Mar 20th, 2012

Big News for the 2012 Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden

by Jonah Holland

by Albert Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator,  Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

The Community Kitchen Garden in spring. The winter indoor planning stage is complete and work has begun in the Community Kitchen Garden (CKG).  Here are the current garden plans.  Notice that “plans” is plural, because a very exciting aspect of the 2012 CKG is our expansion.

The garden layouts shown below labeled “Locbury” refer to a 5,000 square foot expansion.  Last year we grew nearly 10,000 lbs. of food for FeedMore’s Community Kitchen (serving Meal on Wheels of Central Virginia and The Central Virginia Foodbank) using the original plot of land, in its third season.  Part of the excitement includes dedicated raised beds for wheelchair access, but hold on, there’s lots of work to be done.

That’s where you come in. The success of the CKG is entirely volunteer driven.  It’s a community project. More info on CKG volunteer registration coming very soon.

The Community Kitchen Garden -- what's planned.

The Community Kitchen Garden -- what's planned.

The Community Kitchen Garden -- what's planned for the expansion.

The Community Kitchen Garden -- what's planned for the expansion.

The Community Kitchen Garden Expansion

About Jonah Holland

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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