Notable Dates
Registration and payments must be received by April 1 for you to receive the same plots as last year, if you want to keep your plots. After that time, the committee may reassign them, depending on demand.
No-till plots can be worked any time after they are assigned and fees have been paid, although the official "opening day" is April 19.
Tilled plots can be worked after they are tilled, which is often in early May.
Planting deadline is June 1. After this, unplanted plots can be reassigned.
Tilled plot cleanup deadline is Thursday, October 29 at dark. Remove fences, wires, string, & large weeds from tilled plots before this time.
Saturday, October 31 the garden is officially closed!
Not done harvesting from a tilled plot?
Make a sign that says "Still harvesting!"
so everyone knows to leave your produce alone!
2026 Community Work Days
Saturday, April 18 10am-12pm
Saturday, May 9 10am-12pm
Saturday, June 13 10am-12pm
Thursday, July 9 5 pm-7 pm
Saturday, August 8 10am-12pm
Saturday, September 12 10am-12pm (Followed by a potluck, probably!)
Saturday, October 31 10am-12pm
If you need to fulfill your volunteer obligations outside of these workdays, please see the “Garden Volunteer Hours” section for ideas and email, call or talk in person to someone on the Garden Leadership Team to report the tasks you completed and the time you spent working. Please report right after completing the work.
Garden work days are a time to meet your fellow gardeners and put in your volunteer hours for the season to avoid penalties.
Work days may include tasks like:
Weed the mosaic tiles and number tiles
Cut big weeds with machete/take to compost pile
Cut trees and shrubs along fence lines
Mow common areas and garden paths
Dig thistles and burdock
Fix, hang or coil hoses
Manage compost pile
Some of this work can also be completed outside of work days for volunteer hours. Some work must be done on a regular basis outside of work days:
Take full garbage bins to Milford Road Sunday night and return them on Monday– WEEKLY
Care for the area around the mosaic garden sign (near bike path) – WEEKLY
Mow common areas and garden paths – WEEKLY
Pair up with garden monitor to monitor plots – MONTHLY
Join the Garden Leadership Team – Meet MONTHLY
Keep lawn mower working - engine repairs – AS NEEDED
Maintain wheelbarrows – AS NEEDED
If you want to do any work outside of the work days to fulfill your hours, contact the Garden leaders for permission first, then let us know what you did and for how long.