What is a community garden?

The term "community garden" can mean many things to many people. Most community gardens have the following four basics: 1. land, 2. gardeners, 3. plants, and 4. A set of rules or organizing bylaws that define the purpose and governing principles of the garden.

At OSU Unger Farm, we have a set of rules which we distributed to the member gardeners at the beginning of the garden year, and will be published here "soon".

A community garden is a different concept than a "public garden", which may be privately maintained, but open to the public for walking through and enjoying. The community garden section of Unger Farm is maintained by indivdual gardeners who have a registered plot.

The purpose of the community garden at OSU Unger Farms is primarily educational and social. Each registered gardener invests their fee, their own seeds and labor to maintain a small plot of land throughout the gardening season. There are opportunities for individual gardeners to share the produce with the general public through community agencies, however, it is up to each gardener to determine whether or not to elect this sharing.

This is the first year for community gardening at OSU Unger Farm. Suggestions and comments are welcomed.

Blog Roll-out date change

The blog roll-out will be on Tuesday July 28, instead of July 29 as previously published. Stay tuned!