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2025 Monticello Area Community Garden

The registration period has ended.
Monticello Area Community Garden: 2025 Garden Plots Now Available!  
Dig in and grow your favorite fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers this summer!  12' x 12' or 12' x 24' tilled plots. 
Located at Kirby Medical Center. Watering facilities are provided. Please sign the community garden sublease and return it to the Piatt County Extension office.
 
Registration Deadline is May 1.

Garden Fees
  • Half plot: 12’ x 12’ - $20 annually 
  • Full plot: 12’ x 24’ - $35 annually 
  • Half plot: 12’ x 12’ - $20 annually (returning gardeners)
  • Full plot: 12’ x 24’ - $35 annually (returning gardeners)

Season Open/Close
May 1 – October 15

Join us for a kick-off meeting to learn about the garden guidelines, planting tips, and how to apply on April 24, 6-7 pm at Piatt Extension, 210 S. Market St., Monticello, IL 61856. 
Register for a garden plot at go.illinois.edu/digin and the garden kick-off meeting at go.illinois.edu/MGardenKickoff

To reserve a plot, register below and mail a signed 2025 Community Garden Sublease to Piatt County Extension, 210 S Market St., Monticello, IL 61856. 

Please review the Community Garden Manual and sign the Community Garden Sublease.

For questions and reasonable accommodations, please contact Beth Miglin.
The garden is a partnership between Kirby Medical Center, The City of Monticello and University of Illinois Extension in Piatt County.