Community Garden - An Opportunity
The Infrastructure of a Plot Garden
Several components that make up a Plot Garden
Plot:
Several components that make up a Plot Garden
Plot:
- Location - particularly with regard to the sun
- Size - we are concentrating on "small plot gardening" defined as 10' x 10' plots or smaller
- Subplots - the area for one controlled irrigation system
- Floral
- Edibles
- Water / Irrigation
- Nutrition
- Community - Student
- Community - Adults
- Private Property
Among the components, we are currently concentrating our attention on irrigation, plot size, and opportunities to encourage imaginative irrigation managed by both the student and adult community.
The proposed plan above is notable because it proposes 7 - 4'x8' beds for student activity, and 12 - 10'x10' beds for community use. All beds are bound by 2" x 6" cedar boards. All are beds raised on the ground by their boarders.
The Darby Glen, Inc. Opportunity - A Confluence of Events
Three events brought Darby to the situation today, September 5, 2016.
First, a friend of mine introduced me to Blumat, a plant water metering device. This device is notable because it monitors the actual soil moisture to turn on and off water, and the device requires not external power of any kind.
Second, the new enabling legislation regarding rain barrels drew us to the gravity feed system for irritation of a garden.
Third, our participation with Green Mountain Civic Association, "GMCA", and its efforts to develop a Community Garden with the help of Denver Urban Garden, "DUG", has led us to what we call "small plot gardening" as depicted in the above DUG drawing. Quick Google searching on raised gardens and elevated gardens indicated that kits for create these gardens are widely available from multiple sources.
The opportunity then is to become expert in the aspects of successful small plot gardening with an emphasis on gravity fed irrigation.
Three events brought Darby to the situation today, September 5, 2016.
First, a friend of mine introduced me to Blumat, a plant water metering device. This device is notable because it monitors the actual soil moisture to turn on and off water, and the device requires not external power of any kind.
Second, the new enabling legislation regarding rain barrels drew us to the gravity feed system for irritation of a garden.
Third, our participation with Green Mountain Civic Association, "GMCA", and its efforts to develop a Community Garden with the help of Denver Urban Garden, "DUG", has led us to what we call "small plot gardening" as depicted in the above DUG drawing. Quick Google searching on raised gardens and elevated gardens indicated that kits for create these gardens are widely available from multiple sources.
The opportunity then is to become expert in the aspects of successful small plot gardening with an emphasis on gravity fed irrigation.
