Orange Village Community Garden
The garden is full for 2024! Thanks to everyone for gardening with us this year.
To be placed on a waiting list for 2024, click here. If a garden becomes available we will contact you. Residents on the waiting list are notified first.
The garden is comprised of 55 raised beds in a fenced-in area.
A fee of $25 per year is required, and $75 which is a refundable “clean-up” fee to be refunded at the end of the season if the plot is cleaned properly.
Garden Registration Forms
Garden Registration Form with Release, Rules and Regulations.
**MAIL FORMS WITH CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO ORANGE VILLAGE TO 4600 LANDER ROAD, ORANGE VILLAGE, OH 44022**
FEES, DATES AND ASSIGNMENT OF PLOTS:
Annual fees are $25.00 plus a deposit $75.00. The Mayor or Mayor’s designee will collect fees and deposits and assign plots to tenants.
Compost is.. A dark, crumbly soil amendment. A waste reduction strategy for yard and food waste. Nature’s way of recycling. Natural mulch. Nutrient rich. A simple way to prevent methane gas production.
Composting Benefits
- Reduces your ecological footprint by reducing garbage being landfilled.
- An inexpensive way to improve the soil and reduce fertilizer requirements.
Conserves natural resources such as water, organic matter and nutrients. - An environmental friendly way to improve soil health and the health of plants.
- Reduces garden chores by applying compost like a mulch to limit weeds and retain moisture.
- Saves village waste disposal fees.
- Combats climate change by decomposing organics with oxygen, preventing the release of methane gas when organics decompose without oxygen in a landfill.
- Reduces water pollution by reducing the need for fertilizers, which prevent algae blooms and kills fish in streams and lakes.Compost Bins Composting bins are available at the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District.
Composting bins are available at the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District.