The King Farm Community Garden-Registered Affiliate The King Farm Community Garden (KFCG) is a Registered Affiliate of the King Farm Citizens Assembly.  The goal of the KFCG is to provide the opportunity for King Farm residents to participate in an activity that builds community spirit, provides healthy exercise and food, and improves the environment.   To achieve this goal, we endeavor to build good relationships among our members who work together to improve and maintain the garden space and its perimeter, share ideas, seeds, and produce. King Farm residents and the Rockville community benefit from KFCG activities as well. For example, members share produce with their King Farm neighbors and provide Manna produce used to feed the needy of our community.   Additionally, the KFCG organizes presentations open to all residents, such as tips by Montgomery County Master gardeners, plans activities for King Farm children, and holds an annual Open House for residents and the Rockville City Council that includes refreshments prepared from the garden bounty.  Also, throughout the growing season, when gardeners are working in their plots, they are all too happy to chat and answer informal questions of the many inquisitive neighbors who wander by. The KFCG contains 39 garden plots that are 20' by 15'.   The annual fee is $50 for new gardeners and $35 for returning gardeners.  In addition, all gardeners must participate in the maintenance of the common areas of the garden.  There is a waiting list for plots for 2010.  Contact either Brenda Guzey at or President, Pat Martin at  for additional information or to be added to the waiting list. Point of contact person is Brenda Guzey at .  Click here to view the King Farm Community Garden Rules.

The Watkins Pond Community Garden

The Watkins Pond Community Garden is the second community garden to become a Registered Affiliate of the King Farm Citizens Assembly. The goal of WPCG is to provide a hands-on approach to organic gardening for adults and children. Our hope is to encourage our gardeners to be more invested in nature to ensure they become better stewards of the environment. We provide learning activities and maintain a circulating library so that all our gardeners, both adults and children, have access to information pertaining to organic gardening techniques including composting and recycling to amend the soil in a natural way. We also stress the importance of " good" bugs as well as how to help rid gardens naturally of "bad" bugs. We strive to show children the connection between their efforts and helping to provide fresh, organic produce to those in need. In our first year, we were able to donate over 300 pounds of fresh organic produce to a local food pantry. Last season, besides work parties and meetings, we held our first tomato tasting event with over 34 varieties of organic tomatoes prepared in various ways. Our plan is to continue sharing and educating one another - with the help of multiple resources - in sustainable gardening.