Call for volunteers: Bayshore Park Community Garden Build Day, Sunday July 22, 9 am

[Mete Pamir]

The Bayshore Park Community Garden Build Day

Sunday, July 22, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

(Some early risers and Bayshore Park Community Garden Working Group members will be receiving deliveries and doing site preparation from 7-9 am).

The build will take place at the Bayshore Park Community Garden site. This is right next to the Ice Rink/Basketball Courts on Woodridge Cres.. The closest municipal address is 175 Woodridge Cres. (the Field House).

 

Here is how it will work. At approximately 9 am, there will be a ground breaking ceremony and demonstration of how to build the raised garden beds.  After the demonstration, small teams will break out to build the boxes.  We will identify a team leader (someone with basic carpentry skills) for each small team.  After the boxes are built, we will cut and staple geo-textile inside the boxes and fill the bottom 6 inches with sand.

 

Please join us and be part of this exciting, community led and designed project!

 

**To reduce the impact on the environment please bring your own water bottle. We will have additional water on site for refills. Sunscreen and a portable lawn chair may also be useful to have on site**

 

There are so many ways you can help out:

 

- Site preparation

- Receiving deliveries of supplies

- Registration and task assignment

- Refilling water bottles or donating or serving refreshments

- Helping with onsite children's activities

- Bring a shovel, wheelbarrow or cordless drill. We will be screwing in 3 ½ “ #10 Robertson deck screws, which need at ¼ inch driver.

- Construction of raised garden boxes- Volunteers with carpentry skills are key to this portion of the project

- Cutting, laying and stapling of Geo-textile inside boxes

- Shoveling dirt and sand

- Photography at the event

- First Aid

- Clean-up

 

If you are able to volunteer, please contact Larisa Williams at 613 820 4922 (ext. 587) or [e-mail] or email the Bayshore Park Community Garden at [e-mail].

 

You do not need to commit for volunteering to the entire time span. Every bit of help is welcome.