Fitchburg's Community Garden
Would you like a garden bed? Contact Josiah Richards at [email protected] or 617-306-3840.
Gateway Park Community Garden is Fitchburg’s first and thus far only public community garden open to all Fitchburg residents. Created in 2012, the garden serves as an open area for local residents to grow their own vegetables and flowers, and for visitors to enjoy. Whether it’s an extension of your own backyard, or you have no backyard at all, Gateway Park Community Garden is a place for individuals and families to grow their own food, come together as a community, and enjoy the outdoors in one of Fitchburg’s newest parks.
Garden plots are available to Fitchburg residents for FREE. Gardeners are responsible for the care and maintenance of their own garden plots, and must procure their own plantings and supplies. This is YOUR garden plot. Orphaned plots may be reassigned, and ambitious gardeners may expand to more plots by notifying the garden organizer. The City of Fitchburg is generously providing water (for garden use ONLY).
The community garden and the park in which it is located were created by the combined efforts of many public, private, state and municipal partners, chiefly the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, the City of Fitchburg, The Trustees of Reservations, and architects Brown, Richardson & Rowe.
