Bay Village opened a Community Garden in May 2010. The garden is at the corner of Forestview & Wolf Roads, and affords residents the opportunity to learn and practice sustainable, organic gardening methods in a pre-tilled garden plot highly suitable for growing local vegetables. This is a very exciting initiative that came about through a partnership with the City, the School Board, and the Bay Village Green Team. The 2013 Community Garden Registration & Guidelines are available below.

Community Garden 2013 Sign-up

Community Garden Members Rules

• 2013 Gardening Guidelines - All community gardeners are required to read and observe the Community Garden Guidelines document found further down this page under downloadable documents. Changes and updates have been made from the past years. All gardeners, organizations and clubs (including volunteers with the organizations and clubs working in the garden), are to observe and be familiar with the updated guideline.
  
  
  
• Required Volunteering - This is a volunteer-based organization. Your rental in the community garden provides you with your plot, the deer fence, and water. It is your responsibility to plant and maintain your plot. The city generously assists us each year by putting up the deer fence, plowing the community garden, and providing leaf humus if it is available. Everything else within the garden--such as ongoing maintenance of the grounds and the compost bins, planting and maintaining the sunflower garden, and filling the water barrels is done by volunteers. For this reason, all Community Garden members are asked to volunteer a few hours each month. 
  
  
• Trellises - must be no more than 5 feet tall and made from materials that BLEND into the surroundings. Grey metal pipe or electrical conduit with neutral tone string works well--please do NOT use materials that stand out and can be seen from a distance. 
  
  
• Aesthetics - "If you bring it, take it home." Personal items should not be left at the garden. Do NOT leave any trash or weeds beside your plot or anywhere else in the garden. The reason for this is to keep the garden looking uncluttered and attractive.   All beautification projects must be approved prior to being initiated. 
  
  
• Composting - There is a compost bin in the southeast corner of the garden. Any brown material (such as leaves) or rogue vegetables may be placed in the composter. NO WEEDS PLEASE! Your weeds must be taken home and should be placed curbside for pickup on Tuesday - they should either be placed in a brown compostable bag or in a trash can clearly marked "Yard Waste" .There is now a separate pick up each week to take the compostable material to Kurtz Brothers compost facility. We do not want weeds in the garden composter to reduce the chance of weeds showing up in the finished compost material.
  
  
• Growing Guide - Please review the Community Garden Growing Guide (in attachments below) should you have any questions concerning the growing of particular vegetables or how to construct your plot (e.g. what is appropriate for a trellis).
  
  
• A signed registration and waiver form is your signature in good faith to abide by these garden guidelines.  

Community Garden Downloadable Documents
Note: to download the document without logging into Gmail, simply click the down-arrow to the right of the document.