A Day in the Life of a Community Garden:
I’m pleased to report that with about 16 volunteers (14 adults) working over a 6 hour period with 2 pick axes, a pry bar, 2 Roto-tillers and a heck of a lot of top grade compost, we’ve created a large oval bed for our Hummingbird and Butterfly garden and made a good start on ripping up sod and preparing soil for the bus stop garden. A highlight for the children was the large black tree snake, and for the adults, the big bowl of juicy watermelon, as we were doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the middle of the day! A deer bounded away from our area as we are working. We chose to see it as a positive omen – that it was leaving our area and so our hard work wouldn’t become an expensive lunch for the deer soon after we complete it…
-- May 2009
New Hampshire Avenue Community Gardens/Greening Grant
This grant is offered for beautifying and greening the New Hampshire Avenue Corridor within the City of Takoma Park. Grants fund long term improvements. Your community can make a difference, from a small tree that is watered and cared for to a full park renovation! The deadline for application submission for funds is January 31, 2012.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to speak with the Grant Administrator:
Erkin Ozberk I 301-891-7213 I contact
apply now!what's growing on the New Ave?
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grants awardedThis grant encourages the community to become involved in and to take pride and ownership of public and quasi-public areas along the corridor. Grant monies have supported landscaping and materials for starting a garden such as soil, mulch, trees, shrubs, flowers, planters, and fencing.
To date the City has provided grants for the following projects on public and private land:
The map on the left shows the locations of these projects (green placemarks) and the locations of potential future gardens (blue placemarks).
Hillwood Manor Neighborhood Community Garden |
