Community First Gardens Project
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Map of Community Gardens throughout Whatcom County New!
List of Community Gardens (pdf)
Funding Support Announcement
We are pleased to announce the recent recipients of funding support from the CFG program. This spring CFG will support 5 gardens, funding a total of 52 raised beds, a hoophouse, fencing, soil amendments and vegetable starts to gardens that applied and were approved for funding late last year.
CFG will pay for the following garden items. We also provide mentoring, education and networking for community gardeners.
1. Meridian Middle School Community garden —18 raised beds & soil
2. Sudden Valley Garden—soil and compost –16 raised beds
3. Sterling Paz Garden—tools, soil, fencing—6 raised beds
4. Ferndale Friendship Garden—raised beds, soil
5. Maple Falls Community Garden—new hoophouse!
Mission and Goals
The Community First Gardens Project supports neighborhoods in creating and maintaining community gardens in which residents can grow their own food.
CFG Project goals are to help expand access to community gardens, thereby increasing self-sufficiency and local food security with nutritious, fresh produce; to provide opportunities for environmental education and stewardship of land; and to help create neighborhood gathering places that are welcoming to all, while fostering cooperative, community-building relationships within neighborhoods.
Contact Information
For more information, contact Beth Chisholm, CFG Coordinator, at: beth.chisholm@wsu.edu
