Adopt a Garden Plot / Help Zoar’s Historic Garden “Maintain” Excellence

Adopt a Garden Plot
Help Zoar’s Historic Garden “Maintain” Excellence

Do you enjoy gardening? Or just being outside to enjoy the sights and sounds of summer? Maybe you have a group or company that participates in community service projects? If so, we’ve got the perfect project for you. Adopt one of the 32 garden plots in the Historic Zoar Gardens. The adoption process requires no monetary donation or payment, just your time and a little tender-loving-care. Each plot needs to be checked 2-3 times a month for weeds, light pruning if necessary, and adding a little mulch as needed. All of the heavy work has been completed, and light upkeep and maintenance is now needed.

Historical Significance of the Zoar Garden
The Historic Zoar Garden was platted in 1828, and served three functions for the German Separatists. First, it had religious significance. Its design represents the “New Jerusalem” of the 21st Chapter of the Book of Revelation. The Norway Spruce in the center represents the “tree of life”. The 12 surrounding junipers represent the Apostles. The space between the junipers and the spruce represents heaven. Around the entire garden is a wide green path, representing the world. The twelve straight and narrow paths represent the tribes of Israel, and lead from the world to heaven.

A second function of the garden was its role as a pleasure garden. The people of the village could rest in the garden and enjoy its beauty and tranquility. The Separatists also took for their own needs, bulbs and cuttings cultivated by the gardener who lived in what is presently called the Garden House.

Lastly, the garden provided an additional area for the growing of culinary and medicinal herbs, which were used for seasoning foods and curing ailments.

The Zoar Garden Today
Today, the Garden is primarily a pleasure garden open to the general public and is also available to rent for a magnificent wedding backdrop. The Zoar Community Association, a local volunteer based, non-profit organization, recently has assumed management of the Zoar Village State Memorial from the Ohio Historical Society. This management agreement includes The Historic Zoar Garden

Please call The Zoar Community Association at 330-874-3011, 330-874-2646, or e-mail us at zoarinfo@zca.org to sign up for your plot. We will need your name address phone number and e-mail address if you have one.

For more information, contact Zoar Community Association at 330-874-3011.
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