Published: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Sultan community garden opens
SULTAN -- Teaching children to grow food and helping the local food bank are the main reasons Volunteers of America is creating a community garden.
The garden, with six beds each measuring four-by-eight feet, is opening Saturday.
To celebrate, people are invited to a community gathering starting at 9 a.m. at the large A-frame building, 701 First St. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
There could be some planting Saturday, but most of the gardeners will be youth attending the Boys & Girls Club summer camp starting in a couple of weeks.
The kids are expected to plant and grow squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, carrots and radishes, volunteer Tiffany Asper said.
"We will plant whatever we can get our hands on," she said.
Kids will have the opportunity to take home half of what they grow. The rest is planned for donation to the Sultan Food Bank.
Even though the garden is on Volunteers of America property, everybody is invited to help out, Asper said.
Most of the material and equipment has been donated, but there are still some needs, including more arborist chips.
The garden will be run by Volunteers of America at the beginning but this could change, said Justin Taylor, an Americorp VISTA member.
Taylor started working with Volunteers of America in April, helping with youth services. The garden is part of that effort.
"It's important to get more fresh produce to the food bank and foster more of the community spirit in Sultan," Taylor said.
Alejandro Dominguez: 425-339-3422; adominguez@ heraldnet.com.
The garden, with six beds each measuring four-by-eight feet, is opening Saturday.
To celebrate, people are invited to a community gathering starting at 9 a.m. at the large A-frame building, 701 First St. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
There could be some planting Saturday, but most of the gardeners will be youth attending the Boys & Girls Club summer camp starting in a couple of weeks.
The kids are expected to plant and grow squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, carrots and radishes, volunteer Tiffany Asper said.
"We will plant whatever we can get our hands on," she said.
Kids will have the opportunity to take home half of what they grow. The rest is planned for donation to the Sultan Food Bank.
Even though the garden is on Volunteers of America property, everybody is invited to help out, Asper said.
Most of the material and equipment has been donated, but there are still some needs, including more arborist chips.
The garden will be run by Volunteers of America at the beginning but this could change, said Justin Taylor, an Americorp VISTA member.
Taylor started working with Volunteers of America in April, helping with youth services. The garden is part of that effort.
"It's important to get more fresh produce to the food bank and foster more of the community spirit in Sultan," Taylor said.
Alejandro Dominguez: 425-339-3422; adominguez@ heraldnet.com.
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