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COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT

NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM 2
SY 2024-2025

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Leader: Magaway, Alyssa Men

Members:
Elming, Queenlee Grospe, Lea
Fortuno, Djhon Sobrevilla, Princess Joy
Cabili, Sheila `Rivera, Ramilyn
Gante, Kurl David
Introduction

This project aims to develop a healthy community garden in a specific area of Brgy.
Bakal 2, Talavera, Nueva Ecija to help them meet their everyday needs. The goal of this project
is to improve the community’s food supply and encourage behavior beneficial to the residents.
The goal would be to plant various crops and vegetables, and have the locals participate in
maintaining the garden.

A community garden would be beneficial for both the community and its environment. It would
provide sustainability to the locals, allowing them to grow and harvest their own crops for free.
This alone helps those who cannot afford to buy produce provide food to their tables.Introducing
a variety of crops to the area would also improve the environment both aesthetically and
ecologically. The project’s success would lead to unity and a sense of purpose for the
community, encouraging sharing, responsibility and social interactions as well as aiding in
sustenance for the families that reside there. To thrive, a community must learn to work together
for a common goal, a garden that provides free fresh produce would be a great example.

Barangay Bakal 2, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, where some of the residents are in need of food,
makes an excellent candidate for this proposal. The project aims to address the needs of the
community by providing it with a sustainable source of vegetables that are free for anyone to
harvest. This will ease the hunger problem the locals face, making life in the community both far
more manageable and healthier.
Project Overview

What is a Community Garden?

A community garden is a plot of land designated for crop-planting that is shared by the
residents of a community, a makeshift urban farm where people could grow their own food. This
would be a small, but sufficient area big enough to accommodate a variety of plants. It would
consist of natural resources, as well as handcrafted materials with the intent of aiding plant
growth and maintenance. The garden would be free-to-use by anyone in the community,
providing a source of vegetables and other crops for the consumption of the locals, as well as
aesthetically improving the appearance of the area. The responsibility to look after the garden
would be on the locals later on.

Share Quick Goals and Expected Outcomes

• The most important goal would be to ensure that the community garden would help provide for
those in need of food within the community.
• The project aims to plant a wide variety of crops; eggplants, okra, beans, tomatoes and the
likes to name a few, as well as decorative plants to enhance the garden’s appearance.
• The maintenance of the garden; this includes pest control and fertilizers to ensure quality crop
growth and an abundant harvest.
• Encourage the consumption of vegetables within the community.
• Have the locals cooperate and contribute to maintaining the garden’s productivity.

It is ideal for the locals to adopt the community garden within their own schedules and as such,
this would provide a good hobby, alongside caring for the garden and ensuring a bountiful yield.
Implementation Plan

Key Steps

Timeline made on my.visme.co

Roles
To ensure a seamless work operation, the workload is divided among the members as such:

Group Leader
Alyssa Men Magaway

They would be assigned to keep unity within the group and ensure a seamless operation. The
group leader’s responsibility is to oversee the members and keep things both organized and in
harmony. Their duty would be to assign roles and uphold standards among the members, they
are to provide help and assistance, working alongside the team to ensure fairness and
maximize manpower.

Group Leader’s Assistant

Lea Grospe

Their job would be to provide assistance to the head organizer when needed; this includes filling
as a substitute in the leader’s absence, listing important notes, taking notes of the team’s
progress and helping with the project to report back to the leader. Their role is to lessen the
leader’s workload and provide secondary opinions when needed.

Group Representative
Sheila Katrina Cabili

They are the one expected to speak to the local authorities within the community (alongside the
leader), usually somebody who is reputable in the area already. Their job is to convince the
locals to allow the community garden to be made, and implore them to participate in its
maintenance and harvest.

Inventory Manager
Queenlee Elming

Their job is to collect the necessary tools, equipment and materials needed for the community
garden, keep them in good condition, and return them to the owners when no longer needed.
Head Gardeners
Djohn Fortuno & Kurl David Gante

Their role is to provide seeds and/or seedlings to use and keep them in good condition until
planting. They are to lead in the main task of planting the crops and maintaining them, as well
as assess what each plant variety needs in order to thrive.

Waste Disposal
Ramilyn Rivera

They are to collect the residue and garbage left by the project and ensure the garden is left
clean and pleasant. The person in charge of this should ensure the garbage collected are
disposed of properly.

Maintenance
Princess Joy Sobrevilla
Their job is to monitor the plants as they grow and report back to the team if they find problems
such as infestations, wilting, and the likes. They’re tasked to work alongside the gardeners to
make sure the garden thrives and that it’s free from pests, disease and trash.
Community Engagement

Community Participation

It’s important that the community contributes to the community garden and cooperates in caring
for it. The residents would be asked to care for the plants in a sense that they’re expected to
monitor the plants’ condition, water, and do general care for the crops. They would be
encouraged to add their own crops, flowers, or any plants they wish to contribute to the garden.
The free produce and the decorative community garden they get will serve as reward for their
participation in the project.

Possible Challenges and their Solutions

● The project may be rejected by the local community

• Further try and persuade the community for permission.
• If plausible, find a different place to start the project in.
● The seeds may not propagate.
• Pre-germinate the seeds into seedlings beforehand and ensure their quality before
transferring them to the community garden.
● The plants may wither.
• Monitor the plants' growth and ensure the environment is appropriate.
• Provide nutrients for the plants if necessary via fertilizers.
● Local insects and animals may destroy the plants.
• Protect the plants whilst avoiding using pesticide, do this using natural structures or
deterrents.
● Possible weather-related problems
• Plant the crops in an area that isn’t at risk of heavy flooding.
• Provide shade, if necessary, as well as adequate water so the plants don’t dry out.
● Locals may refuse to contribute or harvest crops from the garden.
• Thoroughly explain that the garden is free to everyone’s consumption as long as they
help maintain and contribute to its abundance.
Rubric for Proposal Project Plan Evaluation