Interested in renting a plot at our community garden? This brochure will help you understand the process of it all. We'll see you at the garden!

1. Top FIVE Reasons to
Garden
1. Access to safe, healthy, affordable
food. Avoid pesticides,
Community Garden contaminated food, preservatives
How the Sunfield and additives.
2. Exercise! 1 hr burns 300 calories.
Community Garden Works 3. Meet your neighbors
All residents of Sunfield are 4. Food you grow yourself tastes
better!
encouraged to rent a plot in our What is a Community
community garden. For $50 annual 5. It’s really, really fun. Good, old-
fashioned, hands-in-the-dirt fun! Garden?
rental fee and a $20 one-time
infrastructure fee, gardeners have Any piece of land gardened by a
access to one 19’x 4’8” rectangular group of people.
raised bed with high-quality garden
soil, a full tool library, water and Benefits of Community
hoses. Sunfield gardeners also have Gardens:
access to garden manager, Colleen
• Improves the quality of life for
Dieter and her expertise. Gardeners
people in the garden
also benefit by learning from one
another. The garden is a great way for • Stimulates Social Interaction
neighbors to meet each other in this • Encourages Self-Reliance
new community. Sunfield gardeners
will have tons of fun! To rent a plot • Beautifies Neighborhoods
and to get more info contact Colleen • Produces Nutritious Food
at 512-217-6955 or
colleen@redwheelbarrowplants.com • Reduces Family Food Budgets
• Creates opportunity for recreation,
exercise, therapy, and education

2. Upcoming Classes Preserving
the
Harvest
brother’s
head.
Since
then,
Colleen
Roundtable
has
spent
her
time
and
energy
All
classes
are
open
to
the
public.
Saturday,
October
20
cultivating
an
appreciation
of
the
Feel
free
to
forward
or
post
this
info.
soil’s
fertility,
a
practical
All
classes
take
place
at
Sunfield
9AM-­11AM
Come
ready
to
share
your
understanding
of
the
internal
Community
Garden,
processes
of
plants,
and
a
respect
for
1328
Sunbright
Boulevard
experiences
with
freezing
and
drying
and
learn
from
one
another.
the
Earth
grounded
in
using
organic
Buda
TX
78610
methods
to
enhance
plants’
natural
Handouts
about
preserving
food
will
be
provided.
productivity.
Highlights
of
her
career
Organic
Gardening
101
Class
include:
Saturday,
August
25
f
Herb
Gardening
and
Uses
of
9-­11
AM
Common
Herbs
• Internship
at
Chadwick
For
folks
who
are
new
to
gardening
Saturday,
November
10
Arboretum
or
new
to
gardening
in
Austin,
or
an
• B.A.
in
Philosophy
with
a
minor
in
experienced
gardener
who
wants
a
10AM-­Noon
Horticulture
from
the
Ohio
State
refresher
course,
this
class
is
The
community
University
focused
on
fall
gardening-­‐
the
best
herb
plots
Sunfield
• Americorps
Volunteer
with
time
of
year
to
grow
veggies
in
Community
Garden
Sustainable
Food
Center
Austin!
Beans,
squash,
lettuce
and
are
thriving!
Come
• Solved
customers
plant
problems
more
thrive
in
the
cooler
temps
of
learn
more
about
at
Natural
Gardener
autumn.
the
culinary,
• 15
years
of
gardening
experience
household
and
• Wrote
articles
in
American
Hypertufa
medicinal
uses
of
herbs
commonly
Statesman
Saturday,
September
15
grown
in
Central
Texas.
• Board
of
Directors
for
TreeFolks
Meet Your Community • Teaches
numerous
workshops
9AM-­11AM
• Owns
Red
Wheelbarrow
Plant
We
will
make
some
bird
baths
and
Garden Manager
Care
pots
for
the
garden
with
this
Colleen
Dieter’s
first
encounter
with
imitation
stone
material.
Come
learn
the
earth
came
as
a
child
when
she
Check
out
the
Sunfield
Garden
the
basics
of
this
unusual
technique.
dumped
a
bucket
of
sand
on
her
Blog
at
sunfieldtx.com/blog.html