The document summarizes the Amend Park Community Garden project, a joint venture between the Parks Department and AmeriCorps VISTA. It details the garden's purpose of building community, providing education, and engaging in local food production. Statistics from 2015 show the garden produced over 2,900 pounds of produce from 37 plots with help from 155 volunteers. The document outlines the garden's committees, volunteer roles, policies, and goals.

1. April 2016

2.  Jon Thompson, Parks
Superintendent
 Chris Waite, Volunteer
Coordinator
 Chris Keeve, AmeriCorps
VISTA

3. Joint venture between the Parks Department and the Billings
Metro VISTA Project with the purpose of:
 Building community by fostering a welcoming and supportive
environment for plot owners, workshop participants, and the
community at large
 Providing educational opportunities through mentoring, classes,
camps, workshops and printed resources
 Reaching low-income citizens through education,
empowerment, and access
 Engaging in the local food movement through the locally-
sourced production of healthy, fresh produce

4. Amend Park Community
Garden
 VISTAs brought on in February 2014
 Policies and forms developed
 Irrigation system put in
 Fence constructed
 Compost brought in
 Sites tilled
 Gardens planted
 2015 Stats
 2956lbs of produce
 37 plots filled with plot owners
 155 volunteers

5.  Highly invested volunteers and
community members providing
advice and guidance to the
Parks Department as well as the
gardeners
 Meet monthly to discuss
improvements to the garden,
new ideas, changes in policy
 Secure donations (building /
startup materials, tools, seeds,
starts, etc)
 Assist in advertising and
outreach
 Determines own size and
membership

6.  Volunteer corps assisting with
maintenance, projects, and
events
 Provide support to gardeners
(give garden knowledge, act
as a liaison between
gardeners and the Parks
staff)
 Give garden tours

7.  Social / Community:
o Mutual respect and support
o Cooperation with Parks staff
o No working in other plots without
consent
 Plots:
o One per person
o No tall plants or invasive species
o Keep clean and weed-free
 Maintenance:
o Conserve water
o Maintain organic practices
o Weigh produce after harvesting
 Communal Areas:
o Managed by Parks and Rec,
maintained by volunteers/gardeners
o Produce is donated (not sold)

8.  Compost:
o Managed by compost team
o Workshop attendance required to join
o All gardeners can add (shredded)
scraps
 Shed / Tools:
o Provided for everyone
o Keep clean
o Keep tools in shed, keep shed locked
 Miscellaneous:
o Parental supervision under 12 years
o 6am – 9pm hours
o Keep garden locked when empty
o Stay observant and look after fellow
gardeners

9. The Garden at Josephine Crossing

10.  Irrigation
 Fencing
 Soil Prep