New Community Garden

The Gardens Project is helping to facilitate a new community garden in Ukiah! The garden, to be located off of Washington Ave and Mulberry Ave will soon be planted with a summer crop.

The idea of the garden started last year when Lynda Meyes, the property owner, approached The Gardens Project with the idea to turn her old asphalt parking lot into a community garden. Since then The Gardens Project has been busy testing the soil for contaminants, canvassing the neighborhood to see if there was interest in a community garden, and applying for permits with the city (This is the first community garden on private land in Ukiah!! woohoo!)

We are so excited that after all that hard work the asphalt is finally being taken out! Today is a day to celebrate the re-birth of that land- from a parking lot to a community garden! If you live in the Washington Ave/Observatory Ave neighborhood in Ukiah and you are interested in getting a garden plot come to a planning meeting this Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. We will be discussing the garden design and taking a field trip to Grace Lutheran community garden for some inspiration.

Check out the pictures below for a slide show of what the land looks like now, and try to imagine the future as a garden!