The Big Garden Healthy Congregations Garden Assessment

Please complete this application to the best of your ability. This will take some time to complete, because preliminary planning and budgeting will be needed. Deadline is March 1st, 2021. Mail or e-mail your completed application to:

Molly Baurain

KS Coordinator at The Big Garden

19335 Metcalf Avenue

Stilwell, KS 66085

Phone: (913) 897-2418

mbaurain@biggarden.org

Location of the proposed garden site (or current one if the garden already exists):

Do you have permission to use this site? Is the site owned by the church?

Who will utilize the garden? (Children/youth, adults, community members, neighbors, clients, etc.)

Is there a committee or group responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of the garden and/or programs?

(5) Does your church have other groups, clubs, or programs that you could partner with to regularly utilize the garden? If so, please list.

(6) What other faith groups, community groups, organizations, schools, or social service agencies in your city might you collaborate with to implement and maintain the garden? Please list:

(7) What other faith groups, community groups, organizations, schools, or social service agencies operate WITHIN A TEN BLOCK RADIUS of the proposed garden? Please list: (This doesn't need to be a comprehensive list, but proximity matters. This can help you to start thinking about partnerships that aren’t readily apparent.)

(8) How will you include neighbors and other community members into your garden?

(9) Who will eat and use the produce from the garden?

(10) How will participants receive the produce? (for example: harvest themselves, delivered to an agency, used in the cafeteria, etc.)

(11) How can you utilize the garden to increase access to fresh, healthy produce for those whom may not previously have had access to healthy produce?

(12) What expenses do you foresee incurring to start the garden? Please attach a simple projected budget for the garden.

(13) Please describe your financial sustainability plan to keep the garden going for many years to come.

(14) Please list the approximate number of participants in your church.

(15) Do the garden participants have access to any of the following supplemental programs? Please circle all that apply.

-SNAP

-WIC

-Medicaid/Medicare

-Food Pantry

-Summer Food Programs

(16) What percentage of garden participants are low income?

Basic Resource and Site Considerations

(17) Is the land relatively level? If not, please describe the terrain or grade.

(18) Does the garden space receive at least 7-8 hours of full sunlight during the growing season?

(19) Do you plan to grow in the ground or raised beds?

(20) If the garden is in-ground, has the soil been tested in the last year? If you answered no, this is something we will require moving forward. Please include that expense in your projected budget.

(21) For in-ground beds, do soil amendments need to be made? If so, please include those in your projected budget, and budget the time needed for those amendments to be effective.

(22) How is the water drainage at the site?

(23) Do you have a large number of trees on site? Do any trees need to be cleared before starting?

(24) Is there a water source at the proposed garden location?

If yes, where is it located (approximately how many feet from the garden)?

If no, what is the plan to get water on-site?

(25) Is there indoor space for social gatherings or workshops at or near the garden?

(26) Is there a lockable tool storage space? If so, will gardeners have access to this space?

(27) Is there space on-site for outdoor composting?

(28) Please attach a rough map of the potential garden site. If you already have a garden, please sketch any additions or improvements you would like to make to the site.