Plot Renewals
The Inglewood Community Garden conducts a Plot Renewal Program in the Autumn to allow qualified gardeners the opportunity to renew the plot they gardened last year – they are also given priority in choosing an alternate plot if they wish to change plots in the coming season.
Qualified Gardener
A qualified gardener is any gardener who…
(a) has performed and recorded, in the Volunteer Log Book, at least 5 volunteer hours more than the difference between their Volunteer Time and the unit weight of the Volunteer Harvest taken from the Communal Garden…
OR …
(b) has paid the remittance fee and has recorded as many or more volunteer hours than the “unit weight” of Volunteer Harvest they have taken from the Communal Garden.
A “unit weight” of 0.454Kg (1 Lb) of Communal Garden produce is equivalent to 1 hour of Volunteer Time.
As an example:
- 5 hours recorded – 0.0Kg produce taken = Ok
- 5 hours recorded – 0.454Kg produce taken = Not Ok
- 6 hours recorded – 0.454Kg produce taken = Ok
We don’t have an app for this yet but we do keep pens, pencils and paper in the shed
Plot Renewal Fees
- The same as the annual Plot Rental Fee: $60
Volunteer Options
The volunteer options are:
Option A: Communal Garden Bed Preparation and/or Planting and/or Tending
- Bed preparation and/or planting and/or tending
- A minimum of 5 hours per plot must be recorded seasonally
- Hours recorded count towards Volunteer Harvest Rewards
Option B: Heritage Volunteering
- You performed a volunteer task for the ICG last year and would like to do the same volunteer work again
- A minimum of 5 hours must be recorded seasonally
- Hours recorded count towards Volunteer Harvest Rewards
Option C: Remittance Payment
- Pay $75 in liew of performing any volunteer time in the garden
- This remittance should be paid at the same time as your Plot Rental Fee
- The funds received from these remittances will be used for a variety of incidental expenses and to hire day labour as required