Last updated November 2018

• Communal membership is offered yearly, March to March (similar to all memberships)
  
  
• The offer of communal membership subject to us having a Coordinator each year
  
  
• Communal membership is an important part of our community garden and helps us keep a healthy level of membership. It enables those who don’t necessarily want the responsibility of an assigned plot to be a part of the garden community, and for others to gain gardening experience. Members who are waiting for an assigned plot to come available may also use communal membership.
  
  
• Being a communal member is like being any other member of the garden; except they don’t have an assigned plot. In a sense, in a community garden we are ALL communal members.
  
  

Communal Members can:

• Visit and use the garden anytime
  
  
• Tend and plant in the communal beds (as any member can). But first check with the Coordinator. Record any planting in the Planting Record Book in the Shed. Communal beds are shown on the site plan in the Shed.
  
  
• Take up any garden tasks listed on the ‘To-do List’ (in Shed) or at Garden Activity Days
  
  
• Become a Committee member, assist at Open Days, and generally be as active in the garden as any other member.
  
  

The Communal Membership Coordinator

All members have a collective responsibility for, and use of, the communal areas of the garden. However, our past experience has shown that we at least one person to keep oversight of the activities that happen in the communal areas of the garden.

The Coordinator’s role and responsibilities are to:

• Let the Chair know how many communal members they are willing to coordinate (or when they feel they’ve reached a healthy limit)
  
  
• Get to know communal members (and meet any prospective members)
  
  
• Carry out the Induction of communal members with the Garden Chair, if possible
  
  
• Be a point of contact for communal members. They will have their contact details and will establish good communication with all communal members (e.g. a WhatsApp group, minimum monthly contact)
  
  
• Have an understanding of the tasks that are available for communal members to do in the garden
  
  
• Have an understanding of where communal members can plant and ensure members keep the Record of Planting book updated (in the Shed)
  
  
• Attend the Garden Activity Days where possible and encourage communal members to do the same
  
  
• Keep in regular and good communication with the Chair and any other key members involved in the communal gardening.