Subscriber beds A-Y after Earth Day event held April 22
Ridgecrest Community Garden has now reinstated open hours weekly from May through July. Our open hours will be from 9-11 each Saturday. A member of our staff will be available onsite to answer questions, direct volunteer efforts, and assess the progress of the garden. Address for the garden is 231 W. Haloid St. in Ridgecrest. We look forward to seeing you there.
The Earth-Day event, held April 22nd, was a huge success with approximately 100 community members stopping by to walk through the garden, help with composting, planting, weeding and general encouragement and community engagement. Umoja sponsored the event for us and was extremely supportive at the event, along with their generous donation. Find out more about their organization at https://umojacommunity.org/.
Community assistance on Earth Day
Community engagement on Earth Day
Our next two events in May are May 15th and May 20th. May 15th event will be covering edible cacti and will be held from 10-11:30am. The event will be hosted at the RCG by Sandra, owner of Botany’s Desire in Ridgecrest. The May 20th event will be a plant and seed swap, also from 9-11. Bring an extra plant or seed, trade with someone else, or just bring yourself and take any extras that may not have found a home.
We are currently in the planning stages for our Juneteenth event that will also involve a food giveaway. We will be looking for volunteers, along with donors. Stay tuned for more on Facebook and our June newsletter.
We appreciate any donations provided to the organization that can help us continue with the work of educating the community, sharing our harvests and being a place where community can come together to enjoy the soon to be thriving garden and serenity of the herbal Zen garden.
We continue to offer woodchips to the community for a donation of any amount of $5 or more. Woodchips are a wonderful way to protect soil, retain moisture and inhibit weeds/grass. Follow these simple steps if you would like to pick up woodchips that have been provided to the Ridgecrest Community Garden by Tip Top Arborists, one of our sponsors out of Lancaster.
1) Donate desired amount through Holistic Divine Innovations at this link https://www.holisticdivineinnovations.org/donations or scan one of the QR codes above to support
2) Send Ridgecrest Community Garden a message on Facebook to designate how many bags are needed
3) Community member will be given instructions and address for pickup in the response. Woodchips are at a separate location from the garden due to space constraints.
Zen out, Ridgecrest 😊