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#Ohio: #PerryVillage #CommunityGarden returning for fifth year

Story by Bill DeBus, March 17, 2025

"Perry Village is preparing for another season of planting at its community garden in Lee Lydic Park.

"Village Councilman Mike Glover provided a couple of updates on the garden during council’s March 13 meeting.

"Village resident Denny Shimko 'graciously volunteered to rototill the garden again this year,' Glover said.

"'He usually does it as early as he can, but definitely by May 1,' said Glover, who also serves as chairman of the village Parks Committee.

"This year, the garden will be divided into 12 plots for individual growers, Glover said. Some of the plots are 20 feet by 20 feet, and others measure 10 feet by 20 feet, he noted.

"In 2024, Perry Village decided to make eight 20-by-20-foot plots available in the garden. All of those tracts were claimed by gardeners, and three people had to be turned away, Glover said during a 2024 council meeting.

"By giving people the option to choose 20-by-20 or 10-by-20 plots, additional spaces were created in the garden to accommodate more growers, Glover said at a council meeting in January.

"This is the fifth year of the community garden at Lee Lydic Park, 3954 Call Road.

"In 2021, Perry Village decided to develop the garden on the site of a sand volleyball court that received little use."

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