Residential Garden Maintenance Plans

Basic Garden Maintenance

$130/month

  • Bi-weekly garden visits (2x a month)
  • Visits are not at a set time
  • GCG will harvest for you (unless you don’t want us to)
  • Optional purchases for success: Our maintenance tool kit*, and How-to Book
  • Our standard follow-up email with a list of work done, every visit

Farmer-in-Training

$180/month

  • Bi-weekly garden visits (2x a month)
  • 1 hour of hands-on gardening work with each visit
  • Visits are scheduled for a time you and your family are available to work in the garden with us
  • GCG will teach you how to harvest, and give homework assignments to keep you or your kids engaged in the garden during the off-weeks
  • Recommended purchases for success: Our maintenance tool kit*, and How-to Book
  • Our standard follow-up email with a list of work done, every visit

Urban Garden Consulting

Recommended for small gardens and the DIY-inclined

$65/hr

Consulting rate to work with you in your garden and cover the information you’d like to focus on

  • Recommended purchases for success: Our maintenance tool kit* and How-to Book
  • Materials, such as plants and compost, will be additional costs (we charge for these items at-cost).
  • We recommend this program to be structured as a monthly visit, though it is not required.
  • There is a $25 per visit fee to cover travel and materials prep, 1 hour minimum charge.

*Maintenance tool kit includes: Organic Pest and fungal management sprays and recipes, Compost tea bags, trellising materials, organic fertilizer, hand tools, snips, and garden gloves

Other Details

  • *Maintenance rates will not vary depending on size of your garden. The rates are based off materials for up to a 4′x12′ (48sqft) garden bed. There will be an additional materials fee of $5/month per each additional 4′x4′ (16sqft) for sites larger than 4′x12′, to cover the additional plants and seeds. Gardens larger than 4 4’x8’ beds (128sqft) are subject to custom maintenance plans and pricing.
  • *Those located outside of the RT 128 belt will be subject to an additional $15/month for travel costs.
  • *For the Basic and Farmer-in-Training programs, we require a commitment to the whole season. With cold frames, the season will be from March 1st-December 1st. Without Cold Frames, the season will be from April 1st-November 1st. There will be a cancellation charge of one month’s maintenance if you decide to break from the commitment at any point during the season.
  • There is an added cost for Spring Set up and Winter take-down each year. This pre-planting set up costs $75 plus materials (Typically in mid-march/beginning of April for non-cold frame equipped raised-beds) This visits includes adding compost, soil amendments, cleaning out the bed, re-installing or taking down or timers and blowing out the irrigation, and setting up or removing trellising and critter fencing.
With GCG's help, our children now know where their food comes from.
--Quentin, Wellesley MA.
i want my kid to learn how to grow vegetables!
  

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Events on June 20, 2013
  • Out to Lunch On the Worcester Common

    Starts: 11:00 am

    Ends: June 20, 2013 - 2:00 pm

    Location: Worcester Common 455 Main Street Worcester, MA

    Description: Out to Lunch will feature ten live performances from 12 – 2:00 p.m. on the common behind City Hall. Stop by the Green City Growers tent to say hello, check out our business, and get some garden education! Organic kale seeds for superstar participants.

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  • Melrose/Sally Frank's Farmers' Market

    Starts: 1:00 pm

    Ends: June 20, 2013 - 7:00 pm

    Location: Bowden Park on W. Emerson at the Cedar Park train station

    Description: The Sally Frank’s Farmers’ Market is a farmers’ market hosted by volunteers of the City of Melrose in Massachusetts, providing fresh, in-season vegetables, fruits, and food made from fresh local ingredients from local farms. Stop by and say hello at the Green City Growers table and learn more about our products and services.

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Events on June 22, 2013
  • Ashland Farmers' Market - Green Living Day

    Starts: 9:00 am

    Ends: June 22, 2013 - 1:00 pm

    Location: 125 Front Street, Ashland, MA

    Description: Join GCG at the Ashland Farmers' Market where we'll help to highlight some of the easy ways you can live greener. Not only does food account for a large portion of an American's carbon footprint, it has a huge impact on your health and personal well-being. Stop by our table to learn how growing your own vegetables can get you on track to a happier and healthier family!

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Events on June 27, 2013
  • Belmont Farmers' Market

    Starts: 2:00 pm

    Ends: June 27, 2013 - 6:30 pm

    Location: Municipal Parking Lot adjacent to Cross Street in Belmont Center Belmont, MA

    Description: Stop by the Green City Growers tent at this exciting market. Say hi to our team and learn more about our products and services.

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  • Wellesley Farmers Market

    Starts: 2:00 pm

    Ends: June 27, 2013 - 6:00 pm

    Location: Whole Foods Market, 442 Washington St, Wellesley, MA

    Description: Come enjoy organic local produce and specialty crops Every Thursday from 2:00 - 6:00 pm from May 3rd to October 26th at 442 Washington St (Rte 16) parking area at Whole Foods Market.

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Events on June 28, 2013
  • Quincy Farmer's Market

    Starts: 11:30 am

    Ends: June 28, 2013 - 5:30 pm

    Location: John Hancock Municipal Parking Lot Chestnut Street (1 Dennis Ryan Parkway, across from the Quincy District Courthouse) Quincy, Massachusetts

    Description: The Quincy Farmers Market is a living metaphor for the vibrant streetlife for the vision of Quincy's Downtown Redevelopment "Authentic History, Real Future." Stop by and say hello at the Green City Growers table and learn more about our products and services.

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Events on June 29, 2013
  • Waltham Farmers' Market

    Starts: 9:30 am

    Ends: June 29, 2013 - 2:00 pm

    Location: Sovereign Bank parking lot at One Moody Street, Waltham

    Description: Stop by the Green City Growers tent to say hello, pick up some organic kale seeds, and learn how you can be growing as much food as possible in any space!

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