Build a free seed library cabinet for an invited Joshua Tree community site

Growing food in the Morongo Basin takes desert-adapted seed and local know-how, and both live scattered across a few gardeners' kitchen drawers. A weatherproof seed-library cabinet at a hosted community site — stocked with labeled desert-proven varieties and simple growing cards — turns private knowledge into public infrastructure any neighbor can open. Standard: Seed Library network practice; UC Master Gardener seed-saving guidance — SDG 2, SDG 11. Proof: Photos of the built, mounted, stocked seed library Method (Seed Library network practice; UC Master Gardener seed-saving guidance — SDG 2, SDG 11.): 1. Build or adapt a weatherproof cabinet with labeled compartments. 2. Mount it at the host site at accessible height on solid posts or a wall. 3. Stock the first inventory of labeled desert-adapted seed packets. 4. Post simple take-some-leave-some instructions and growing cards. 5. Photograph the stocked, mounted library with GPS and date. Done when: Photos of the built, mounted, stocked seed library

Where

Host-invited community site near Twentynine Palms Hwy & Park Blvd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Pay

$200 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

Photos of the built, mounted, stocked seed library

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-03

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 30–60 minutes. Method of record: Community-coordination hazard survey (documentation + coordination only; severity-tagged)

Bring

• GPS phone
• camera
• hi-vis vest
• severity-tag reference (minor|moderate|severe|critical)

Steps

1. 1. Walk the corridor from a safe path; record a GPS waypoint at each hazard.
2. 2. Photograph each hazard.
3. 3. Classify the hazard type and assign a severity tag (minor|moderate|severe|critical).
4. 4. Name the responsible handoff target (BID / city agency / utility).
5. 5. Enter each hazard's type, severity, GPS, photo, and handoff target into the proof record; sign.

If it does not match the plan

• NEVER perform repair or enter the roadway/public right-of-way -> documentation and coordination only.
• Any severity:critical (e.g., live downed wire, open utility vault) -> flag immediately to the responsible agency; keep clear.

What counts as done

• Each hazard photographed with a GPS waypoint
• Severity tag assigned per hazard
• Hazard type classified
• Named handoff target per hazard

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.