March 2024 - First Garden Day & Committees

Our first newsletter with info for the coming gardening season

March 20, 2024

Hello Community Gardeners!

If you are receiving this email then you have either volunteered with us in the past, would like to volunteer in the future, or are just interested in the goings-on at the Ridgewood Community Garden. Either way, we welcome you to the first RCG newsletter of 2024! Below you will find our first garden dates of the season, information on volunteering, and details on becoming a full member.

Ridgewood Community Garden is open to all levels of gardeners whether you come once a season, once a month, or every week, we welcome you to the garden and to share in our community! There is no need to become a member to participate in what we’re doing at the garden.

UPCOMING GARDENING DATES

Hours TBD. Always check our Instagram or Facebook for weather updates and exact hours.

Sunday March 24th - First Day in the Garden! Cleaning up beds, cutting back and clearing dead foliage, spreading tarps on our ground plot, pruning the mulberry and grapevine, starting seeds

Sunday April 7th - Prepping beds for cold-hardy greens, spreading fertilizer, repairing raised beds

Sunday April 14th - Plant first cold hardy vegetable starts/seeds, weeding and cleaning up perimeter/ground beds, continue repairing raised beds

Sunday April 21st - TBD based on weather forecast

Sunday April 28th - TBD based on weather forecast

NEW FOR 2024: VOLUNTEER FORM & COMMITTEES

We would love to hear more from our volunteers about how they would like to be involved at the garden in 2024. If you plan on volunteering with us this year, please consider reading through and filling out the Volunteer Form below.

This year we are introducing 5 new committees: the Social Media Team, Watering Team, Compost Crew, Event Planning Group, and Design & Build Team. Joining a committee is a way to get more involved at the garden during and outside of our open hours without necessarily becoming a full member. If you have always wanted to help with the planning that goes into running the garden, please let us know in the form below:

BECOMING A RCG MEMBER

This season we will be updating our membership process. If you are interested in fulfilling the requirements for becoming a member this season, or completed the requirements last season, please let us know and we can send you the full list of requirements. Please consider that membership requires a minimum commitment of 30 hours a season (March-December), participation in monthly meetings, and yearly dues. If this sounds like too much, all are always welcome as volunteers!