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The Worthington Community Garden will open for planting in the spring of 2010 at the Worthington Community Center..
If you are interested in following the
progress of the garden and receiving updates including information on educational opportunities, please
Contact Us to become a member of the Worthington Community Garden
Google Group. Educational programs are open to all gardeners whether or not you have a plot in the Worthington Community Garden.
Please note that this is our first season for the Worthington Community Garden. All dates are subject to change based on the weather and our experience!
- February or March 2010 - Garden Preparation: Move electric lines as needed and other preparation work
- March 2010 - Spread mulched leaves in garden: The city of Worthington will provide mulched leaves, garden
volunteers will spread leaves
- March 2010 - 2nd Garden Tilling: Recreation Center staff will do a second tilling of the garden
- March 16, 2010 - Composting Workshop: 7 pm, Old
Worthington Library Meeting Room
- March 18, 2010 - Growing Green: Organic Vegetable Gardening: 7 pm, Old
Worthington Library Meeting Room
- April 3, 2010 - Mark Plots: Garden Planning Committee members will mark the official boundaries of all plots
- April 3, 2010 - Garden Opens for Planting: All gardeners are encouraged to attend the opening of the garden, find
their plots and meet fellow gardeners
- April 2010 - Mulch walkways:The city of Worthington will provide wood chips, garden volunteers will spread chips
on walkways
- April 2010 - Garden Water: Water spigot will be installed in garden and turned on for use
- Garden talks in the garden: during the growing season
- Potlucks: Mid-summer and fall 2010
The Worthington Community Garden is now full! You may join the waiting list for the garden by contacting 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 and for next year's registration.
The garden is described in the Winter 2010 Worthington Parks and Recreation catalog which is available
online in PDF format at
www.worthington.org/uploads/File/Winter_2010_Pages_2-51.pdf: see page 4 for general registration information and page 34 for the Community Garden information.
The garden will open for planting in the spring of 2010. This self-sustaining garden has 25 plots
available for $40 a year for a 20’x30’ plot, $25 for a half plot of 20’x15’ or $20 for a quarter plot of 10’x15’.
All plots require a $20 deposit.
Participants are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the community garden as a whole as well as their
individual plots.
If you are interested in participating in the Worthington Community Garden, you will find detailed information in the Welcome Packet below.
If you do not have a copy of Adobe Acrobat, click here
to download a free copy to use to read PDF files.
For questions or more information regarding the Worthington Community Garden, please Contact Us.
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 opening 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 Heathly Worthington's
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.
For more information regarding the Worthington Community Garden,
please Contact Us.
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