Volunteers tend to Community Garden

Volunteers tend to Community Garden
This photo of the Pine Plains Community Garden at Town Hall shows three beds of garlic in the foreground that have been recently planted by volunteers, who tend to the garden that helps stock local food pantry shelves and feed area residents who would otherwise go without fresh fruits and vegetables.
Photo by Elizabeth White

PINE PLAINS — Local volunteers have been busy at the Community Garden at Pine Plains Town Hall, at 3284 Route 199, not only donating but delivering and spreading much-needed wood-chip mulch onto the garden paths. 

It was something garden organizer Sandy Towers said was important and physical work that falls onto volunteers each and every year.

“[It’s] possibly not a thrilling story for most people, but [it’s] big, very big, for us volunteers, and it attests to a positive energy and community spirit in the town, despite recent controversies,” she said.

While some of the produce grown at the Community Garden is taken home by the gardeners who tend to their plots, a lot of it also goes to local food pantries, including Willow Roots.

Willow Roots just moved its distribution center from North Mains Street, where it had become a nuisance to some of its neighbors on Carla Terrace, to a new location at 7730 South Main St. To contact Willow Roots, call 518-592-1298.

The Community Garden also shares its bounty with the Pine Plains Community Food Locker, which runs out of the Pine Plains Methodist Church on 3023 Church St. (Route 199). To contact the Food Locker, call 518-398-6312. 

To learn more about the Pine Plains Community Garden and volunteering opportunities, go to the town’s website at www.pineplains-ny.gov.

— Whitney Joseph--

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