Sign Up For The Chatham Community Garden

The Chatham Community Garden is preparing for the 2015 gardening season, located at 87 Woodland
Road, just east of Madison.

The Community Garden Advisory Committee oversees the operation of the Garden, including the governing rules for the Garden. A copy of the Chatham Community Garden Rules is attached. They are typical of the rules utilized by community gardens in the U.S. All gardeners are expected to keep their own plots in good order and volunteer for assignments for the benefit of the whole garden community.

The Chatham Community Garden has three different sized plots: full sized plots at 10 ft. by 10 ft. ($35 Fee), half-sized plots at 5 ft. by 10 ft. ($18 Fee), and quarter sized plots at 5 ft. by 5 ft. ($10 Fee). If you are interested in having a Garden Plot for the 2015 gardening season, whether you are an Existing Plotholder, Wait List Applicant, or a New Applicant, this application needs to be received no later than December 31, 2014 at your respective Municipal Building:

1. For Chatham Borough Residents:
Janice Piccolo
Borough Hall
54 Fairmount Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928

2. For Chatham Township Residents:
Greg LaConte
Chatham Township Administrative Offices
58 Meyersville Road
Chatham, NJ 07928

After the December 31, 2014 application deadline passes, the Garden Committee will determine how many garden plots will be available for the coming gardening season and allocate available plots in accordance with the attached Garden Rules.

Wait List Applicants and New Applicants will be notified as to whether or not they have been assigned a garden plot. Existing Plotholders, and those Wait List Applicants and New Applicants assigned a new plot, must send in a check for the annual Garden Fee within 30 days of notification.

Those not selected in the lottery will be put on a waitlist and accommodated as soon as possible.

We welcome all applications, but before sending one in please understand that having a garden plot
requires:

• A substantial time commitment needed to devote to developing and maintaining
your own plot

• Mandatory volunteering for the benefit of the community garden: 6 hours for a
10x10, 3 hours for a 5x10, and 1 ½ hours for a 5x5

• An expenditure of money on essentials needed for your plot (in addition to the
modest annual garden fee)

• Compliance with the Chatham Community Garden Rules

Click here for the application.