The Center for Sustainable Living

Dreaming of growing green things in spring’s warming soil? It’s time to plan ahead for summer gardening!

Greenvale Park Community Garden is now making applications available for the 2012 gardening season. A limited number of 10 x 10’ and 10 x 20’ plots will be available. Gardeners can plant what they choose and will be responsible for weeding, watering, harvesting and otherwise maintaining their plots throughout the growing season. All gardeners at the community garden will use organic gardening methods, and experienced gardeners will be available to help newer gardeners learn the necessary skills. In addition to gardening in their own plots, gardeners will participate on work teams to share tasks like maintaining the compost, mowing and trimming grassy areas, and tending the Sharing Plot. All the produce from the Sharing Plot is donated to the Northfield Food Shelf.

Applications will be accepted beginning February 6. Application forms (in English and Spanish) can be picked up now at Greenvale Park School, Northfield CAC, and Northfield Schools Community Services Division. They can also be downloaded in pdf form from the website of the Center for Sustainable Living, www.centerforsustainableliving.org (see the l or from the Northfield Public Schools website, www.nfld.k12.mn.us

Once applications are approved, gardeners will pay a gardening fee of $25 for the year ($15 for half-plots) to help cover costs of water and other garden expenses. Financial assistance will be available for those who are unable to pay the full amount. If you have further questions about the garden please call Northfield Community Gardeners at 612-804-5628. Northfield Community Gardeners would also like to hear from and offer assistance to people who are interested in starting community gardens in other locations in Northfield.

Greenvale Park Community Garden is a joint project of the Northfield Community Gardeners and the Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division, and Greenvale Park Elementary School.

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The fifth season of the Greenvale Park Community Garden ended last week as a group of gardener volunteers did the end-of-season tasks to prepare for the site for winter. This year, the garden served about 35 families who rent either 10×10 or 10×20 foot plots. There is also a perennial plot with strawberries, raspberries, asparagus and other permanent plantings is available for gardeners to share. Countless others benefit through the garden’s sharing plot which provides fresh produce to the Northfield Community Action Center each week during the growing season. Other groups had plots this year as well: a Kindergarten and third-grade class from Greenvale Park Elementary School and Community Services youth gardening class called “Dirt to Dinner.”

Application forms for Summer 2012 (in English and Spanish) will be available in early January 2012 at Greenvale Park School, Northfield Community Action Center, and Northfield Schools Community Services Division. They can also be downloaded from the Northfield Center for Sustainable Living website. Applications will be accepted beginning in February.

For more information about Greenvale Park Community Garden, contact Sarah Dennett at 612-804-5628 or hansmuessig@charter.net.

Greenvale Park Community Garden is a joint project of the Northfield Community Gardeners and the Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division.

What better antidote for the icy winds of winter than dreaming of growing green things in spring’s warming fertile soil. Though winter has us in its grip, it’s time to plan ahead for summer gardening!

Greenvale Park Community Garden is now making applications available for the 2011 gardening season. A limited number of 10 x 10’ and 10 x 20’ plots will be available. Gardeners can plant what they choose and will be responsible for weeding, watering, harvesting and otherwise maintaining their plots throughout the growing season. All gardeners at the community garden will use organic gardening methods, and experienced gardeners will be available to help newer gardeners learn the necessary skills. In addition to gardening in their own plots, gardeners will participate on work teams to share tasks like maintaining the compost, mowing and trimming grassy areas, and tending the Sharing Plot. All the produce from the Sharing Plot is donated to the Northfield Food Shelf.
Applications will be accepted beginning February 1. Application forms (in English and Spanish) can be picked up beginning January 5 at Greenvale Park School, Northfield CAC, and Northfield Schools Community Services Division. They can also be downloaded in pdf form from the website here.
Once applications are approved, gardeners will pay a gardening fee of $25 for the year ($15 for half-plots) to help cover costs of water and other garden expenses. Financial assistance will be available for those who are unable to pay the full amount. If you have further questions about the garden please call Northfield Community Gardeners at . Northfield Community Gardeners would also like to hear from and offer assistance to people who are interested in starting community gardens in other locations in Northfield .
Greenvale Park Community Garden is a joint project of the Northfield Community Gardeners and the Northfield Public Schools Community Services Division.