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Middleton parks staff to formalize oversight of Bach Community Garden; manual and operations plan shared
Summary
Parks and Recreation presented a newly consolidated garden manual and a plan to shift the Bach Community Garden from volunteer committee oversight to formal city management to protect conservancy boundaries, manage liability, and plan long-term improvements. The garden has roughly 90–95 plots.
Parks and Recreation staff told the Sustainability Committee that the Bach Community Garden will move to formal city oversight beginning with the 2026 season, supported by a newly consolidated garden manual.
Kylie Shearer and Laura Gessling described a multi-step transition begun in 2024: the volunteer garden committee voted to have the city assume management, staff drafted a single handbook combining historical rules and…
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