Friday, November 18, 2011

Greenville Community Gardens Holds Informational Meeting

Thursday evening at Memorial Hall, Jeff Besecker of Greenville Community Gardens gave an overview of the project he and others would like to kick off as early as this Spring. Greenville Community Gardens would see the creation of one or more community gardens in the Greenville/Darke County area where local residents could grow and share crops.

According to Besecker, it could serve as an educational tool to teach novices the ins and outs of gardening, a community tool to serve as a gathering spot for fellowship, or even as a way to teach and mentor youth about the finer points of growing fresh food.

Besecker also announced that partnerships are already forming, even though the project is still in the very early phases. Darke County Parks are among several local groups offering support and have already agreed to potentially allow the garden sites to be established at DCP locations. Among the various models being researched could see a garden with plots leased to individuals or families. Besecker stressed that it is hard to say exactly what model, or mix of models the project will adopt as the formation of the group is just now taking place and many details are still being worked out. He emphasized a desire to hear feedback from community members to learn how the project can affect the community in the most positive and productive way.

The group would like to see one site opened in the Spring, with others following suit in the future. In addition to the Darke County Parks, a local citizen has also offered to allow his land to be utilized. Details on this and other budding partnerships will be shared when they are available.

For more information on the Greenville Community Gardens project, “like” them on Facebook to get the most recent updates.

2 comments:

  1. Just an idea- you might have a better prepared plot in the Spring if you plow/till the ground now. Have some composted manure spread over the surface after you plow. This will help the soil and will be easier to work the ground to prep for planting. Spreading composted manure now will add nutrients without the e. coli.

    I have years of experience planting gardens...

    ReplyDelete
  2. sounds like your a johnny apple seed,
    hopefully it will grow...

    ReplyDelete

Featured Posts

/* Track outbound links in Google Analytics */