 Let's Start Some Gardens!!
CCAN hosted three workshops about what goes into starting a community garden. Twenty-five people attended and had many great ideas to share. We are planning to host a meeting in Spanish as soon as we can arrange it. In the meantime, please help spread the word. We hope to build a garden in each city, and ideally, several gardens throughout each city. We're looking for spots near large apartment complexes or senior residences, where people would not have a space to grow their own produce.
We're seeking coordinators for each site. Coordinators will manage work days, line up volunteers, and handle paperwork for plot 'rentals'.
Richland is breaking ground on a garden in McMurray Park, behind Safeway in N. Richland. March 20 Share Fest volunteers will do the heavy lifting and get the garden set up.
The Kennewick site is at 5405 West Metaline. There are two acres with irrigation available but not set up.
We are working with Ben Franklin Transit to see if we can put a garden next to the 22nd St. transit center in Pasco. Water is not readily available.
Additional locations are offered on large residential properties in Benton City & Finley.
Whether to grow food, or have access to flowers, gardening is shown to improve health. Gardening helps build community by bringing people together, and community gardens provide space for those who live in apartments, senior housing or other locations where land isn’t available.
In addition to site coordinators, we'll need donations of 2x6's for raised beds, fencing, irrigation equipment, hoses, tools, shade structures and benches, compost and mulch, or topsoil, seeds and plant starts. For more information contact Lora Rathbone at 375-1954 or email.
To volunteer, or if you'd like a plot at one of the gardens, please send your contact information to gardening@ccando.org. Please include a phone number if you don't have computer access at home.
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