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Our mission is to educate our members about organic gardening and to provide opportunities to them so that they can grow and harvest vegetables, herbs and flowers within a welcoming community setting.
Garden plots are open to all residents of Andover and surrounding towns who join our Association. Plots that are turning over are offered yearly to people on the waiting list on a first come, first serve basis.
Each Association member contributes an annual plot fee to cover maintenance. To be part of our association, you must be willing to agree to our requirements. These are fairly standard rules for community gardens, with requirements such as gardening organically and participating in workdays and cleanups; and we do try to help new folks with this request by giving lessons/ideas for how to garden organically. Once rented, you plant up your plot, harvest and maintain your own plot for your own family’s use during the gardening season.
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While it’s thoughtful to want to tend others' plots that may look forgotten, please always speak directly with a gardener before tending their plot, watering, or picking any produce. We all work very hard to create garden plans and schedules that work with our life commitments, and it’s certainly disappointing to put so much effort in and then not get to enjoy what you grew. Please continue to support one another’s efforts, but also please remember that even produce that gets left too long on the vine will still be beneficial to us all via the compost it enriches!
Please keep the gate closed at all times - even when moving items to and from your vehicle. A few members have reported arriving to find the gate wide open.
Also, a quick but important reminder: the garden is a strict non-smoking area. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) can be easily transmitted and is especially harmful to plants in the nightshade family - such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes. Once infected, there is no cure, and the virus can spread quickly. Additionally, smoking and discarded cigarette butts pose a serious fire risk, especially since compost contains combustible materials.
Thank you for your understanding, and for all the hard work you continue to put into making our community garden thrive.
Warm regards,
ACGA Board
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High Plain Road Garden
The main garden is located on the Virginia Hammond Reservation, on High Plain Road across from the leaf composting site. The site has 65 plots:
4 feet x 10 feet plot: $34
4 feet x 20 feet plot: $68
5 feet x 10 feet plot: $42.50
5 feet x 25 feet plot: $106.25
There is a small parking lot with some allowance for parking on the grass when it is full. It usually accommodates most cars at a given time and the grass parking can be used on workdays.
Main Street Garden
Nestled behind the Andover Center for History and Culture at 97 Main Street, this smaller garden has 11 plots of two different sizes:
5 feet x 20 feet plot: $85
5 feet x 10 feet plot: $42.50
In downtown Andover the parking is tight. There are a few spaces located adjacent to the Andover Center for History and Culture and on the street in front of it. Paid parking is available in the town lot just up from the site, beside UBurger.
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