Americana Community Garden: January 2015

Monday, January 5, 2015

Garden Blog Returns

The cold of winter has the Americana Community Garden taking a break from production but that just means that our gardeners and coordinator are making plans for the spring. If you haven't visited us recently you will notice quite a few changes in our growing space. Our kids garden now has an outdoor classroom which our youth helped to design and construct. New benches line the area and the frame for a greenhouse is set up and will soon hopefully be topped with a thick lining. This spring we have many projects coming up including soil restoration, building a new garden shed, and repairing the our fence. If you are interested in helping or donating to any or more of these projects please contact cara@americanacc.org.

About our garden

The Community Garden at Americana has been an essential part of programming since 2006. Growers from all over the world come together to grow food for their families and to share with their community. "It's the whole world in 1/5th of an acre."

Many of our growers come from places where subsistence gardening is a way of life. Green space & gardening had to be sacrificed when they left home, especially when relocating to urban areas, but now Americana can offer them the option of gardening on our grounds. The community garden is an important asset to our community as a neighborhood gathering place, a resource for families to obtaining healthy food, and an outdoor education facility for our youth.

The continued success of our garden program depends on our generous donors and volunteers. For more information on how you can assist the program and be a part of our garden, contact Abby Rudolph, Community Garden Coordinator, at 502-366-7813 or abby@americanacc.org.

Keep up to date on Americana Community Garden news & events at Americana's Facebook page and on Twitter @Americana_CC.