Please print and fill out this form , sign, and mail it to Gary Salzman, .4226
Leafway Circle
Leesburg, FL 34748 with check for $15.00. You will then be contacted by phone
and a meeting set up to show you the assigned plot and receive the finalized
agreement.
COMMUNITY
GARDEN AGREEMENT FOR PEAR PARK
PLOT______________
I (name)__________________________________agree to the following:
I will pay $20.00 to help cover general gardening expense for the first year,
and thereafter I will pay $15.00 each year due in January to hold my space in
succeeding years. If I anticipate a change, I will notify a PEAR Garden’s
Coordinator at 323-6138 (Gary).
I will keep my plot weeded or covered in my absence out of respect for my neighbors.
If my plot becomes unkempt, I will be given 7 days after notification by phone
or e-mail, using the numbers given below, to clean it up. If I do not clean
it up, I will forfeit my right to use this plot and any future plot use as well,
and my plot can be reassigned to someone else.
I will keep my plot clean of refuse, bagging the refuse and taking it with me.
I will see that water hoses I use are recoiled by the faucet, unless I am furnishing
one I will use organic, less toxic pest control methods first before using more
aggressive methods; and when using more aggressive methods I will use a hand
operated sprayer.
Use of timers on permanently connected hoses is not permitted. Connecting hoses
to sprinklers manually, observing and managing their use is permitted. Watering
should be done before 10 a.m.. and after 4 p.m. and should not take place on
Thursdays or Sundays, as the line serves restoration plantings on those two
days.
While planting common vegetables without regard to whether they are native to
Florida or not is fine, planting exotic and invasive plants from the Florida
Exotic Pest Plant Council’s List of invasive species is not permitted.
Questions about particular plants will be referred to the County Park’s
Naturalist for a ruling on their use, and that ruling is final. Any bushy plants
in my plot should be trimmed to a reasonable height (5-6’) to prevent
shading neighboring plots. I will not grow any illegal crops of any kind.
Putting up low fencing around a plot to control rabbits is permitted. I will
not, however, bring pets into the garden area. If I bring children, I understand
that I am responsible for their actions and will supervise them. I will not
smoke in the garden area, nor bring in or use alcoholic beverages or illegal
drugs. And, I will make sure that cell phones, beepers, and radios are regulated
or kept from irritating other gardeners.
I know that failure to adhere to these rules will result in my immediate dismissal
from this garden and the use of my plot. I also agree not to hold Lake County
and its employees and officials or the PEAR Association and its members liable
for any damage, loss, or claim that occurs in connection with the use of the
PEAR Community Gardens by me or any of my guest.