Just in case anyone is interested, there was an article in the Thursday August 4th edition of the Times Union regarding opportunities to plan & maintain garden plots in Albany's Washington Park. The article is titled "Washington Park in need of green thumbs

Conservancy seeks proposals from public to plant Albany's flowerbeds next summer to be part of festival".

Apologies in advance if this was mentioned in an earlier post. The link below gives more details...

Here is a link that might be useful: Washington Park Conservancy