With 13 acres and limited staff, we're looking at piloting an
adopt-a-garden program next spring.  We're planning on targeting our
existing homeschool audience and seeing if any of the local homeschool
co-ops might be interested.  Staff would work with them in picking
plants and planning the garden, and they would be responsible for
weeding etc.  We also see some opportunities for little (almost
informal) lessons throughout the year on botany, art, history, etc.
Before we attempt to create the wheel, has anyone instituted a similar
program?  Did you have the groups sign a contract of any type?  Did
certain aspects work really well?  Any cautionary tales?  

Also, though they would certainly have free admission on the days that
they volunteered, did you give them comp tickets or a membership or
anything like that as a perk?  If we wind up working with a co-op, I was
thinking of giving them a family membership or two that can be checked
out by various families within the co-op.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

Melissa

 

Melissa Prycer

Director of Education

214-413-3671

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