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Commission members discuss community gardens, pollinator education and a seed-swap idea
Summary
Members agreed to compile a list of community gardens, explore educational materials on pollinator gardens for the city website, and consider coordinating a seed swap and outreach with city staff.
Members of the New Brunswick Environmental Commission discussed organizing and supporting community gardens, creating pollinator-garden educational materials for the city's website, and reviving a seed-swap event to distribute seeds and seedlings.
"I wanted to ask Zoltan if, maybe he would be willing to reach out to Aaron and some of the other community garden, coordinators...and just to see if you could compile a small list," Denise said, asking for volunteers to help assemble garden contacts.
Nut graf: The conversation focused on near-term, volunteer-driven projects—compiling a gardens list this fall, producing digital pollinator-garden guidance and exploring a seed-swap—rather than on new city-funded programs.
Zoltan confirmed he would check nearby sites and said he had been inspecting a garden near the Cook campus. Commissioners discussed seasonal planting windows and examples of fall plantings such as garlic, radish and arugula. One commissioner suggested putting pollinator guidance and native-plant suggestions on the city's website, noting that the commission "might be a joint project we could do" with the Environmental Commission's peer bodies.
Commissioners agreed to ask Erin (a staff member who coordinates rain-garden workshops and related public programs) for her calendar and to identify opportunities for the commission to promote or volunteer at city events. "I will reach out to Erin personally," a commissioner said.
Members also discussed reviving a seed-swap idea. "I wanted to bring up another project possibility as well...which is more in Aaron's ballpark, but would be another seed swap," one commissioner said. Zoltan agreed he had a large amount of seeds to share.
Ending: Commissioners asked Zoltan to compile an initial list of gardens for the next meeting and tasked a member to contact Erin to align potential volunteer support and promotional opportunities. No formal motions or city funding commitments were made during the discussion.
