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Click the image to see the garden layout
The Kenwick Neighborhood Association and Victory Christian Church are gathering volunteers to help construct the organizations' community garden.
The garden will be located at the corner of Owsley and Cramer avenues, in Victory Christian Church's back lot.
From 1 − 4 p.m. April 27, volunteers and organizers will participate in a "build day," in which five 16 foot by 4 foot raised beds will be assembled from cedar plants and filled with a topsoil-compost blend.
From noon - 2 p.m. April 28, volunteers and organizers will be conducting a "plant day." Minister Rachele Snellgrove be blessing the beds before planting. Plants include green beans, Swiss chard, kale, radishes, tomatoes, sweet peppers, beets, lima beans, carrots, cucumbers, collards and various herbs. A variety of flowers will be included to add some color. See the image for a garden layout.
The next planning committee meeting for the community garden will take place 7 p.m. in the church's basement, where organizers will coordinate a volunteer schedule and plans for harvesting the distribution of the produce. The current plan is for volunteers to take as much produce as they need; the remaining produce will go to a free distribution location (to be determined) and to the Victory Christian Church's free monthly dinners. All remaining produce will go to Faith Feeds, God's Pantry and similar organizations.
For more information about the community garden, please read our previous article.