New Baltimore Community Garden Now Accepting Plot Applications

Situated just south of lies the brand new, New Baltimore Community Garden.

Two separate two-acre parcels will soon be blossoming with fruits and vegetables grown by citizens of the community. The area is part of 38 acres owned by the city, just off Arnold Road.

"People like the experience of growing their own food," said Judy Sproat, Director of Planning and Economic Development. "It just creates that important sense of place that you belong to a community of people."

The idea was formed last fall and will mimic that of the Van Hoosen Museum in Rochester Hills and the Greenmead Historic Park in Livonia.

The New Baltimore property has been recently tilled and it will soon be ready for planting.

Each plot is 10 x 25 feet, and costs $25 for both New Baltimore and Ira Township residents, and $30 for anyone else. 

"Community gardens encourage a community’s food security, allowing citizens to grow their own food or for others to donate what they have grown," said Sproat. "The gardens also combat two forms of alienation that plague modern life, by bringing gardeners closer in touch with the source of their food, and by breaking down isolation by creating a social community."

To fill out an application to receive your own plot at the Community Garden, click here.