The Davis Park
Community Garden provides garden plots to residents of the Smith
Hill, Elmhurst, and Valley neighborhoods in the city of Providence,
RI.
Garden members can
rent plots on a yearly basis. The garden plots vary in size, but most
are 4’ x 10’ and 4’ x 8’. Rental fees range from $10 to $50.
Members are required
to maintain their plots in accordance with common organic gardening
practices (no chemical fertilizers or pesticides, no invasive species
planted, etc).
Work days are held
monthly from April to October where members join together to help
maintain and improve the garden.
Meetings are held in
the Fall, Winter and Spring.
All gardeners are
expected to contribute 4 hours per month to community service
projects involving the garden.
Garden members are
encouraged to volunteer for various jobs and teams that help maintain
and improve the garden
Garden members help
maintain a herb garden, strawberry plot, blueberry bushes, raspberry
plants, grape vines, flower beds. Members are entitled to harvest
these plants throughout the growing season.
The garden maintains
a compost bin and finished compost is available for all garden
members.
Garden funds are
used to purchase compost in the Spring to supplement our own compost.
The city forestry
department provides wood chip mulch free of charge.
Two yard hydrants
provide water for the garden. The parks department performs major
repairs.
The garden also
provides tools that all members can use to maintain their plot and
other areas of the garden. Some of the tools are shovels,
cultivators, lawnmowers, string trimmer, and hand tools.
