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Town -owned properties deemed to be suitable by the <br />Town for garden use/improvements including, but not <br />limited to, areas within the layouts of Town ways <br />(collectively "Garden Sites"). <br />The MCGAC's charge is to work in conjunction <br />with Town officers/agencies and other interested <br />organizations/individuals to: <br />a) improve and enhance the value and appearance <br />of the Community Garden and other Garden <br />Sites; <br />b) create a space and an opportunity for individuals, <br />children, families and community organizations <br />to cultivate gardens for food and flowers and to <br />learn about growing fresh vegetables; and <br />c) provide agricultural/horticultural educational <br />programs, activities, and other related community <br />benefits. <br />HISTORY <br />The Mashpee Community Garden was first <br />organized in the mid-2000's under Town auspices. <br />Over the years it had varying success attracting <br />gardeners and experienced some maintenance and <br />other management issues. The Mashpee <br />Environmental Commission (MEC) took up the cause <br />in 2018 and met with Town officials to discuss how the <br />community garden might best be revitalized and <br />assured success. After discussion of several ideas, the <br />Town Manager suggested to MEC representatives that <br />a Mashpee Community Garden Advisory Committee <br />be established by the Board of Selectmen (BOS), <br />followed by the appointment of seven (7) Board <br />members to be selected from an applicant pool of <br />Mashpee residents. The MCGAC (Policy 078) was <br />approved by the Board of Selectmen on May 21, 2018. <br />ACTIVITIES <br />Board of Directors meetings are open to the <br />public and are held the third Wednesday of every <br />month at Town Hall. <br />After a massive clean-up of the community <br />garden site and soil and site improvements to its 20 <br />individual garden beds, we had a very successful 2019 <br />gardening season. 12 of the beds were fully gardened; <br />four more were leased late in the gardening season. <br />New Mashpee Community Garden Site <br />after Rough Grading <br />Among the improvements to the garden was soil <br />improvement of the garden beds. The first photo shows <br />two MCGAC directors tilling in a green manure crop <br />and compost in the garden beds. <br />120 <br />