LINNAEA FARM ECOLOGICAL GARDENING PROGRAM
REFERENCE FORM

INTRODUCTION
The Linnaea Farm Ecological Gardening Program is an eight-month practical gardening course. Participants live and work on a small farm for a full growing season. They must work together to plan and create their own gardens which supply food and other crops for their own use. The hands-on part of the course is linked with a theoretical component which involves readings from a text selected from diverse agricultural literature and classroom discussions on a weekly basis.

To be most successful, the program needs people with good cooperative work skills and the ability to "stick it out" for the full season, both with the group and in the garden. Though there is lots of work, it need not be physically demanding. Brute strength is not required, but persistence is a must. Other useful characteristics include innovative thinking and commitment to food production alternatives.

This form is intended to help us find people who can get the most from our program. Please give us your honest appraisal through the questions on the back of this sheet.

Mail the completed form directly to the address below before November 1.

Thank you for your help.

David Buckner
Linnaea Farm
Box 98
Manson's Landing, B.C. V0P 1K0
Canada
(250) 935-6717
(250) 935-6413 (fax)
info@linnaeafarm.org


REFERENCE FORM
Name of applicant:


Your name and address:


Relationship to applicant (If reference is work related please specify the job and brief outline of tasks involved and your relationship to this person- i.e. co-worker, supervisor, employer):


Please comment on the applicant's strengths and weaknesses in the following areas.

1. Communication skills


2. Relationship with peers (work, social, co-operation, leadership, etc...)


3. Independence


4. Problem solving skills


5. Ability to take initiative


6. Ability to follow through once a project has been started


7. Attitude (towards co-workers, those in position of authority, general demeanor)


8. Ways of dealing with/reacting to stress


9. Ways of dealing with/reacting to conflict


10. Maturity


11. What do you feel is motivating the applicant to seek this kind of educational experience?


12. What is the most outstanding characteristic of the applicant?


13. Any other relevant comments:


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Linnaea Farm Ecological Gardening Programme Reference Form
revised September 23, 2002