🎉 The 2024 garden year has begun! ⛏

Thanks to over 50 volunteers last Saturday, the garden is open for the year! Starting May 1st, we’ll have regular work days on Wednesdays 6-7pm, and Sundays 4-6pm until the end of October. The only thing that stops a work day is inclement weather.

Although we’re only at the beginning of the growing season, we have so much gratitude to show for so many people who have helped us start off right:

• The 19 people, as well as the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund and the SWNA Youth Action Task Force, for donating to the garden and helping us exceed our $1000 goal;
• Miranda, Atlas Brew Works, and Andy’s Pizza for organizing a Happy Hour fundraiser and donating 12 free pizzas for the kick-off;
• Sarah for hooking us up with wood chips and helping take care of our orchard;
• Christina (a.k.a. Everything Elsie) for selling shirts and seeds and engaging in miscellaneous G.O.A.T. organizing and tabling activities;
• All of our volunteers, especially the folks who took lead on different tasks, to help make the kick-off a success!

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll mostly be watering and waiting to see our sprouts emerge. We’ll plant sweet potatoes later on in May, and our first harvest will likely be strawberries around Memorial Day and mulberries soon after. Stay tuned, or better yet, stop by to witness and participate in the garden’s ecosystem.✌🏾

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