East Garden Meeting minutes 01/11/2026

East Garden meeting
01/11/2026 at 10am in the garden
attending: Renae, Abby, Thomas (and Mathew), Marina, Christy, Brian (took notes)

Discussion points:

adopting best practices for the garden was discussed
- Christy will share Wasatch Community Gardens version
- Kay will share earlier Wasatch Cohousing version
- things discussed along these lines
  - not growing brambles (raspberries, black berries, etc.) in beds since they spread, have thorns, etc
  - keeping weeds and grass under control
  - maintaining paths for safe and easy movement through the garden
  - exploring edge materials for beds like Trex that could last longer than the boards
  - possible ways to care for beds that are not actively cultivated for a season - including burlap and cardboard (rather than plastic or weed fabric/barrier)
there was some orientation for new gardeners - water, property boundaries, some history
possibility of raspberries elsewhere on property briefly discussed
- this is a landscape committee issue rather than garden
- could be good barrier plant but issues with spreading, thorns, water use - are they worth it?
beds allocations were discussed, working plan
- Abby and Thomas: 15
- Marina and Scott: (did I miss this?)
- Brian and Christy: 17, 18
- 7 and 8 will be fallow for summer 2026 gardeners will work together to protect from weeds/grass and hopefully grow soil
- 16 (that has brambles) will be a cooperative project to remove brambles
Proposed next meeting 02/08/2026