On build day, GPGP will arrive at your garden location with a crew of volunteers and the materials needed to build your garden. At that time, we will also bring seeds and possibly seedlings to plant at the end of the build. Much laughter, building of frames and shoveling of soil will follow and within a few hours, your garden will be ready for planting!

We will schedule a day on which to build your garden with as much consideration for your schedule as we possible can. Ideally, we would love to have you there to help with the build - it's a lot of fun. Unfortunately, our build season is short so we can not always accommodate everyone's schedules and may need to build when you are not available.

We will bring your seedlings in two separate deliveries. In the early spring we’ll bring what we call “cool crops” (those that grow in cooler weather like lettuce and spinach) and in late spring we'll bring “warm crops” (those that grow in warmer weather like tomatoes and peppers). After your garden is built, we will teach you how to plant your “cool crops” and seeds. If it is not possible to plant immediately after the garden installation, we will schedule a mutually convenient time to plant with you. If you are comfortable planting on your own, we’ll get out of your way!

Once a planting is complete (either cool or warm), it is your job to make sure that you weed, water and harvest the produce from your garden.

Starting in June, we will be sending out newsletters to let you know what you might be seeing in your garden, what insects to be on the lookout for, and lots of delicious recipes to help you figure out what to do with the produce you are harvesting. These newsletters will continue to come to your house through the growing season. Click here to see a sampling of our newsletters.

During July, August and September, GPGP will schedule garden visits with you so that we can talk about what is happening in your garden, answer any questions you might have, help with any problems or insects you might be seeing, and let you brag about your successes as well as complain about any failures. At GPGP we view gardening as a series of experiments – sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t! Generally we see trends with things that are working and not working - between the sun, the temperatures, the rain, etc, there are a lot of factors that can affect the end result of the experiment.

At the end of the growing season, GPGP will deliver bags of compost to you to spread on your garden after you have finished harvesting and cleaning up. Late October/early November is also the time to plant your garlic for next year if you have elected to grow it. We will also be sending around a survey to ask you about your experience with your garden, tell us some stories, give you a chance to complain about things that didn't grow, let us know about what we might be able to do next year to help and also to give us a list of what seedlings you would like to receive next year. This survey provides important information to GPGP, so it's important to return it as soon as you can!