Community Corner
Tasty Vegetables Just a Season Away at Township Community Garden
Gardeners laid cardboard and mulch to prepare for the first plantings later this spring at the new Haddon Township Community Garden.
Snow flurries were actually fluttering by on Friday when members of the Haddon Township Community Garden laid cardboard and then mulch over the ground of the historic Champion schoolhouse here on Lynne Avenue near Collings Avenue.
The gardeners asked Haddon Township commissioners for $1,550 of the estimated $4,200 cost for materials needed to start the garden. The remainder of the costs are expected to be paid by grants, including $2,000 from Sustainable New Jersey that is already in hand, and dues from gardeners.
Additional township costs will include installing water service at the site and paying for water for the first two years. The gardening group projects that it will be self-sustainable by its third year.
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The garden will be all organic. It is anticipated that many tasty, healthy vegetables will be eaten around Haddon Township this summer, a member said.
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