RE: Garden plot size

**&* H* <j*@knoxparks.org>**

Wow!  That's one of the truly imponderable questions in community gardening.
We have 15 garden sites in Hartford, CT.  At several, where we have raised
beds built up with landscape timbers, the plot size is 4 feet by 8 feet.
At another, which caters to hobby gardeners, the plots are 15 by 20, but
some people use half plots.
At another, the only garden with real native soil, the plots are 25 by 25
and some people use 6 plots and would use more if it were allowed.  It's
where the farmers go.
I've heard of relatively rural programs where plots are much larger.   And
then there is the Clinton Community Garden where a plot is just about big
enough for a respectable bush zucchini.
It may seem like a lot of extra work, but perhaps you should get prospective
gardeners together to discuss this and ask them to come up with a
recommendation.  One woman's postage stamp is another man's acreage.
Good luck.

Jack N. Hale
Executive Director
Knox Parks Foundation
75 Laurel Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860/951-7694
f860/951-7244

-----Original Message-----
From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
[c*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Jason Bailey
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:08 PM
To: community_garden@mallorn.com
Subject: [cg] Garden plot size

Can anyone share what the optimal individual plot size is for a community
garden?  We have 22 acres to work with but I'm hoping to designate an
appropriate plot size (length and width) in feet prior to allocating plots.

Thanks!

Jason A. Bailey
Business & Fund Development
Delano Regional Medical Center
661-721-5607
www.drmc.com

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

-Chinese Proverb

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