Our Community Garden is located at the corner of Homestead Rd. & Merin Rd. We currently have 11 beds of various sizes inside a fenced plot of about 20 x 35 feet. Rather than assigning plots to individuals, a team of Advocate Gardeners works together to grow vegetables and flowers. Most of the food harvested from the garden is donated to the community market at the Interfaith Council for Social Services. We also occasionally use the food grown in our community garden for our Sunday potluck meals.
The Advocate Community Garden started more than a decade ago, as a small ramshackle affair located where the parking lot is now. Several years later, it was moved to the meadow on the corner, and eventually was expanded to its current size in 2017. The beds were created during a churchwide Spring workday, with people contributing newspaper, kitchen scraps, grass clippings and old leaves to build the beds “lasagna style.” The attractive garden gate was a gift from the man who also built our deer fence.
If you have any questions concerning the garden, or would like to join the Advocate Gardeners and get your hands dirty, please contact Martha Wheeler.
