COMMUNITY GARDEN INFORMATION   GENERAL INFORMATION Community gardens are more than places to share your love of gardening. They also cultivate friendships, strengthen neighborhoods, increase self-reliance, provide public open space, foster environmental awareness, relive hunger, improve nutrition, create recreational and therapeutic opportunities.  As a community gardener, you have the use of your own plot, along with a shared responsibility for the total site.  Remember, the gardens are open space resources to all members of the community, and as a gardener, you reflect the Community Garden to all who visit.    ANNUAL GARDENER GATHERING is held at the beginning of the season.  Free seeds and transplants are available on a first come first serve basis.  Please attend and meet your new neighbors.   WORK PARTIES are a friendly way to both improve and keep your garden site beautiful.  Please watch for signs announcing dates.    FOOD BANK GARDENING provides fresh produce for those in need.  Your garden coordinator can provide you with more information should you choose to participate in growing food for the food bank in the communal food bank garden.
WHAT CAN I GROW?	Any vegetables, small fruits, flowers, or herbs (except comfrey, mint, or Jerusalem artichokes) you choose.  Organic gardening only.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?	$10-$20 sliding scale/season
WHAT ELSE DO I RECEIVE?	Annual spring meeting at the garden (some free seeds and transplants available)                                                             Festive events: Harvest Banquet, cooking demos                                                             Organic fertilizer, water, the use of garden tools.                                                             Organic gardening educational opportunities (to be announced)                                                             Newsletter
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?	Please care for your plot (keep it weeded, watered, and harvested!) and paths.
HOW ARE PLOTS ASSIGNED?	Preference will be given to those who do not have land on which to grow food, then on a first come, first serve basis.