Re: How many seasons can a gardener renew a plot?

**A*@aol.com**

Friend, 

In the experience of the Clinton Community Garden in Midtown Manhattan ( a 
third of an acre community garden which devotes a third of it's space to 108 
queen size bed sized raised garden plots) we've found that these individual plots 
turn over, with the usual attrition rate of moving away, divorce, death or 
lack of interest, in about 5 years. You can read about  our "back garden" rules 
on our website  Clinton Community Garden . 

You see, the garden itself is run entirely by volunteers and while we lease 
the garden space from the Parks Dept, the only material benefts we enjoy from 
this association is Parks Dept pick up, and free water. So for snow shovelling, 
maintainance of our park-like front garden and lawn, we have garden members 
step up to do the job. Unlike most "permitted uses" in Parks, there is an 
implied work requirement - if we were to set up a time limit for garden plot use, 
we'd lose alot of the pillars of our garden, the people who do the real work to 
keep a garden with over 5,000 keyholders, running. 

The folks who want to limit the number of seasons a gardener can renew a plot 
obviously never were involved with a community garden and need a more 
detailed understanding of how one works. 

If the people in your city have any questions, they can feel free to contact 
the folks on the list, 

Best wishes, 
Adam  Honigman
Volunteer, 
 Clinton Community Garden 

> Subj: [cg] How many seasons can a gardener renew a plot? 
>  Date: 9/24/05 3:13:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>  From: ACGarden@mind.net
>  To: community_garden@mallorn.com
>  Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings ACGA Members,
> 
> The City of Ashland in Oregon is officially adding community gardens
> to its park system. We are in the process of establishing guidelines
> for the Parks' community gardens. I would like to know what your
> community garden's policy is around plot renewal.  If you have time to
> respond via email, I would be grateful.  If you would like to chat in
> greater detail, send me your phone number and I'll contact you.
> 
> When developing guidelines for your community garden, how did you deal
> with concurrent plot registration? How many seasons can a gardener
> renew his or her registration for the same plot?  Do you let gardeners
> renew year after year? If yes or no, what is your justification? 
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you on this issue.
> 
> Best regards,
> Patrick Marcus
> Advocate, Ashland Community Garden

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