Our Committees
To get started, please choose one or more committees that interests you from the below list and join their listserves to receive updates about upcoming workdays, meetings and discussions.
GARDENing
The Gardening Committee cares for all the plants in our garden, those in raised beds where we grow food and those in in-ground beds where we are creating pollinator gardens using native plants. Our work involves landscaping and building raised beds, as well as seed germination, planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting. We also coordinate events like our Neighborhood Plant Swap in the spring, the Corn Harvest Festival in mid-summer, and our Sweet Potato Reveal Party in the late fall.
All of the committee's activities are done communally: there are no private beds. There is a small team of regular Gardening volunteers that helps to lead the work. Two of those volunteers, Julianna and Nancy H., will serve as co-chairs of the Gardening Committee for 2026.
Work sessions are held Thursday evenings and on alternating Saturday or Sunday mornings (see our calendar here). No prior gardening experience is necessary and tasks can always be tailored to people’s abilities.
Compost
The Compost Committee is headed by Zhenia Nagorny and Bryen Pittner alongside many compost volunteers and partners who are leading shifts, processing food scraps and helping the committee as a whole to process thousands lbs. of food scraps per year.
Our hours of operation are Wednesdays and Saturdays 10:30am - 12:30pm from April - December; we close for winter. To sign up to receive notification when we reopen or have to close unexpectedly, click here or follow us on Instagram.
To join our compost team, sign up to the google group 👉 and fill out this google form. We will reach out to you with next steps.
COMMUNIcation
The Communication Committee, led by Jess Frost & Naomi Hoffman, maintains our website, monthly newsletter, and social media channels. We work together to keep the garden’s online presence up to date with photography, video, and writing. The Committee meets bi-weekly and publishes the MSCG newsletter on the second Wednesday of the month.
To volunteer for the Communication Committee, fill out this google form and click on the link to join the google group.
External Affairs
Led by Arlene Roberts and Brenda Pagan. External Affairs oversees the external communication between our community and other gardens, organizations and politicians.
To volunteer for the External Affairs committee, please email maple3garden@gmail.com with ‘Interest in External Affairs’ in the title of your email.
Meetings
The Communication Committee meets biweekly on Monday evenings.
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.
To volunteer for the Fundraising Committee, please email maple3garden@gmail.com with ‘Interest in Garden Fundrasing’ in the title of your email.
Arts
We, the Arts committee, intend to make creative gatherings possible and safe for all. Chaired by Zhenia Nagorny and Chelsea Bravo, we facilitate the sharing and creating of art for and by our community. We meet regularly to execute event planning, handle event proposals from community members, and hold space for dreaming, creating, and playing.
To volunteer for the Arts Committee, whether you are an artist, musician, poet, muralist, art teacher or whatever creative curiosities you hold, fill out this google form and click on the link to join the google group👉.
If you would like to host an event, email maple3garden@gmail.com