Garden
Sign Up as a Volunteer
Open For Volunteers
Wednesdays and Saturdays 10am to dark
All ages are welcome. Come when you can and leave when you need to.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have a group of 8 or more, please schedule your volunteer day in advance! Just send an email to our Garden Manager, Dan Hafeman.
New! Be a volunteer Garden Assistant
What You Will Do
It’s different everyday, but you might be harvesting, planting, weeding, composting, digging, and more. No experience is necessary. All volunteers are encouraged to take home some veggies with them. Enjoy the fruits of your labor!
What To Bring/ Wear
- water bottle
- closed toed shoes
- sunblock
- hat
- snacks and/or a lunch
- garden gloves (if you have them)
How Do I Get There?
You can reach the garden through the East Gate of the farm (look for the sign). Park along the street on Dunford and walk through the gate to the garden.
About The Garden
The Full Circle Farm Garden is a half acre patch of green in the northwest corner of the property. The garden meets several community needs while the farm at large is focused on locally grown food production. These needs are:
- A place for children to experience growing produce. The garden is designed to enable easy access by children of all ages. We host field trips for youth groups from preschool up through middle school. Many of our volunteers come with their entire family.
- Adult education. We encourage adults in the community to volunteer at the garden. No experience is required as we do on the job training for our volunteers. All garden work is done by volunteers. Note that our volunteers have free access to produce grown in the garden.
- Growing a large range of crops. We grow many types and varieties of edible vegetables. Some of these are experimental for the farm. Others are suggested by our volunteers. If a regular volunteer has a particular interest in a given plant type and has seeds/seedlings, we will find a place for the plants. This produce will then be shared among all the volunteers.
- Peterson Middle School outdoor classroom. This year the entire sixth grade class at Peterson is spending one period every two weeks in the garden. The children plan their own garden beds and then plant and care for those beds. In future years, the program will be expanded to include 7th and 8th grades.
All garden waste is composted. Our goal is to make all of our own compost and use this compost as the sole soil additive for our plants. This is a key requirement to achieving a sustainable garden. We practice both vermicomposting and backyard techniques. Our volunteers and visitors can observe composting in action.
