Beds will be assigned annually on the following basis:

Lotteries:  As city property, the community garden beds must be allocated fairly to city residents.  The annual lottery process is completed in two phases to allow those living near the community gardens to have preference in obtaining beds.

Lotteries will be held with publicly announced dates and times. 

The applicant’s rank order in the lottery will be used as the basis for selecting a bed from those available.

Two lotteries will be held for each garden based on the following criteria:

1. Lottery A:   For the Colony Road Garden:  Residents of the Colony Road neighborhood, defined as Colony Road from Warrensville Center Road to Wrenford; Eastway and Okalona Roads between Warrensville Center Road and Miramar; the east side of Warrensville Center Road between Okalona and Eastway, and Miramar between Okalona and Eastway, For the Warrendale Garden:  Residents of the Warrendale Road neighborhood, defined as the  streets of Colony, Warrendale, Eastway, Grosvenor, Halsey, and East Antisdale Roads west of Warrensville Center Road: those desiring planting beds shall place their information on a form provided by the City or via the city’s website, to be entered into a lottery.  

2. Lottery B: Should more beds be available after the first lottery, then a second lottery will be held to distribute the remaining beds to other South Euclid residents. Notification of the lottery date will be posted on the City’s website by April 1st.

3. Should there still be beds available after the city-wide lottery, the Committee may choose to hold a third lottery to make beds available to residents living outside of the City, at its discretion, or to allow those already receiving beds to obtain additional beds. 

Returning gardeners who are successful at obtaining a bed through the annual lottery, will be given preference to receive the same bed from year to year, in recognition of the investment in soil amendment and enrichment his or her work has contributed to that bed.