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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.
Garden Updates
As a community-led, volunteer-run board, we are always looking for more folks to get involved, share their opinions on what they’d like to see, and help encourage gardeners to stay involved. We meet roughly every other month for ~1 hour on Zoom. If you’d like to attend a meeting, please email help@andovergarden.com and we will include you in the next call. If you’re not quite sure but want to reevaluate by spring, no problem. We will share additional information on becoming a garden manager or board member at our annual general body meeting (usually in February or March, before the garden reopens).
Due to some family health issues that arose this summer, I needed to take an abrupt step back from being as hands-on with leading the garden as I had been. I hope to remain a part of the board, but in what capacity is yet to be determined. Sending a very large thank you to our Co-Director, Jane, for handling workdays, emails, and Saturdays' closedown while I have been away.
Lastly, please fill out this short survey to let us know your thoughts on the 2025 season! Your responses are anonymous and really help us inform changes for the next season, as well as our annual report to the conservation commission.
Thank you again, and I look forward to seeing what next season brings!
Sincerely,
Lisette & 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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