Quimper Grange Community Garden
and
Kale
Forest Farm Camp
Key Points
Kid
space fostering direct interactions with nature
Bringing
the community together through gardening
Food/vegetable
education
Gardening
education
Supporting
and enhancing the Grange
Easily
accessible demonstration garden
Kale Forest Farm
Camp hopes to support youth in building direct connections within the
natural world. Through active play, observation, personal
experiences, story, harvesting, and gardening we are fostering a
healthy present and future in children’s lives. As director, my
intention is to hold the space to build these relationships and
support farm/garden interactions. By exposing young children to
agriculture, animals, farmers, and the insect domain early, we are
creating experiences that will give positive previews of agriculture.
To grow future farmers, gardeners, plant lovers, and happy adults we
must focus on integrating the outside world and the internal spirit.
In order to make
this camp possible, I sought out a space that would be open to a
garden centered around a child’s need to play in the beds and not
just within walking paths. The Quimper Grange Community Garden, in
Port Townsend, was the perfect space for this. Here I hope to
establish garden play equipment, such as a Sunflower House, a Bean
and Pea Tipi Village, and other themed beds. This way there is
opportunity for comfort through nature, as well as observation. I
hope to build support for the Grange itself as a vital part of the
community by gardening and adding to what has already been started.
Therefore, I am taking on the labor and organizing needs of the
Grange Community Garden.
Please take a
little time to look at the needs list for this amazing project. It
takes the community’s support to really build a ‘community
garden.’ Please contact Natalie Robinson at 360-643-1926 or
nmrobinson84@hotmail.com
for any more questions. Thank you for your time and consideration in
this matter.
Needs List
Adult Tools:
Stirrup Hoe, I-Hoe, Flat Head Shovel, Point Tip Shovel, Seeder
(in my wildest dreams), Wheelbarrow, co-linear hoe (tall handle).
Kids Tools: 6
shovels, 6 rakes, 6 hoes, 6 trowels
Plant
Starts: Nasturtiums, violets/pansies, some calendula, chamomile,
lemon verbena, mint, catnip, sage, basil, hollyhocks,
cherry/pear/grape tomatoes, oregano, sweet peppers, sugar and snow
peas, scarlet runner beans, leeks and onions, cucumbers, squash
(smaller varieties).
Seeds:
Radishes, carrots, greens, turnips, Russian mammoth/Giant Gray
Stripe/Paul Bunyan sunflower seeds, scarlet runner beans, potato
(ideally fingerlings)
Manure/Compost
Sandbox
Supplies: Sand, treated wood, any play equipment
