On Good Friday, April 22nd at 6:30 p.m., twenty-two people gathered in our Community Garden for a Dedication Service led by our pastor, Rev. Byron Wells.  As we gathered for the ceremony many walked among, and viewed the garden beds planted earlier that morning. As part of the ceremony, Byron blessed the garden and asked Debbie Abernathy to give a brief history of the garden and its beginning. The ceremony ended with song led by Claire Stine and the planting of marigolds. 

The CRCC Community Garden Committee has been meeting regularly since February in preparation for the spring and summer growing season. Plans for tasks such as the following were addressed.

·        deciding the placement of wooden garden boxes and who would build them

·        opening the availability of garden plots to the community

·        securing a fence and watering system

·        creating a brochure to inform the public about our garden

·        ordering wood and soil for the plots

·        designing and ordering a sign promoting our garden

·        writing grants to secure funds to defray the cost 

On April 2, 2011 we saw the beginnings of the plan being set into motion.

This past Saturday we assembled the wooden boxes for our new plots as we expand our garden.  We added 22 boxes thanks to the hard work of all those gathered. The next step will be adding the soil mixture and dividers so that we will be ready to plant our seedlings very soon.