Smoyer Park Community Gardens

Another of Princeton's stealth public services is the community gardens that can be rented for $21/season by residents who otherwise lack access to the magical powers of direct sunlight. (You can find the service mentioned briefly on page 10 of the Rec. Dept.'s 2012 Spring/Summer Activity Catalog.)The 10 X 10 plots in the photo are located out at the back entrance to the township's Smoyer Park.

There's a deer fence around the gardens,

and the little solar-powered beepers are reportedly pretty good at keeping the groundhogs away.

For anyone interested in a garden plot, the Johns Street gardens are all taken, but as of today there's still one plot available out at Smoyer Park. (head out Snowden Lane, turn right on Herrontown Rd, and pull in to the back parking lot to take a look). For more info, call the Princeton Recreation office at 921-9480 and ask for Vikki.