Garden Committee
Contents
Primary Purpose of the Committee
The Garden Committee shall operate and maintain specific outdoor Garden space, and engage in community participation in said space at MakeICT.
The Garden Area presently occupies the MakeICT courtyard. This includes the yard area inside the sidewalk from the South Wing to West Wing doors; The Pavilion; An 8,500 square foot Organic Community Garden comprised of communal and rental spaces, and a two foot buffer for planting south of the chain link fence.
Lead (2023): Sherry Ibrahim
2023 Meetings:
Sunday January 15 10 AM classroom 1
Sunday February 19 10 AM classroom 1
Area Maps forthcoming.
Access Policy forthcoming.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Create and maintain a Garden.
- Organize classes related to gardening
- Provide information on gardening in an area on our forum
Current Policies
- The MakeICT Garden is an organic space. Do not use unapproved fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, weed repellents or any other products that will affect other plots. Please refer to The National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances for allowable chemicals.
- The Pollinator Garden next to the south doors is a completely pesticide free space - even organic pesticides are forbidden as they will affect butterflies, bees and moths. Only biological control insects (such as ladybugs for aphids) are allowed.
Important Forms
- none yet
Members
Chair - Sherry Ibrahim
Vice chair - Sean Sandefur
Meeting Notes
February 21 2021 Garden Committee
February 28 2021 Garden Committee
March 14 2021 Garden Committee
March 21 2021 Garden Committee
March 28 2021 Garden Committee
Kansas Noxious Weeds - prohibited in Garden
National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (for Organic Gardening)
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-205/subpart-G
Other resources
Media:Soil_sample_2_NW_corner_MakeICT_garden.pdf
Media:Soil_sample_1_East_half_MakeICT_garden.pdf
Gardening Online Resources
Commitment approved at the March 18, 2021 Board meeting. The MakeICT Garden Area was formed in the April 21st 2002 MakeICT Board Meeting with the motion: "The Garden Committee is formally requesting designation as an Area. Should the Board act favorably towards this motion, we propose that the Garden Lead be Sean Sandefur. Furthermore, the Garden Committee shall remain intact and steer garden rules, communal planting, and events."
