casa grande’s vineyard

Casa Grande’s Vineyard

Austin EgerClass of 2013

Green Career Pathway

Project Details

• 40 plant vineyard

• In the OLE quad

• Will be selling the grapes to wineries in the future

How The Idea Came Up

• Near the gym

• Experience with grapes

• Worked with Dr. Shribbs on past projects in the OLE

Connection To GCP

• Used recycled posts

• Left over vines from organic farm

• Used extra irrigation materials

• No machinery involved

• Watered with reclaimed water

Advisors

•Dr. Shribbs•John Koos

•Tim Scheele

The Plan

• How many plants would fit

• Draw up the layout

• Get plan approved

What I Had To Do To Complete

• Turn in layout

• Put in posts

• Put in irrigation

• Dig holes

• Put in plants

Challenges

• How many plants would fit

• Donations

• Contacting people over phone and email and trying to describe the project

Time Management

• Get items/work done in a certain order

• Complete what needed to be done every Saturday

What I'm Proud Of

• All donations

• Using only $20

Life lessons

• Learned how to plant a vineyard

• How to get donations

• How to communicate with people you’ve never met before

• The amount of physical labor grape growers have to do

Learned About Self

• I don’t mind communicating with new people

• I can complete a project by using almost all donations

Future Plan For The Vineyard

• Sell the grapes off to wineries

• Money goes back toward OLE

• Have a student next year take over the project

The End