Fairfield’s Community Garden at Drew Park will have an Open Garden/Harvest Day on October 30, 2010 from 9:00am until 3:00pm. Gardeners will be available to answer questions about their gardens and talk about what types and varieties of vegetables were grown in the various gardens this year.

Children can help collect potatoes and sweet potatoes that will be dug up during the day to be donated to the Food Pantry at Operation Hope. Demonstration gardens include beginning garden types (square foot and “lasagna” gardens) and fall gardens with lettuce, broccoli raabe, spinach and kale.

The Community Garden at Drew Park is located at 196 Warde Terrace directly across from Parish Court Housing Complex.

Fairfield’s Community Garden at Drew Park will have an Open Garden/Harvest Day on October 30, 2010 from 9:00am until 3:00pm. Gardeners will be available to answer questions about their gardens and talk about what types and varieties of vegetables were grown in the various gardens this year.

Children can help collect potatoes and sweet potatoes that will be dug up during the day to be donated to the Food Pantry at Operation Hope. Demonstration gardens include beginning garden types (square foot and “lasagna” gardens) and fall gardens with lettuce, broccoli raabe, spinach and kale.

The Community Garden at Drew Park is located at 196 Warde Terrace directly across from Parish Court Housing Complex.

Feeney Farm will be hosting its first in a series of three “Volunteer Days” at the Fairfield Community Garden (FCG) on Saturday, July 31st from 8 – 11 am. Volunteers will be weeding, digging and preparing the soil for Swiss chard, kale, carrots and brussell sprouts. All produce will be harvested in the fall and donated to Fairfield cancer patients and survivors.

Feeney Farm, a start-up farm in Fairfield whose aim is to grow and donate vegetables to those in the community suffering from cancer, plans to provide  50-100 Fairfield cancer patients and survivors 50% of their recommended daily vegetables intake during the months of June through October. Feeney Farm officially starts in 2011, but will be growing produce in a plot at the FCG located in Drew Park in Fairfield.

If you’re interested in volunteering this Saturday, fundraising or getting involved, contact Margaret Feeney at  margaretmaryfeeney@gmail.com or visit www.feeneyfarm.org. Feeney Farm is also on Facebook.

Feeney Farm will be hosting its first in a series of three “Volunteer Days” at the Fairfield Community Garden (FCG) on Saturday, July 31st from 8 – 11 am. Volunteers will be weeding, digging and preparing the soil for Swiss chard, kale, carrots and brussell sprouts. All produce will be harvested in the fall and donated to Fairfield cancer patients and survivors.

Feeney Farm, a start-up farm in Fairfield whose aim is to grow and donate vegetables to those in the community suffering from cancer, plans to provide  50-100 Fairfield cancer patients and survivors 50% of their recommended daily vegetables intake during the months of June through October. Feeney Farm officially starts in 2011, but will be growing produce in a plot at the FCG located in Drew Park in Fairfield.

If you’re interested in volunteering this Saturday, fundraising or getting involved, contact Margaret Feeney at  margaretmaryfeeney@gmail.com or visit www.feeneyfarm.org. Feeney Farm is also on Facebook.