Welcome to Chestnut Hill Reservoir Community Garden

In this website, you will find important information about how our garden operates and whom to contact with general and specific questions. It also contains information about how you can help make the garden run smoothly and efficiently.

Because community gardening requires a fair amount of work beyond tending your own plot, every gardener is asked to participate to the best of their ability in the management and upkeep of the entire garden.

The community garden only exists with the support of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. As we occupy public land, we are guests and must follow the rules established for public parks, which, among others, prohibit alcohol and drug consumption. The DCR is a generous and helpful “landlord” and therefore we take great care to prove ourselves good stewards of their property. For these reasons, it is important to participate actively in clean-up days, working alongside DCR employees and also make sure that the garden is an asset to the surrounding neighborhood.

In accordance with the CDC recommendations and MA regulations, vaccinated gardeners are no longer required to wear face-covering in the garden. We would still request that you consider wearing face-covering in the common areas, as some of our members may have comorbidities or may not yet be vaccinated. Thank you!

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