Worthington Community Garden

The Worthington Community Garden opened for planting in April of 2010 at the Worthington Community Center.

Garden News

If you would like to join the e-mail list for the garden or the garden planning committee, please Contact Us.

Registration & Waiting List

The Worthington Community Garden is now full! You may join the waiting list for the garden by visiting the Worthington Community Center (345 E. Wilson Bridge Road). Please be sure to read the Welcome Packet below first. Those on the waiting list will be contacted in the order in which they sign up if any current gardeners elect to give up their plots.

Participants are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the community garden as a whole as well as their individual plots.  All gardeners agree to abide by the "Gardeners Agreement" contained in the Welcome Packet below.

Welcome Packet

If you are interested in participating in the Worthington Community Garden, you will find detailed information including the "Gardeners Agreement" in the Welcome Packet below.

Click here for the welcome pack for 2010. For questions or more information regarding the Worthington Community Garden, please Contact Us.

Background

Community Gardens were conceived as a way to encourage everyone to eat well by giving them access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and to support the spirit of community that comes from nurturing a shared plot of land. Community Gardens have long been a part of Worthington's history. Upon establishing the Village of Worthington in 1803, the founders set aside two parcels as farmland to support the school and the church. The school farm was located on the northwest corner of what is now Evening Street and West Granville Road. The church farm was on the southwest corner. The school farm was gradually converted from farming to school buildings, beginning in the early 20th century. The church farm remained until the late 1950s and was rented out in plots to residents who wanted more garden space than that available on their home properties. Also, during the mid-1900s community garden plots were located on the northeast corner of West New England and Oxford and, in the early 1970s, a community garden was located at the northwest corner of Larrimer and High.

Now, those hoping to reap the benefits of fresh garden vegetables and fruits, have the opportunity to grow their own in a new community garden which opened in the spring of 2010 at the Worthington Community Center. This garden is a joint project of Sustainable Worthington and Worthington Parks & Recreation. One plot has been set aside for the Worthington Food Pantry.

A public meeting was held at the Worthington Community Center on Thursday, October 1, 2009 to review a proposal for a new Community Garden. Registration for the first season of the Worthington Community Garden at the Worthington Community Center opened on December 21, 2009 during the Winter Parks & Recreation program registration. A registration workshop was held on Sunday, January 10, 2010. The Worthington Community Garden opened for planting in April of 2010.

For more information regarding the Worthington Community Garden, please Contact Us.