Club Boulevard ElementaryGarden Plan 2010-2015

• Site Plans• Garden Plans– Current– Next– Post-addition

• Next Steps

Extended Hours GardenCurrent Action:•Maintain landscaping•Add seasonal flowers/plants

School EntranceCurrent Action:•Maintain landscaping•Add seasonal flowers/plants•Build beds•Weed•Clean trash•Transplant shaded plants•Clean up sign•Replace rotting rail timbers•Revamp kids gardenNext•Hide HVAC unit•Add azalea border along southern school wall•Rain barrels?

Parking Garden•Trellis?• Outdoor easels• Water barrels

Main Courtyard (North) •Plan for water drainage•Tree removal•New picnic tables•Better path•Bird houses•Storage shed?•Weed/new plants

Dumpsters•Beautiful Durham grant•Cover and plants

Art Courtyard (South) •Remove shrubbery• Maintenance plan• Outdoor easels

Back Entrance (North) • Trailer footprint• Garden bed• Soil testing• Class sponsor• See slide #9/10

New Addition Gardens•Spigots•Water barrels• Garden per class?•Plan with architects•Edible/Flowers•Summer plan/maintain•Build beds•See slide #9/10

Water Garden (South)•Plan with architects•Link to curriculum•See Slide #11•Maintain

Fall Accomplishments:Created Garden group (Rae, Lea, Catherine, Mark, Bridget and now Amber)Held two work days (maintain front garden areas)Applied for and received Beautiful Durham grant for dumpster areaSet up Gardens @Club websiteConducted garden planning walk at schoolMet with Principal Copeland on plans (sent site plans and discussed Wellness and renovations – cafeteria grant?)Met with garden coordinators from Powe, Moorhead, Lakewood, Forest Hills, Watts and Mangum and othersMet and joined Durham Healthy Schools coalition Met with DPS contractors and landscape designers on new addition and future garden opportunitiesDeveloped draft Club Garden plan (2009-2014)Presented at PTA meeting

Spring PlanPresent Garden plan to public (meeting and website)Create table display (maps, photos and sign up sheets)Host Garden table at Club events (Healthy Food/Multicultural/others)Develop grant matrix for garden funds (Target, Lowes, Home Depot, WalMart ,others)Seek out local business supporters (Rock Shop, Stone Brothers, CREE, Life/Science Museum, others)Seek out local expertise partners (Duke, NC State, parents, others)Planning spring work days in March and AprilPlanning fundraising opportunitiesConnect with Durham Area Designers for planning assistanceBuild area for dumpster coverageStart building/creating/supporting garden section plans

Future PlansPTA asksFunds for cedar bluebird houses (3 at $10 per house)

Next steps:

Present to PTACall a garden planning meeting to get feedback, ideas and volunteersEach section plan is developed/owned and work commenced based on timeline

Maintenance /Sustainability plan

We should seek coordination and cooperation with neighborhood for summer garden usage – we need to develop a plan and liability issues (garden open or locked).

We seek funds from Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, Target and others for garden supplies and curriculum aids to teachers

We convene meeting with interested teachers to seek input, guidance and leadership.

We convene parent garden meeting to seek input, guidance and leadership.

An overall goal is to have one teacher, parent and student per grade as master gardeners with admin and PTA support. Overall coordination, planning and fundraising will be done by the Club Garden Club.

We should have a harvest festival each year (fall) and blossom festival (spring) – each event could coincide with a work day. We can have one additional work day each semester for the garden club.

We should seek partnership with local boy and girl scouts or 4-H for larger projects. We should seek a partnership with extension office/Duke or NC state students willing to spend a year with us.

We should seek parents with carpentry skills and landscape design skills.