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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Crows Woods Gardeners' End of Season Cleanup Today

Haddonfield gardeners close out the season of public plots.

From Crows Woods Gardners: Crows Woods Gardeners will converge on the gardens today, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.,  for their annual End-of-Season Cleanup, says President Paul Schmeck. While gardeners are required to clean up their own plots before today, the  official cleanup will feature clearing away and storing hoses, wheelbarrows,  shovels, rakes and hoes. It will also include inspection of plots. Gardeners who have abandoned their plots will not be invited back next year, Schmeck says. Gardeners boasted such bumper crops this summer that they contributed weekly supplies of fresh vegetables to the Food Bank of South Jersey to help feed the hungry. Expansion of the gardens in the spring  boosted the number of gardeners to more than one hundred. …

Monday, September 3, 2012

Back on the Farm ... in Haddonfield

It's harvest time in Crows Woods.

Crows Woods Gardeners will celebrate the summer's bountiful crop with their annual end of season picnic, Sunday, Sept. 9,  6-8 p.m., at the Crows Woods Pavilion. Gardeners are requested to bring  their favorite picnic specialties to share in this pot-luck supper, says Brenda Zadjeika, coordinator of the event. With a major expansion this year, the gardens that started with three plots 20 years ago now boast 100 gardeners.

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