Urban gardening in Cincinnati, Ohio is set to take off in 2009 as the city has identified 15 vacant parcels of land in 11 different neighborhoods for an urban gardening pilot program to transition vacant, city owned parcels of land into food production areas.
The land will be rented out to the gardeners, who have to sign a “Good Gardener’s Contract” with the city. It commits the gardener to maintain the garden using organic growing methods whenever possible and to sell or give away extra produce to friends or community members.
A diversity of renters will be considered including location and type of renter (i.e., neighborhood group, garden club, community council, individual, non-profit organization, etc.).
The size of the parcels of vacant land vary from a tenth of an acre up to an acre and a quarter. Applications are available here.
Photo credit: City of Cincinnati
Hydroponics Dictionary
