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Clark County Homegrown Gardens Program

The Clark County Homegrown Gardens Project is offering raised bed garden plots. Qualifying households may participate for the 2010 growing seasons.

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There are currently beds available in Ridgefield, Brush Prairie, Vancouver Heights, Washougal, Battle Ground, and Hazel Dell.

Location	# of Beds	Status
Battle Ground Methodist Church	5	Available
Excelsior High School	10	Available
Hazel Dell Elementary	15	Available
Jemtegaard Middle School	10	Available
Maple Grove Middle School	10	Available
Memorial Lutheran Church	5	Available
St. John Catholic Church	10	Available
Ridgefield United Methodist Church	5	Available
Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver	10	Available
Vancouver Heights Methodist Church	10	Available
Whipple Creek Ministries	10	Available
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The purpose of the project is to help families gain access to fresh produce by teaching them to organically grow their own vegetables.

CCHG provides:

a raised bed
soil
seeds and plants
a few simple garden tools
The All New Square Foot Gardening book
a garden mentor to teach and encourage the gardening families.

homegrown garden

Each family maintains a garden bed at a host site such as a school, church, and harvests the vegetables it grows. Compost bins and worm bins are provided as well as education to properly use them to turn garden and food waste into valuable organic amendments for the gardens.

Contact: Kris Alexander by e-mail familygardening AT gmail.com or
(360) 695-5627