2024 Service Teams
Service Team sign-up:
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Contact us as leadership@roserootsgarden.org if you have questions or to sign up for a team!
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Note: Team descriptions below. Training offered for all jobs.
Service to our Garden Community
Join one of our Rose Roots Teams!
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Volunteer Hours
Volunteer/Service Hours are required for all gardeners leasing a plot. These may be fulfilled by attending monthly meetings and joining one of the teams below, or individually helping maintain community spaces. Gardeners log their own hours on the honors system Here.
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12 hours are required per season per 15 ft square plot
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6 hours required per half and raised beds
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Service Teams
member may join any service team. Roles may overlap and rely on each other across teams. We encourage all members to join at least one team to get the most out of your Rose Roots Gardening experience! Meet fellow gardeners, get service hours, create life long friendships, learn new skills, build community, give back! No experience necessary.
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To join a team, let us know your interest by emailing us at leadership@roserootsgarden.org.
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Steering Committee (5 elected members, 3 appointed):
Meets Monthly to plan Rose Roots Course and Vision
President: Laura Bennett
Vice President: Erin Newton
Administrator: Shannon Sawyer
Treasurer: Tom Glum
Membership: Laura Bennett
Operations: Gary Williams, Jim Richards
Special Projects: Patty Sacks
Operations Team: Leads Gary Williams, Jim Richards
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This Team keeps Rose Roots infrastructure in working order.
Tasks:
Mow perimeter
Compost Support
Maintain Hoses
Plan work projects to maintain Plot Borders
Plan work projects to maintain common pathways
Maintain signage
Maintain tools and equipment
Stock fuel, purchase supplies, rent equipment
Irrigation City Liaison
Communications Team: Available
This Team gets the word out and advocates for Rose Roots!
Tasks:
Kiosk: Deb Harris
Website Event Updates: Erin Newton
Evite: available
Social Media: avaialable
Newsletters/Articles/Blog: Erin Newton
RR Education/Event Flyers: Deb Harris
Community Postings: Arvada Press, Next Door, HOA Advert: available
Chalkboard updates at gates: available
Membership Integration Team: Laura Bennett
This Team registers and orients new gardeners
Tasks:
New Member Registration: Laura Bennett
New Member Orientations: Laura Bennett
New Member Mentorship/Integration: Available
Service Hours: Brian Seater
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Community Outreach Team: Available
This Team is a liaison with the community
Tasks:
Community Engagement/Ambassador: available
Grant Writer: available
Fundraising: available
Media: available
Volunteer Coordinator (large groups that come to the garden to volunteer): available
Neighbor Liason (eg. Meiklejohn Elementary): available
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Compost Team: Lead Julie Gleason
This Team maintains our compost and trains gardeners
Tasks:
West Compost Bins: Bill Ott and Glen
East Compost Bins: available
Composting Training: Julie Gleason
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Event Coordination
This Team organizes events and trainings
Tasks:
Coordinate event calendar: Available
Find/schedule music, educational workshops for events: Available
Support coordination of Opening and Closing workdays and other special events: Available
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Rose Roots Youth Team-Lead: Available
This Team plans activities and events for Young people.
Tasks:
Maintain Children's Garden, sandbox, Rock Adventure Plot
Plan Youth Activities and Events
Youth Lead: Grayson Inman
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Westside Project Team - Patty Sacks
This Team will complete work on the Westside Project and participate in weekly maintenance activities throughout the 2024 season
Tasks:
Maintain newly planted trees, shrubs, plants
Weed and tend the Westside pollinator bed
Weed and maintain graveled areas
Expand and manage the Westside composting bins
Complete 2024 installation of site features (benches, planting troughs, rose arbor)
Plan and implement the first annual “Farm to Table Picnic”
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Quadrant Teams
(see details on Work Crew Page Here)
This Team will help engage members in their Quadrant to foster a team effort in maintenance while earning service hours and supports the community plots
Tasks:
NW Quad: Area Maintenance and Member Integration: Available
NE Quad: Area Maintenance and Member Integration: Available
SW Quad: Area Maintenance and Member Integration: Dan Graumiller
SE Quad: Area Maintenance and Member Integration: Available
Community Plot Maintenance: Available
Garden Ambassadors: Available
South Pollinator Garden-Katie Meiss and Shannon Sawyer
This Team maintains the South Pollinator Garden and hosts work parties every 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month for all gardeners
Tasks:
Provides regular pollinator garden maintenance.
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Note: The pollinator garden is the circular area outside the garden fence line at the south entrance gates of the garden.
Service Hours
Serve your Garden Community
What are Service Hours?
Registration for a plot requires a commitment of 12 service hours, or work in community spaces since we are a 100% volunteer organization.
Can I donate hours?
If you know of any gardeners experiencing hardship, contact us Here to donate hours, or record them on the outside the West Barn to the right of the doors.
Service
"As you get older, you will discover you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others."
--Audrey Hepburn
