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Subject: [Community_garden] seeking plot rental policy advice
Dear ACGA Gardeners,
Franklin Park Conservatory (in Columbus Ohio) is in the process of building
a showplace for community gardening. [For those of you who might not be
aware - ACGA's national
Hi,
Sounds like you have quite the garden under way. Here are a few thoughts:
1. Without tenure you won't have interested gardeners who will invest
time or energy to create anything more than the basic field of potatoes
and carrots. After all, why put any work into improving the soil if
Our garden here is going into its tenth year; out of app. 90 beds we have a
25 to 30 percent turnover each year. There is a solid core of gardeners who
have been with us from day one but otherwise we have changes every year and
it seems to work.
The city tried to force us to use a lottery
Dear ACGA Gardeners,
Franklin Park Conservatory (in Columbus Ohio) is in the process of building
a showplace for community gardening. [For those of you who might not be
aware - ACGA's national office is also housed here.]
www.fpconservatory.org http://www.fpconservatory.org/Our Community
In my experience, keeping a community garden plot in showcase
condition is not a challenge that most community gardeners can
sustain. At my community garden, for instance, the contract requires
that adjacent paths be maintained, but in practice lots of gardeners
don't get around to it, and
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