Community Garden Budget Spring 2008

 Meetings Meeting Information


 * Meeting Frequency: Monthly * Number of Meeting: 4 * Projected Attendance: 12

Meeting Expenses


 * Food: $48.00 * Advertising: $3.00 * Magic Board: $10.00 * Other: $0.00 * TOTAL: $244.00

Equipment Equipment Information


 * Name:Pruning Saws * Description: "2 Felco folding saw model 600 (medium to large branches)

1 Corona 28-inch Aluminum Handle Compound Action Bypass Lopper (small to small medium branches) 1 Felco saw with sheath model 620 (very large branches) 2 Felco pruner model 2 (very small branches)"


 * Purpose: The Community Garden is full of fruit trees that need care. None of them bear fruit properly, because none have been pruned since time immemorial. The garden is similarly full of hugely overgrown shrubs. These tools will allow a team of people to prune all sizes of branches. * Storage: Community Garden Shed

Equipment Expenses


 * TOTAL: $ 198.66

Equipment Equipment Information


 * Name: Plants * Description: We will plant a combination of trees, shrubs and understory herbs. Most will be sourced from Tripple Brook Farm, some may come from Jonathan Bates and Eric Toensmeier, and some from New England Wetland Plants * Purpose: Most of the perennials in the community garden flower and bear fruit in the summers, when no one is here. We plan to remove plants that are not doing well, and replace them with ones that provide benefits during the school year. * Storage: Planted in the garden

Equipment Expenses


 * TOTAL: $555.00

Equipment Equipment Information


 * Name: Plants * Description: We will be purchasing a combination trees and groundcover seed, most likely from Tripple Brook Farm. * Purpose: The Community Garden club is helping to develop another garden site on campus, by Greenwich. * Storage: Greenwich Forest Garden

Equipment Expenses


 * TOTAL: $300.00

Equipment Equipment Information


 * Name: Plant Tags * Description: Sheet metal for engraving at Smith, or zinc tags for writing on. If possible, we will opt for the engraving option. * Purpose: Label fruit producing trees, shrubs and vines in the garden * Storage: In the garden, on plants

Equipment Expenses


 * TOTAL: $150.00

Equipment Equipment Information


 * Name: Sulfur * Description: fertilizer * Purpose: lower very high pH in some areas of garden * Storage: community garden

Equipment Expenses


 * TOTAL: $15.00