GARDEN PLOTS Profile
The Ron Ory Community Garden Plots are available for rent each year to both residents and nonresidents from early May to mid-October. The May start date has been permanently set to consistently meet the weather challenges that can typically occur during early season soil preparations. In 2024, 97.2% of the 529 plots were rented. The rental distribution among plots includes: 410 full-sized plots, 107 half-sized plots, and 12 raised plots. (The total number of plots is down from last year because a row of plots was removed in the front section in preparation for No-till/Year- Round plots in 2025.) Garden plots revenues were slightly higher in 2024, compared to 2023, by approximately 5.0% or $998. Planned site improvements to the plots, including additional raised beds and a permeable paver
parking lot, were postponed until 2025 in anticipation of the receipt of grant funding for the project. Other site improvements planned for 2025 include the transition of 86 regular seasonal plots to no-till year-round plots. This transition has been in the works throughout the 2024 season with current plot holders having first right of refusal to stay in their current plot or move to another plot for the 2025 season. Revenues for the Garden Plots include fees paid to rent the plots. Expenditures include wages, general supplies, contractual services for port-o- lets and yard waste removal, biannual plowing, postage, and printing. Garden Plots rental fees increased by $2 in 2024 and will increase by an additional $3 in 2025. The higher fees are necessary due to increased costs for contractual services and supplies, plus a part-time coordinator
to assist with managing daily garden plots operations. The proposed 2025 revenue reflects this increase in fees and is based on a formula using resident rates. The popular Pumpkin Smash recycling/composting event is scheduled annually in November; this community event collected and composted over 21,000 pounds of pumpkins in 2023 and is expected to compost a similar or possibly larger amount in November 2024. The Garden Plots section of the District’s budget also includes the annual Shred Event. The Shred Event, which was held in April in collaboration with the Naperville Police Department, collected 21,520 pounds of paper this year (4,560 pounds more than in 2023). This successful community event will take place again in 2025.
GARDEN PLOTS FINAL 2022 FINAL 2023 BUDGET 2024 PROJECTIONS 2024 BUDGET 2025 2025 VS. 2024 PROJ %
2025 VS. 2024 BUDGET %
REVENUE Charges for Services
$2,003 21,440
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
0% 9% 0% 0% 9%
$0
0% 7% 0% 0% 6%
Rental Income
22,637 2,005
23,635
23,107
25,258
2,151
1,623
Alternative Revenue
1,850
1,000
0 0
(1,000)
Miscellaneous Total Revenue
900
900
900
25,293
24,642
24,635
24,007
26,158
2,151
1,523
EXPENSES Wages & Benefits
1,051
2,500 1,400 14,633 18,533 $6,102
2,134 1,266
2,500 1,600 18,578 22,678 $3,480
366
17%
0
0%
Supplies
719
2,447
334 26%
200
14% 27% 22% -43%
Contractual Services Total Expenditures
10,417 12,187
15,020 17,467 $7,175
15,547 18,947 $5,060
3,031
19%
3,945 4,145
3,731 20%
Surplus/(Deficit)
$13,106
($1,580)
-31%
($2,622)
2025 BUDGET 58
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