Andover Community Garden
Mission
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.
Announcements
Hello Gardeners!
I hope you are all enjoying August so far! This is a reminder that our community workday is scheduled for this Saturday, August 10th, at 10 am. When you arrive, please sign in at the check-in table and help with some of the communal tasks before moving on to your own plot.
We will have coolers available for donation collection. We would also love it if folks could return the plastic clamshell containers we have available for donations or add more for use if you have some waiting to be recycled! These can be stored in the wooden bin to the right when you enter the garden.
I hope to be able to come on Saturday, but unfortunately, I have been experiencing some health issues that may temporarily keep me away from the garden. In any event, we hope to see as many of you as possible on Saturday!
Warmest regards,
Lisette & the ACGA Board
What's Growing Now
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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.