Start date: Tuesday, April 1 2025.
Schedule:
Every day, 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Open: April 1, 2025 until October 31, 2025
Anderson Park Community Gardens
Resource person: Cindy Johnson (This program is run by the city.)
Location: Anderson Park Community Gardens | 7802 168th Avenue Northeast, Redmond, WA, 98052
Description:
(Ages 18+) Do you love to garden, but need a space to call your own? You’re in luck – purchase a plot at a community garden! Having a garden plot is a great way to meet your neighbors, beautify our community, and harvest fresh food. All community gardens are open to the public to enjoy.
Note - Plots 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A are all Accessible (ADA) Raised Beds and you should only register for one of these beds if you need a raised bed or if no other plots are available. These plots are not eligible to renew for multiple years.
Garden Requirements:
Attend the Mandatory Kickoff Meeting on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the "Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village."
Contribute a minimum of 8 service hours towards the common areas of the garden
Practice only organic gardening
Actively garden plot beginning April 15 and put plot to bed by October 31
For a comprehensive list of garden requirements please carefully review the Community Garden Agreement when completing the registration process and click Yes if you agree to follow all guidelines.
Note: Plot purchase and management is part of a registered recreation program and not a private facility rental.
Refund and Transfer Policy: Cancellations and transfer requests received at least 7 days prior to activity start date receive a full refund of activity fees, minus a 10% processing fee. Cancellations or transfers received less than 7 days prior to activity start date receive a 50% refund of activity fee, or 50% of activity fee transferred to a future program. There are no refunds for cancellations received less than 3 business days before start date. The credit card processing fee is nonrefundable. Exceptions can be made for illness.
2 comments:
It's very unfair to sell the plots under a contract for an indefinite number of years! Very unfair - to taxpayers and to some residents who may need it the most for their mental and general health needs ... and for families, and teachers. There should have been a lotto!! Were the Parks and Rec. commissioners involved in the roll-out?? NOT.
From the Mayor's office: "We sent out a park eNews blast yesterday, and all plots were filled within just 4 hours. Total number of plots now available to our community includes 73 plots in our park system (13 ADA accessible), and 42 additional plots available at Spectra Apartments.
Our community garden program currently operates under the following policy:
Plots are purchased for one growing season (April through October)
Gardeners who remain in good standing by contributing 8 hours of volunteer time and properly closing their plot at season's end are eligible to renew annually. We typically see 6-12 plots become available each year
With the addition of the Anderson Park gardens, we anticipate a similar turnover rate.
We strongly encourage community members to join our waitlist, as plots do become available throughout the season."
OF NOTE: Few Redmond, if any residents are aware of the Spectra gardens. Wait-listed openings are always filled by the tenants of Spectra even though they partner with the city.
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