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Success during the summer starts by building strong relationships withvolunteers during the school year, somanyofour recommendations are applicable throughout the yearand focus on how to best work with volunteers. Many school garden coordinatorsin the Portland areagenerously gave their time to discuss the successes and challenges that they have faced in their gardensduring the summertime.  \nWe developed this document based on theresources that interviewees shared with us andtheneeds that they expressed. Our goal is to share tipsand techniques that school garden coordinatorsuse tosuccessfully navigate the insand outs of maintenance in the summer. Many coordinators putin unpaidhours, arestrapped for time, and are really working from the heart to make things happen. For this reason,we have created planning and record keeping forms and templates that are customized and ready for useby school garden coordinators. Additionally, we have provided signs which can be printed, laminated, andposted in the garden to help guide students and volunteers in the right direction.  \nWe know that there isnota one-size-fits-all solution for school gardens, but we hope that thesetips, templates, and signs are useful and that you are able to customize them to suit your needs. Goodluckin your garden!  \n### Who are we?\n\nThe co-authors of this resource are Pritha Golden and Karin Pfeiffer-Hoyt. Weare currently servingour 2011-2012 term asAmeriCorps members through the Confluence Environmental Center in the PortlandMetro region. Summer isthe most abundant time in gardens, yet itis also the most challenging for schoolsastheyarenotin session. Inspired to address the need for support at school gardens in the summer, wechose to create this documentasour AmeriCorps Change Agent Project. Britt Appleton, a Portland-basedartist, generously donated her time to make all of the illustrations and signs for this document.  \nThankyou!  \nWe greatly appreciate and would like to thank the following people: Caitlin Blethen, Julia Gray,  \nSarah Canterberry, Sarah Sullivan, Kathy Garris, Amanda Hart, Ashley Coltin, Abbie Rankin,and Julie Baasch for taking the time to share their experiences, knowledge, and inputwith us. We also thank the Confluence Environmental Center staff for their support.  \n## Table of Contents\n\n### Part 1: Helpful Tips\n\nVolunteers are Worth their Weight in Compost_______________ 6  \nEffective strategies for recruiting, coordinating, and engaging your volunteers.  \nIncludes tipson how to communicate clearly with volunteers as well ashow to have  \nsuccessful work parties and events.  \nSummer Maintenance Models____________________________ 8  \nExamples of how other coordinatorshave maintained their gardens in the  \nsummer. Mix and match to develop a plan that works best for you!  \nMaintenance Nuts & Bolts_______________________________11  \nHelpful tips from other school gardeners that range from how to weed your garden  \nto vandalism prevention.  \n### Part 2: Templates to Use for Success in Your Garden\n\nSchool Garden Coordinator Checklist______________________14  \nConsider this your master list of things to consider when planning foryour summer  \nprogram. 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