Ludlow Community Garden Sprouts Anew

The Ludlow Area Community Garden will hold its first meeting of the season at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the United Church of Ludlow (corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets).  The purposes of the meeting are to answer questions of continuing and potential gardeners, obtain plot assignments and review how the garden works. 

Since 2000, the 11,000+ square foot Ludlow Area Community Garden has been located at the Fletcher Farm on Route 103, essentially at the border between Ludlow and Proctorsville. The garden is fenced, easily accessible by car, and benefits from a gravity-feed water system.  Master Gardeners are available to help both novice and experienced gardeners.   

The all-organic garden has more than 50 plots.  Most of these are used by individuals but some are used by the garden as a whole, such as the herb garden.  A few others are shared by several people and are used to grow a single crop, such as strawberries, generally with less labor per person.  One of the plots is used solely for the relaxation of the gardeners.  Several plots are used by not-for-profit organizations. 

In both 2007 and 2006, the garden was the recipient of  grants  from the Vermont Community Garden Network, an organization that encourages community gardens throughout Vermont.   For many years, the University of Vermont has provided a nutrition specialist to demonstrate the safe preservation of food.

The United Church and other local organizations have supported the garden over the years.  As a result of this assistance, the costs to gardeners have been kept to a minimum, generally $15.00 per plot.  Funds from gardeners are used to pay for such things as manure, water system parts and the like.

So bring your friends and find out what the Ludlow Area Community Garden can do for you.

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[B&B Ludlow]

One day | hope to visit your Ludlow... in the meantime the garden sounds like a wonderful local resource - any chance of showing us some photos sometime?