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Iowa City to extend Chadwick community garden season, pilot no‑till option
Summary
Parks staff announced an earlier opening and optional extension of the Chadwick garden season to Dec. 1, a no‑till pilot, renewal windows and an online/phone registration schedule covering 277 reservable plots across four parks.
Matt Idol, assistant superintendent of recreation for Iowa City, told the commission the city will extend the garden season at Chadwick and pilot a no‑till option while keeping established renewal protections for existing gardeners. "We are actually going back to Chadwick," Idol said. "We are going to extend the season so, gardeners can get in there at the March, and they will have it all the way till the December."
Idol said the parks system manages about 277 reservable plots across four park locations (Chadwick, Kiwanis, Reno Street and…
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