Our Committees
GARDENing
The Gardening Committee handles all aspects of the the garden from landscaping and building raised beds to seed germination, planting, weeding and harvesting. We are lead by a small team of regular gardening volunteers: Breanna, Delia, Juliana, Lory, Nancy, and Sarah H.
Work sessions are held Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and on alternating Saturday or Sunday mornings (see our calendar here). No prior gardening experience is necessary!
If you’d like to receive updates about upcoming work sessions, as well as have access to our work session signup sheet, please sign join the google group.
Compost
The Compost Committee is headed by Zhenia Nagorny and Tim Nottage alongside dozens of compost volunteers and partners who are leading shifts, processing food scraps and helping the committee as a whole to process over 25,000 lbs of food scraps per year.
Our hours of operation are Wednesdays and Saturdays 10:30am - 12:30pm from March - December. Due to budget cuts and the recent elimination of Big Reuse, we are closed for winter. To sign up to receive notification when we reopen or have to close unexpectedly, click here.
To join our compost team, sign up to the google group 👉 and fill out this google form. Zhenia will reach out to you with next steps.
UProoting Racism Task Force
The URTF is made up of community and garden members who are committed to educating each other, connecting with the broader community and working to disrupt racism in the garden. Meetings are open to all community members (membership not required) and are held, virtually, once a month.
If you’d like to receive updates about upcoming meetings and discussions, please sign up to join the google group.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The Community Outreach committee includes the following subgroups: our Fresh Food Box program (led by Arlene Roberts and Bayla Gottesman), our Communication Committee (led by Zhenia Nagorny) which maintains our web site and social media channels, and External Affairs (handled by Nancy Hoch) which oversees the external communication between our community and other gardens, organizations and politicians.
To sign up for the Fresh Food Box newsletter, click here. To volunteer, please email mscgfoodbox@gmail.com.
To volunteer for the Communication Committee, fill out this google form and click on the link to join the google group.
To volunteer for the External Affairs committee, please email maple3garden@gmail.com with ‘Interest in External Affairs’ in the title of your email.
Meetings
Fresh Food Box meets at the garden every Saturday morning 10am-12pm from June through November.
Finance
The Finance committee is overseen by our treasurer, Bayla Gottesman. Broad strokes budgeting and financial planning are normally handled by the group at general garden meetings, but volunteers who can help with fundraising are very welcome to join the Finance committee.
Fundraising volunteers are invited to email maple3garden@gmail.com with ‘Interest in Garden Fundrasing’ in the title of your email.
Arts & Events
We, the Arts and Events committee, intend to make gatherings possible and safe. We facilitate the sharing of art, including but not limited to performances, talks, visual installations, etc. We meet on a monthly basis, to handle event proposals from community members, generate event ideas, and hold space for dreaming.
We believe that the Maple Street Community Garden is a space for all. As such, we are committed to easing access to this open space for all community members.
Meetings
If you’d like to receive updates about upcoming meetings and discussions, please sign up below:
If you would like to host an event, click here.