City officials are concerned local residents have lost that gardening feeling.
There is waning interest from the public in recent years during sign-ups for the Columbus Community Garden, with some plots going unused and becoming overgrown with weeds during the growing season.
Last year, 15 of the garden’s 113 plots on the city’s north side were not rented — even after the city was forced to downsize the garden in 2016 after Centra Credit Union sold a parcel of land that contained 25 plots, said Robin Hilber, the city’s community development programs coordinator.
However, even though the city isn’t renting all the plots, Hilber said there is no risk that the garden will be closed down.
“At one time, there was actually a waiting list for the community garden,” she said of past efforts to encourage local gardeners to rent a plot.
For more on this story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
