BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department has begun taking reservations for the Stockwell Drive Community Garden Site.
Now in its 12th season, the garden in the nine-acre Stockwell Park overlooks Ames Brook and offers 17 100-square-foot plots along with common crops of raspberries, a small asparagus patch, and flower beds.
A charcoal grill, picnic table, umbrella, and Adirondack chairs are available.
Gardeners may use a range of tools, from shovels and rakes to wheelbarrows, along with organic pest sprays. The garden also provides wood chips from Brattleboro Union High School's Christmas tree collection fundraiser and compost from the Windham Solid Waste Management District, made from in part from Brattleboro's curbside organics collection program.
Gardeners of all abilities are welcome, from the inexperienced to the master.
Returning gardeners have until Friday, April 1 to sign up for $25; after that date, the fee is $35.
New gardeners can sign up by Monday, April 4 for $25; after that date, it increases to $35. New gardeners will be required to pay a $25 garden plot deposit.
Space is limited and reservations will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
To reserve your garden plot, stop by the Recreation & Parks Office at 207 Main St. weekdays between 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information, contact the department at 802-254-5808 or Garden Overseer Peter Gaskill (802-380-6848 or petergaskill44@gmail.com).