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� � "held harmless" and will not be sued. Each gardener should be made aware of this waiver and asked to sign the waiver included in the Gardener Agreement Form (see #13). 9. Obtaining Liability Insurance Landowners may also require that your group purchase liability insurance. Community gazdeners can contact their neighborhood organization (Neighborhood Association or District Council) to get an insurance rider. Another option is to contact a non-profit or business that akeady has property nearby to put a rider on their insurance. It is possible to purchase insurance independently, but this often is much more expensive than finding a community partner. Call Gardening Matters for more options. Once you have a lease signed by the landowner and liability insurance, you're free to plan and plant your garden! Liability insurance essentially ' stands between the landowner ', and someone who wishes to sue. them for a wrong experienced , on tl�e garden site. Does the landowner require insurance? New York City dces not require liability insurance for community gardens on city property 10. Planning the Garden Community members should be involved in the planning, design, and set-up of the garden. Before the design process begins, you should measure your site and make a simple; to-scale site map. Hold two or three garden design meetings at times when interested participants can attend. Make sure that group decisions are recarded in af�cial minutes, or that someone takes accurate notes. This ensures that decisions made can be communicated to others, and progress will not be slowed. A great way to generate ideas and visualize the design is to use simple drawings or photos cut from garden magazines representing the different garden components--flower beds, compost bins, pathways, arbors, etc.--that can be moved around on the map as the group discusses layout. �le strongiy recommend that garden group memhers cake the initiative early on to conneci with gardeners from other community gardens in their area or have a similar vision. Not only will group members learn the lessons of other garden groups, but also take away new ideas and new relationships with nearby and similar community gardens. Use the Community Garden Planning Worksheet (page 16) to guide discussion when designing the layout of the garden and how the garden will operate. This Planning Worksheet is a good document to review with gardeners at the annual spring meeting (see #13) and make changes as needed. Please note that community gardens can be laid out as allotment gardens where folks sign up for a plot or they can be gardened collectively growing either flowera, food or both. A tomato icon (�) will be used for sections that refer specifically to allotment gardens. If the garden will be gardened collectively (i.e. no individual ownership in the garden), then please skip these sections. a. Basic Elements of a Community Garden Although there are exceptions to every rule, community gardens should almost always include: o At least 15 plots assigned to community members. These should be placed in the sunniest part of the gazden. Without plots for individual participation, it is very difficult to achieve long-term community involvement. Raised bed plots, which are more expensive, should be no more than 4 feet wide (to facilitate access to plants from the sides without stepping into the bed), and between 8 and 12 feet long (it is advisable to construct your raised beds in sizes that are found in readily-available lumber, or that can be cut without too much waste). Inground plots can be from 10 x 10 up to 2U x 2U feet. Pathways between becls and plots should be least 3 feet wide to allow space for wheelbarrows. The soil in both raised bed and in-ground plots should be amended with aged compost or manure to improve its fertility and increase its organic matter content. t�: .�� ,;n,� �7nn��, ('r� 5�,��-i � � Ini�J�� G},� �nrn: wN�N�.Lardcningmancrs.org 424