator will organize pot lucks, national night out and any other events throughout 

the year. They will work with other gardeners to plan any desired events. They will create garden 

updates for the monthly neighborhood newsletter, maintain public relations, and provide updates for 

the neighborhood website. 

 

The Membership and Plots Coordinator will recruit and manage garden members, plan and assign 

plots, manage plot usage, maintain member contact information, maintain the waiting list, and 

coordinate orientation for new gardeners. 

 

The Garden Maintenance Committee will take care of and maintain common areas, pathways, 

borders, common gardens, etc. 

 

The Garden Beauty Committee will plant, maintain and plan the perennial and annual plants in the 

garden. People with knowledge of plants as well as those who want to learn would be welcome at 

this job.