Community garden dormant until 2015

Times Contributor 

 

Chairwoman Melody Wilson of the Communities in Bloom organization said that plans for a community garden are on hold pending the receipt of the grant money from the Fortis Community Naturalization Grant. The grant was designated for projects that improved the community in environmentally friendly ways. Strathmore and Hussar were just two of the lucky recipients for the grants. Wilson said that Fortis had some organizational problems that delayed the funding, but she thinks money should be coming from them in the near future.

Hope Community Church has graciously provided the site and the idea was to construct 12 garden beds, each 6×12 feet in dimension. Residents could rent the beds for the growing season, planting anything their imagination could dream up. Water would be provided through water barrels on the site.

As for gardening advice, Wilson is hoping that people will network.

“That’s the amazing thing about this … we are hoping the older gardeners will share their knowledge with those new to gardening, mentoring them as the gardens grow,” said Wilson.

Wilson said they would be looking for people to help construct the garden beds and will put a call out shortly for help.

Wilson hopes the beds will be constructed by spring of 2015, which will give prospective gardeners the fun of planning their garden over the winter, or getting the family involved in an outdoor activity that presents many rewards by harvest season.