5/14 South Bay School Garden Alliance Meeting Agenda:

Introductions & Updates (20 minutes)

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10 members attended
Organizations include: Veggielution, HealthCorps, California Native Garden Foundation,
Edible Urban Farm, Living Classroom, and CommUniverCity.

Website Update (10 minutes)

Resource Share (10 minutes)

Plans for next school year (15 minutes)

o Attending a flea market fundraiser and provide starts, resources, and gather
community interest
o Arrange a meeting, caravan between different campuses and coordinate with the
garden coordinator at school to have a guide and pick people up along the way [LifeLab
does this in Santa Cruz!]
o Involve South Bay schools to be included in the Sustainable Site Initiative, which
protects ecosystems in land use
o Use a Yahoo Group to distribute email lists
o Possibly an online forum to supplement the email list for public viewing
o Name: Alliance but described as a network
o Suggestion: hold a regional school tour in the spring
o Suggestion: needed a workshop to gather maybe a panel to get strong administrative
support and see why which schools do not have gardens
o Write a grant to host a moderated discussion and address weaknesses in sustainability
- must have a source of financial revenue
Two goals for the Alliance:
1) Get teachers at the alliance meeting and listen to their needs and discuss challenges
2) Would like to have a tour and connect with more teachers

Action Item Review (5 minutes)

o Every group members will write a blurb with garden projects and what skills and
resources you hope to contribute and include a link to your organization.
o Make an updated description of how to support school gardens
o Start brainstorming which schools that have active garden programs to collect data
from
o Work on a rough draft for a Google Form to collect survey data to create an open school
spreadsheet: see whos involved with schools and how many hours the garden is
worked on and which seasons the garden is active: tracking time, have any tests,
sources of income