Community Garden Delaware, Ohio
By Stefanie Hauck
The photos are from Saturday when the Second Ward Community Center's STEAM Club and community volunteers had a work day in the garden prepping their raised beds for Spring planting. The STEAM club also planted peas in their garden plots on Saturday.
K-12 students in Delaware County schools are also encouraged to sign up to be a part of the garden club where a sister garden and a pumpkin patch among other gardening activities are being planned. Deadline is May 15, 2021.
Outlook for this garden initiative is good. The garden was run last year during COVID. Volunteers and individual plot renters were permitted to work in the garden as long as there was no more than 10 people total at a time. People were asked to bring their own tools/food and needed to follow masking and social distancing per the Ohio Department of Health.
From the center website -The Second Ward Community Center is once again hosting a Healthy Neighborhood Community Garden.
Individual plots are available for rent and the K-12 After-School Program will once again have a learning garden. COVID protocols remain in place with masks required, social distancing and disinfection of all tools after use and in-between uses. Individuals are required to bring their own food and drink if possible.
The Community Garden is focused on motivating and inspiring the residents of the Second Ward on healthy, cost-effective and innovative ways to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs or flowers right in their own neighborhood. Partnering with local community stakeholders such the Delaware General Health District, and Delaware Master Gardeners, SWCI aims to utilize the community garden as an avenue for bettering the community through providing sustainable access to food supplies for low-income families; thus fostering togetherness, promoting self-empowerment and instilling healthy behaviors.
Individual plots may be rented for $25 a month. April-September.
Contact info for the center.
Telephone: 1-740-362-7611
Email: secondward@swcidelaware.org
50A Ross St.
Delaware, OH 43015