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A18 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 GARDEN: continued from page A1 owners will have to present what they intend to plant and where in their 12-foot by 12-foot plot. She said that is a topic that mas- ter gardeners will address during the workshop. ,Q WKH SDVW +DQNLQVRQ said there have been issues with plot owners planting too much of a certain type of plant, like tomatoes, which not only took over their own plots, but spread into others, as well. That resulted in plot owners not harvesting all their produce because they couldn’t get to plants that ZHUHFRYHUHGE\DKDOIGR]HQ others. “With the master garden- ers coming and with the plan- ning workshop, both will help us learn how to plant proper- O\DQGVSDFHWKLQJVHYHQO\ even if they aren’t a commu- QLW\ JDUGHQ PHPEHU´ VKH VDLG³,IWKH\DUHLQWHUHVWHGLQ gardening in their own home or container gardening, (the PDVWHU JDUGHQHUV ZLOO KHOS WKHPDGGUHVVWKDW´ +DQNLQVRQVDLGWKHZRUN- shop is free, lasts about 45 minutes and requires no expe- rience in gardening or a mem- bership with the community garden. She said, in addition to spacing, the master garden- ers will talk about the types of produce and plants that grow best in the region, the time it takes for certain crops to grow, as well as basic tools and tips for gardeners. /DWHU WKLV IDOO +DQNLQVRQ VDLGRUJDQL]HUVZLOODOVRRIIHU other classes, including those SUHVHQWHGWR:,&FOLHQWVIR- cusing on how to use items from the garden to eating healthily. She said they are also partnering this year with HERALD FILE PHOTO Hermiston Community Garden organizers say there will be a larger focus on education this year. Gardeners will have to submit plot plans before planting, and classes will be offered. the summer meals program, where community garden produce will be used to feed local children. 6R IDU +DQNLQVRQ VDLG FRPPXQLW\JDUGHQRUJDQL]HUV have sold about 20 of the plots available. She said plots cost $10, and people need to sub- mit a gardening plan before- hand. People can purchase a plot by stopping at the Umatil- OD0RUURZ +HDG 6WDUW RI¿FH 1()RXUWK6WLQ+HUP- iston, or by attending the gar- dening workshop on April 13. Like in previous years, +DQNLQVRQ VDLG SHRSOH ZLOO not be allowed to grow corn RU VXQÀRZHUV EHFDXVH WKH roots of those plants destroy the drip lines of the garden. 2UJDQL]HUV DOVR DGYLVH SHR- ple to not plant squash unless they will tend to it daily as squash bugs, which destroy plants, can get out of control. People who don’t want a plot but are interested in helping can sign up through +HDG6WDUWWRYROXQWHHUDWWKH garden. +DQNLQVRQ VDLG WKH FRP- munity garden is also looking IRUDQRUJDQL]DWLRQRULQGLYLG- uals to donate a fence for the garden. “We would like to get a fence up, but we don’t have WKHIXQGV´VKHVDLG³7KDWLV one of the big things we are ORRNLQJIRULQWKHIXWXUH´ For more information about the garden, contact +DQNLQVRQ DW FKDQNLQVRQ# umchs.org. packages will include light- ing, vendor power, fenc- ing, underground irrigation continued from page A1 and paving and sidewalks. Frew said the docu- Multiple projects will be ments soliciting bids to under construction during design and build the rodeo the second half of the DUHQD VKRXOG EH ¿QDOL]HG year, he said, and piecing for approval at the April WKH ³MLJVDZ SX]]OH´ WR- 24 meeting, and future bid gether will require careful coordination of the sched- ule and contractors. Brookshier said the board is still working to acquire the total funding needed to complete the project, which is currently budgeted at $12,884,640. “We’re still working on getting our total need put together on fund- LQJ´ KH VDLG ³,Q RWKHU respects, things right now are moving pretty well. We’re starting to see the outlines of what our oper- ational need will look like as we go into the (2015- ¿VFDO \HDU DQG DFWXDO startup towards the spring RI , WKLQN ZH¶UH pleased with the way the bid packets are coming together for the major por- tions of the project. Again, we’ve still got to make our budget at this point, but with that major need still to totally come together, ,¶P SOHDVHG DW KRZ ZH¶UH JRLQJ´ EOTEC: “With the master gardeners coming and with the planning workshop, both will help us learn how to plant properly and space things (evenly), even if they aren’t a community garden member.” — Chelle Hankinson Community garden coordinator and USDA manager