Garden Committee

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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 7 2021 Garden Committee

March 14 2021 Garden Committee

March 21 2021 Garden Committee

March 28 2021 Garden Committee

April 4 2021 Garden Committee

March 27 2022 Minutes

May 1 2022 Minutes

May 15 2022 Minutes

May 22 2022 Minutes

May 29 2022 Minutes

June 5 2022 Minutes

July11 2022 minutes


Kansas Noxious Weeds - prohibited in Garden

https://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/plant-protect-weed-control/noxious-weed-control-program


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."