by Melinda Dennis and Marilyn Salvas On a chilly day in late May, a group of volunteers joined Melinda and Marilyn, Watertown Community Garden members, at Anne P’s house for Part 1 of a two-part series. We used a layered cardboard and compost process to prepare Anne’s planting strip to be a future garden. A planting strip (or roadside strip) is the often-neglected strip of city dirt between the road and the sidewalk. Check out the details of Part 1 here .
by APCG Co-captain Marilyn Salvas The Arsenal Park Community Garden has had a busy season so far this year! We have held several events in the garden.
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A History of Watertown's Life-Friendly Garden Tour How One Woman's Passion Became a Watertown Tradition by Pam Phillips and Sharon Bauer
Do you enjoy storytelling, community engagement, and helping good work reach more people? WCG is looking for a volunteer Social Media Manager to help share the energy and impact of our community with a wider audience. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys creating engaging posts, building community, and supporting local environmental and community initiatives.
by Marilyn Salvas and Melinda Dennis A planting strip is the no man's land lying between the sidewalk and the street. Often these areas struggle to grow anything; most of the plant life is crabgrass and weeds. They are covered with road salt after every snow storm, and often are used for parking. Drivers may pull onto the planting strip and unintentionally crush whatever is growing there. It doesn’t have to be that way. This spring, on a damp and chilly early April day, seven volunteers from Watertown Community Gardens joined together to start the transformation of a bleak planting strip into a home as a lush new pollinator garden.
