APPLYING FOR A GARDEN PLOT

Here at this picnic table (by the Paki Street entrance) 

is where you register your presence 

with the Plot Applications Officer after each meeting.

 

APPLICATION

• To apply for a garden plot, you must fill out an application form.  Forms are available from the Plot Applications Officer after each meeting.
• Be sure to write clearly and legibly and include your email address.
• Be sure to sign and date your application form.  Photo ID required! 
• If the application form bears more than one name (a couple or a family applying jointly), ALL applicants must sign the form and show their photo ID.
• If no plot is available, your application will be put on the wait list in the order that it is received.

ATTENDANCE

• It is important that you attend the Garden Meetings.
• Make sure you register your presence with the Plot Applications Officer at the end of the meeting.  Photo ID required! 
• If you miss three (3) meetings in a row, it will be taken as a sign that you are not interested in a garden plot anymore, and your application will be deleted.

POINT SYSTEM

• Each time you attend a meeting and register with the Plot Officer, you earn one (1) point.
• The more points you earn, the quicker you rise to the top.
• Missing a meeting may mean that you’ll lose your place and be dropped down one or more places.
• To inform you where you are on the wait list, the list will be emailed to you, as well as, posted in the garden kiosk within a week after each meeting. 
• Volunteering as co-gardener will NOT help you rise to the top of the list any faster, but it will create you goodwill J

PLOT ASSIGNMENT

• When you reach the top of the wait list and a plot becomes available, it will be assigned to you only if you are present at that meeting.  If not, the plot will be assigned to the next person in line who is present.
• When you get your plot assigned, the yearly dues are to be paid immediately to the Treasurer.  Dues are not prorated, although the Treasurer may make an exception for the last couple of months of the year.
• At plot assignment, you will receive a copy of the Rules & Regulations for the Community Recreational Gardening Program, the Diamond Head Community Garden Bylaws, and the Honolulu Community Gardens Handbook.

MEET ALLAN DOUGHERTY AT PLOT 27

When I first met Allan Dougherty he was busy spraying his plants with a Neem solution, an organic pesticide.  "You apply it after you water the plants." he says. "But it's pretty weak, so you have to do it often."

When I ask Allan why he gardens, he grins: "To eat!" 
Then he adds, "I don't trust commercial foods." 

I get the picture when he tells me that for 25 years he grew his own food back in Lower Puna with no big city amenities available, like electricity and running water.  "Farming in the jungle," he calls it. 

He now limits himself to his little garden plot, growing different kinds of spinach and lettuces, as well as, collard greens, okra, kale, beets, ong choi, parsley, lemon grass, green onions, and also herbs, like basil, oregano, tarragon, sage, thyme, and chives.

May you live a long and radiant healthy life, Allan!