Garden
The Carthage Community Gardens (CCG) is a self-sustaining project of the Carthage Civic League. Its members are either from the community of Carthage or associated with it. It is located behind the Carthage School along 73 rd St. Each gardener comes with their own gardening skills and abilities. Work session are vital to the community garden’s upkeep and philosophy. These sessions usually are no longer then one hour. We have a social gathering with the gardeners after each meeting. This is a time for gardeners to get to know each other, share gardening ideas, recipes and sometimes a taste of the harvest. Date to be announced.
Collective Garden Program (CGP)
The Collective Garden Program (CGP) enrollment starts in December and ends in May. The CGP gardeners are a group of households who harvest from the beds they maintain and all the other beds in the program. Each household is assigned a plant family for which they are responsible for keeping those beds. The Garden Coordinator (GC) is available for guidance as needed. Common beds (A, a, B, b, C,c), with produce such as asparagus, grapes, strawberries, and herbs are also available to harvest. Fees include planting supplies, trellises, organic fertilizer, straw mulch, compost, and cover crops. Fees for 2025 are $40.
Individual Garden Plots
Individual Beds (IB) open in March and close in November. Past gardeners have the opportunity to claim their previous year’s beds. After a reasonable opportunity to reclaim beds, the garden coordinator will assign unclaimed beds on a first-come, first-served basis. The square footage of the IB beds' fees is divided by 6 and rounded to the nearest dollar. The costs include help with organic fertilizers, pest control, trellises, straw, compost if you help make it, and a fall cover crop. IB gardeners also have the opportunity to harvest from the common beds (A, a, B, b, C,c), producing herbs, strawberries, grapes, raspberries, and rhubarb. Some seeds may be available.
