Davie Village Community Garden Updates

From last week:

Dear Davie Village Gardeners,

Thank you for your continued patience as our new community garden gets set up. As you know, the Vancouver Public Space Network and Prima Properties (135) Ltd. had been working to try and resolve issues relating to garden design and administration, as well as legal and liability issues pertaining to the VPSN’s role as garden facilitator.

After a considerable amount of discussion, both parties have now agreed that Prima will manage the garden directly. As a result, VPSN will not be involved in the administration or facilitation of the garden.

The VPSN will be transferring relevant records and garden planning material to Prima. Prima will be responsible for finalizing the assigning of garden plots, contacting you about your plot, and finalizing any licensing matters in advance of first planting. Please note that this change in arrangement will likely mean a different leasing arrangement than the one that was discussed at the community meeting – as you will now be leasing your plot directly from the developer.

The Devloper’s respresentative is David Buddle, who presented on behalf of Prima at the meeting we had this past winter. You can reach Prima for issues pertaining to the garden at dvgarden@gmail.com

If you have any comments or questions pertaining to the VPSN’s work in community gardens, or other opportunities for permanent community gardens in Vancouver, please feel free to email gardens@vancouverpublicspace.ca. The VPSN will continue to arrange community garden workshops and activities throughout the city and will, from time to time, forward news of these events to you. Should you prefer not to receive these notices, please let us know and we would be please to remove you from our gardens mailing list.

All the best in the upcoming growing season!


For the Vancouver Public Space Network,

Emily Jubenvill
Community Gardens Coordinator
Vancouver Public Space Network

------------------------------

New e-mail today:

Dear Davie Village Gardeners,

Thank you for your continued patience as we work out the details to establish the Davie Village Community Garden for the 2009 Season.

We would like to first acknowledge and thank the volunteers from the Vancouver Public Space Network, specifically Emily, Andrew and Josh for the efforts and advice in establishing this Community Garden.

We are pleased to announce that the Garden Plots will be assigned in the order of your original registration on Saturday May 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM through to 12:00 PM

The Gardeners will be forwarded a copy of their License Agreement via email early next week and will be advised of their Registration # which will determine the approximate time they need to arrive at the Garden to sign their license and claim their plot. Please note that the license fee for 2009 is $10.00 (ten dollars) which will be used by the Davie Village Community Garden for garden tools and equipment, additional soils and administration expenses.

Additional soil will be available for Gardeners to augment their individual plots commencing Saturday afternoon.

We will be looking for 4-6 individuals to volunteer to establish the Davie Village Garden Committee. Please let us know if you are interested in helping out. This Committee will be responsible for Garden Rules, Garden Communication, and organizing Group Garden Events etc.

We look forward to seeing this Garden take life this season and meeting you at the Garden on Saturday May 2, 2009!

Sincerely,

Davie Village Community Garden

---------------


So it looks like we'll have a garden after all.... =)