Now starting its 13th year, the St. Michaels Community Garden will once again provide spaces for members to grow the vegetables, herbs, and flowers of their choosing in 2025. Designed to create opportunities for people to work together while nurturing beautiful, productive spaces, gardeners report benefits from being outdoors, making new friends, and supporting their mental and physical health.
The garden beds, each 4’ x 14’, are rented on a yearly basis. Products grown in the garden are enjoyed or donated at the discretion of each allotment owner. Participants are limited to one bed, with at least eight beds available for new gardeners this season. Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be reserved by emailing admin@stmichaelscc.org.
Through regularly scheduled work parties, the garden community shares the need for maintaining communal spaces and equipment, while individual members are responsible for planting, harvesting, upkeep of their raised beds and nearby paths. Water, hoses, and a selection of gardening tools are provided, and some funds are available to help with the purchase of seeds or garden equipment for those who need support to do so.
The St. Michaels Community Garden, located between Fremont and Conner Streets, began in 2012 on land leased through the Town of St. Michaels and with support of an Eagle Scout project. The St. Michaels Community Center serves as fiscal agent for the garden, with the annual $20 per bed rental fee and other donations helping to maintain the property year-round.
The St. Michaels Community Center promotes and provides quality activities and services contributing to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of the community. SMCC is dedicated to filling the unmet needs of the Bay Hundred and St. Michaels communities by providing supervised program opportunities for the enrichment of children and teens; activities and services for adults and senior citizens; and affordable recreational, social, and educational activities to community residents of all ages, regardless of ethnicity, gender or economic status. More information is at www.stmichaelscc.org.
