Chinquapin Organic Gardens registration

Chinquapin Organic Gardens plot registration

Registration for garden plots at Chinquapin Park begins at the start of each calendar year. Current gardeners are given the opportunity to renew or exchange their plots, then open spaces are made available to new gardeners on a first-come, first-served basis.

2012 registration

As of mid-January, the City of Alexandria was in the process of sending out registration forms to returning gardeners. If you are a returning gardener and have not received your form, download it here: Registration form

Returning gardeners have until Feb. 29 to register. (But why wait? Gardeners who register by Feb. 10 will save on their renewal fee.) After Feb. 11, the fee for city residents for a full plot is $55 and $25 for a half plot or berm.

Remaining plots will be open for new gardeners starting March 7, 2012.

If you are a new gardener who would like a garden plot at Chinquapin, e-mail John Walsh or call him at 703-746-4654.

Registration information and waiting list

If there are more requests for plots during the registraion process than available spaces, applicants are placed on a waiting list. (Please be aware that there are many, many more requests for garden plots each year than there are spaces.) To be added to the waiting list, contact John Walsh.

Plots may become available during the garden season as gardeners give up their gardens. Plots are also occasionally reassigned if gardeners fail to follow regulations. Applicants can be added to the waiting list at any time during the year.

If you are on the waiting list, check back periodically. One of the ways to get a garden at Chinquapin Park is to take over a plot that has been given up late in the gardening season, such as the fall. Once you have a plot, you have an opportunity to renew it the next season.

Only one garden plot may be assigned per household/address. Garden plots may be lost by failure to abide by the current year Chinquapin Organic Gardens Plot Regulations. These plots will be reassigned without reimbursement.

The gardening season runs March 1–Nov. 30. And remember: All plots must show reasonable gardening activity by May 1 or risk being reassigned.

For information, contact John Walsh with the City of Alexandria at 703-746-4654.

Plot sharing

Chinquapin Organic Gardens is also coordinating a new plot sharing program. If you are interested, details are here.