UNITED WAY Day of Caring...

Saturday, April 27 brought sunshine, warm temperatures, Adopt-a-Patch owners and 15+ Grove City College students from Memorial Hall to Grove City Community Garden!   The GCC students arrived and donated 3.5 hours of their time and effort to weed, mow the lawn, and mulch the beds.   Adopt-a-Patch owners gathered together to learn about preparing their beds and getting started with early spring planting.   Potatoes, onions, peas and carrots were planted...and some of our youngest volunteers helped to paint pots for a special fundraiser! Watch for more details later this month!

GCC Memorial Hall Guys after contributing over 50 hours of effort!!
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Mr. Connelly's (GC Middle School Principal) work crew even contributed five garbage bags of compost material after clearing the beds around the front of the Middle School!

GCCG greatly appreciates United Way's commitment to

 'growing' programs like the Community Garden. 

SPRING HAS ARRIVED!

With the arrival of warm temperatures and spring rain showers, Grove City Community Garden is also waking up from the long winter and preparing for the 2013 "growing" season!  6th grade Science students from Grove City Middle School are investigating composting and organic gardening methods.  GCMS Art Club students contribute their creative talents to the Garden program by making garden patch markers that will add vibrant color and assist volunteers as they maintain the garden patches!   Mrs. Vechnak's class at Hillview Intermediate will be planting a "Flutterby" butterfly garden in their patch, and their amazing butterfly garden mural graces the hallway near their classroom.  

ALL twelve ADOPT-A-PATCH beds were 'adopted' long before April 15th!  Girl Scout troops, pre-school children, senior citizens and local families will care for their individual garden patches through this collaborative program.   We look forward to sharing more about their experiences during the 2013 season!  

Friends from the community are invited to visit the Garden site on June 1st from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.   The Grand Garden Gathering will kick-off the 2013 season and we'll have some special guests and events help you learn more about the Garden programs.   Keep watching the blog for more details about the Gathering and other programs/events during 2013.


For more information about volunteering or to learn about GCCG's programs, please e-mail us at gccgvolunteer@gmail.com.  We look forward to hearing from you!

UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING: April 27, 2013!

Join community volunteers and help prepare the garden beds for another growing season!

For more information, e-mail us at gccgvolunteer@gmail.com

GCCG visits Grove City Middle School...

On March 4, students in Ms. Santry's 6th grade science classes were introduced to Grove City Community Garden!  Over 150 students will be participating in the "Cool Kids Compost" program, learning about food waste composting and sustainable, organic gardening.  The 6th grade classes will observe composting in their classroom with kits donated by the Garden program.  Students will also start pepper, tomato, onion, parsley and oregano plants, then transplant their seedlings into three beds in the Garden patch.  It's exciting to see and hear the student's enthusiastic ideas as they learn more about composting and organic gardening in the 'outdoor classroom'!

Mrs. Yesko's art club students will be making garden patch 'markers' for each of the beds in the Community Garden.  This is another wonderful example of how students can share their talents and contribute to community programs.

NEW FOR 2013! ADOPT-A-PATCH Program!

If you like to garden, but don't have the time, energy, space or know-how to maintain a garden where you live...we have a great opportunity for you!  Visit the ADOPT-A-PATCH page on this blog for more information this opportunity to keep the Community Garden program 'growing' by adopting a 3' x 16' garden patch for your own use.  Plant produce, flowers, herbs...or a mix of all three! 

WINTERIZING BEGINS...

September 15th brought Grove City College students to the GCCG site.  Nearly 20 students made short order of a big job in just a few hours.  The beds were weeded and/or cleaned out, with garden leftovers added into composting piles.  The soil was amended with minerals and other products to enhance soil biology, then mulched with grass & leaves to prepare the beds for the 2013 planting season.  

On September 30th, youth from East Main Presbyterian joined community volunteers for another session of winterizing.  We are thankful for the efforts of students from GCC and EMP, and of course...for all of our wonderful community volunteers!

HARVEST TIME!

Volunteers have been carefully tending the garden all summer long...and their efforts have resulted in a bountiful harvest!  Tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, lettuce, beans and potatoes have been donated to Grove City Food Pantry...almost 150 pounds worth of fresh produce!!

We appreciate the time and effort of our volunteers and look forward to another great year of community gardening in 2012-13!