New Members

There are three levels of membership: Friend of the Garden, Member, and Box Holder.

Friend of the Garden

To become a "Friend of the garden" you are required to first complete 60 hours of volunteer work with a committee over one season. Upon completion of your 60 hours and nomination by your committee head, you will become eligible to help plant in the community boxes and will be included in the monthly social events for Garden members. To keep your Friend of the Garden status, you must continue to complete a minimum of 20 hours of volunteer hours per year and abide faithfully by all Garden rules. Friends of the Garden may choose to work toward membership immediately after completing the requirements listed above. Alternatively, as long as a Friend of the Garden remains in good standing year to year, they can choose to begin the member eligibility process in a later season.

Member

To become eligible for membership you are required to first become a Friend of the Garden. If you intend to seek membership in the Garden after becoming a Friend of the Garden you should notify the Board after completion of your 60 hours. After notifying the Board of your intention to become a member, you will receive a copy of the Bylaws and the clock will start on a one-year probation period during which you must fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of a Garden Member, including serving on a subcommittee. Upon completion of:

• the 1-year probation period
• 30 hours of work with a committee in your second season in the Garden community
• recommendation of the committee head for the committee on which you served
• and confirmation that you fulfilled all Member Commitments during the probationary year

you will receive a key to the Garden and will become a full Member. Not all members have individual boxes, but all Members share access to the shared crops (i.e. Fig Trees, Berries, Fruit Trees, and the shared community crops boxes). Members can also opt to add their name to a waitlist to be assigned an individual box to care for.

Box Holder

Some members may choose to become “box holders.” Box Holders are members of the Garden who have been granted stewardship over one of the individual planting boxes. All boxes are property of the Garden and although box holders do not own their boxes, a box holder must take care of and maintain their boxes in accordance with Garden rules. Box holders pay an additional annual fee for their box.