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FARMINGTON – The Greater Franklin Food Council, in collaboration with LEAP’s Stone Soup Community Garden, will hold its first ever Gather and Grow Community Garden Program, beginning in May.
The program will lead a group of gardeners through the growing season, from planting and fertilizing to preserving the harvest and cooking ideas. The purpose is to build a community for people who want to learn how to grow food, don’t have access to land for gardening, or simply want to garden with friends.
“We hope to grow more than just food and knowledge in this program,” Ellie Sloane-Barton, program coordinator, said. “We hope that, through gardening together, we will create community and long-lasting relationships that will persist far beyond people’s gardens.”
The Gather and Grow group will meet weekly for open gardening hours with a master gardener, with one facilitated workshop a month. Topics will include soil fertility, seed saving, canning, succession planting, and more.
The program includes a LEAP Stone Soup Garden plot, seeds/starts, and all other supplies needed for gardening and food preservation. There will also be on-site child care for participants who need to bring their children. Workshops and gardening hours will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Monday from May 15 to Oct. 2 at LEAP Stone Soup Gardens, 482 Farmington Falls Road. Registration is on a sliding scale of $5-$50. To apply, visit greaterfranklinfoodcouncil.org.
