DeKalb County Community Gardens to hold first meeting of 2015 growing season
Community Gardens coordinator Kathryn Olsen examines kale plants Oct. 5 at a gardens event. Dan Kenney, DeKalb County Community Gardens executive director, is working with Kirkland farmer Gene Heinsohn to win a grant that would bring $5,000 to the Garden Paths of Hope project. The project seeks ot create a farm where people with disabilities or the homeless can work to develop life skills they can’t learn elsewhere.
March 30, 2015
DeKalb County Community Gardens will hold its first meeting of the 2015 growing season 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 158 N. Fourth St.
The DeKalb County Community Gardens is a non-profit organization that aims to end hunger in DeKalb by means of locally grown organic vegetables, according to a DeKalb County Community Gardens news release. All community members are welcome to attend the meeting and homemade soup and bread will be available.
Throughout a span of three growing seasons the non-profit has produced almost 20 tons of food, according to the DeKalb County Community Gardens. Produce has been donated to local food shelters, day cares and senior citizen centers, among other organizations.
Go to dekalbgardens.org for more information.