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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