Community Gardens
General Information
As of May 10th 2010 All Garden Plots are rented!
Our thanks to all of you Gardeners and Garden
Committee Members for making this a great success.
Happy Gardening!
The garden plots will start leasing again September 1, 2010.
You can put your name on the Waiting Lists for a plot by send an e-mail
to Betsy Hopkins by clicking this e-mail link please put Waiting List in the
Subject Line.
The Community Garden of Lakes Park…DIG IT! A lot of people do. Click here for
and article by Jim Dwyer from the June 2010 Issue of South West Florida Parent
and Child about the garden.
The Lakes Park Enrichment Foundation, in association with
Lee County Parks and Recreation, is proud to announce the
inception of the Community Garden of Lakes Park, which is the
first phase of the Lakes Park Botanic Garden. The Community
Garden will be comprised of fifty-three (53), 4’ x 8’ raised garden beds
in a delightful sunburst arrangement.
For a $50 annual rental, with all proceeds benefiting the Lakes Park Enrichment
Foundation and being re-invested back into Lakes Park, these beds will be
available to “Local-Vores”, a.k.a. community
citizens wishing to cultivate produce or
flowering species within the
Community Garden of Lakes Park. This progressive concept
is an effort to revive
the practice of growing produce and plantings close to home.
Each Community Gardener will be required to sign an agreement, to uphold the regulations of the Community Garden, namely restrictions on the use of pesticides and fertilizers, pledge to maintain the Community Garden plot and attend quarterly a meeting. Gardeners will supply their own tools and plantings. Extension Agent Roy Beckford will be
offering a variety of courses in best practices for good yields from the garden plots.
Electronic Registration is on a first come-first serve basis. Click on the Rent Your Annual Garden Plot link below.
Patrons of Lakes Park, including Community Gardeners, are required to pay for parking.
Currently, parking fees are:
$1.00 per hour
$5.00 per day
$60.00 per year (which includes parking at most Lee County Parks)
Community Garden of Lakes Park Agreement
Questions?
Garden questions contact
Betsy Hopkins our Community Garden Coordinator via e-mail: GardenPlots@LeeGov.com or call (239) 533-7529.
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