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GARDEN SERVICES
Common Ground is available to support businesses, schools, institutions, and individuals who want to develop gardens -- particularly with an educational focus -- in the greater New Haven area. We offer a set of services that will help gardening projects get started and sustain themselves over time: consultation, consultation and complete garden planning, hands-on help, and pre-ordered organic seedlings. For all requests about garden services, please contact Rebecca Holcombe, Director of Community Programs, at 203.389.4333 x1213 or rholcombe@nhep.com.
Common Ground farm and education staff can answer questions and provide advice and information as it relates to a specific garden. This may include developing a mission/purpose/goals for your garden, ideas on where to obtain materials, seeds, and plants, ways to enrich your soil, methods of handling disease and pests, ways to meet diverse needs for multiple intended uses, and/or many other garden issues that need to be addressed. All fees are for locations within 30 minutes of Common Ground. Over 30 minutes, additional travel fees apply. Please call for more information.
School or non-profit:
Home-owner/private individual: If you just have a few basic garden questions, we encourage you to attend an “Open Farm Day” (free - several throughout the year) or our “Organic Garden Planning” class (enrollment fee - annually in March), as listed in our program catalog. You are welcome to ask questions of our farm staff at these public events. If you would like a more extensive consultation, fees are as follows:
Business:
If you would like a more specific plan as a result of your consultation, Common Ground farm staff and educators can also provide you with a planting map and seed starting/transplanting calendar, customized to your garden. This service includes consultation as listed above, as well as a written map and calendar. The map will include recommended locations and spacing of plants and garden infrastructure (fences, trellises, raised beds, etc). The calendar will include recommended dates for planting seeds into the ground, for starting seeds indoors, and for transplanting seedlings outside. In order to customize the map for your garden, we must schedule the consultation at your home/school/business. Fees below include a 1 ½ - 2 hour consultation visit to your garden in addition to the garden map and calendar. All fees are for locations within 30 minutes of Common Ground. Over 30 minutes, additional travel fees apply, please call.
School or non-profit: $300 Home-owner/private individual: $400
Business: $500
Common Ground staff and students can travel to your garden to provide assistance with seasonal clean-ups, special projects, and/or regular garden care and maintenance. Garden help is generally scheduled for sessions lasting 1 ½ to 2 hours. Regular care and maintenance visits will be from one Common Ground farm staff and 3 – 4 CGHS students, plus any necessary hand tools (additional tools can be provided if we will be working with students/community members). For big seasonal clean-ups and special projects, we will visit your garden with our Common Ground 14 passenger bus carrying 2 staff members, 8 – 12 students, and any necessary tools, including roto-tillers, mowers, and weed whackers (we can also bring additional hand tools if we will be working with students/community members). All fees are for locations within 30 minutes of Common Ground. Over 30 minutes, additional travel fees apply, please call.
School or non-profit:
Home-owner/private individual:
Business:
Common Ground staff and students grow thousands of organic seedlings each year for our farm and for an annual seedling sale (which serves as a fundraiser towards the cost of caring for the farm). Individuals, schools/non-profits, and businesses may pre-order organic seedlings in order to ensure that the variety and quantity that you desire is available. Minimums apply and pre-payment is required, as we will raise and reserve the seedlings for you and hold them until the appropriate planting dates. Prices are about a $10 savings per flat, as compared to purchasing individual plants on the day of the Seedling Sale (and, your seedling varieties and quantities are guaranteed!). For all seedlings, orders must be placed by February 28, 2009. Please call for a list of available varieties, we have many heirloom and hybrid vegetables and herbs to choose from.
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