08/16/2023 MASHPEE COMMUNITY GARDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE COMMUNITY GARDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MCGAC) MEETING MINUTES August 16, 2023 7:00 P.M. Popponesset Meeting Room CALL TO ORDER: Chair Scharfenberg called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. PRESENT: Virginia Scharfenberg, Kirsten Nordstrom GUEST ATTENDEES: Gardeners Roslyn Robinson Mann, Jan Towne, Joe Salvo, Bob McCarthy and Polly Minugh Meeting Minutes for July 19, 2023: July meeting was cancelled due to projected lack of quorum. Communications & Correspondence:  Wait List applications for 2024  Roslyn Robinson Mann requesting a large garden plot for 2024, if available  Jan Towne letter to Board requesting approval to plant an over wintering cover crop in Plot 19. Approved. Volunteer Hours (Polly Minugh):  Polly created a spreadsheet to track the volunteer hours for all community garden members.  A sheet for recording volunteer time spent by individuals is located in the shed. o Members can track their hours here and Polly will update in the spreadsheet. o Members can sign up for one-off hours if a list of tasks is posted. Proposal to become Land Stewards for the two pollinator gardens overseen by Conversation Department.  Virginia to check with Asst. Conservation Agent Dan Kent about the possibility of dividing some of the 2 pollinator gardens’ native grasses and planting them in our Native Plant demo garden.  There may be some budget left to plant additional plants in our Native Plant demo garden. Jan suggested a variety of native plant possibilities: Golden Rod, Asters, Phlox, high bush blueberries, Baptisia, Rudbekia, cone flower. We would need to determine the number of plants to purchase and whether to do so now for fall planting. th  Results of queries will be discussed at September 20 Board meeting DPW  Virginia to contact Catherine Laurent again about a kiosk and about adding more cubicles in the shed to accommodate additional gardeners. Facebook Page (researched by Barbara Fawcett)  Virginia to connect with Terrie Cook in Select Board office about permission to have a private gardeners- only FB page. A public FB page was established some time ago and is on the Town web site. It is not being actively updated.  Terrie had indicated the Town may not approve a private gardeners-only FB page.