The University of Missouri-St. Louis started their own Institutional Repository in January of this year. The soil has been tilled and seeds have been found. In this talk the Institutional Repository will be understood as a community garden. Find out how the planting and growing is going in this informative presentation. Identifying stakeholders: who digs, where is the water and what pests have been identified. Tips, tricks and things to avoid when cultivating a brand new IR garden. All this from someone freshly working the land.